-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- http://www.diamdcom.com/previews/premier/unclesam_feature.html Scars and stripes forever UNCLE SAM "There's nothing we can do for you." The dismissive doctor's words echo in the old vagrant's head as he's ejected from a hospital. Moments later, the other voices return. They're about to take him on a journey to the dark heart of America in UNCLE SAM, a two-issue Prestige Format VERTIGO miniseries, fully painted by award-winning painter Alex Ross (KINGDOM COME) and written by Steve Darnall (the Eisner Award-nominated Empty Love Stories). Clad in star-spangled rags, a man named Sam wanders city streets, struggling to remember his true identity. As the voices in his head begin to make a terrible kind of sense, they set off time-traveling visions that drag him through the worst of his nation's history, while hinting that he may have a violent past of his own. Is he Uncle Sam - or one of U.S.? Through it all, a mysterious woman keeps appearing, staying just out of reach. Is she Sam's lover, ally, or just, in the end, a madman's dream? He won't have all the answers until he reaches "a white city by the unsalted sea" - and a most formidable foe. Darnall and Ross team up for a multilayered look at the failed dreams and fallen heroes of a nation under siege...from itself. Told through a mystery man's eyes, UNCLE SAM sweeps from the Revolutionary War to the Dust Bowl and beyond. In his VERTIGO debut, Alex Ross takes his remarkably realistic style to new heights, using spectacular splash pages and a wide-ranging palette to bring America's darkest historical moments - as well as a hallucinatory parade of other American icons - to life. - -- #include <disclaimer.h> /* Sten Drescher */ Unsolicited bulk email will be stored and handled for a US$500/KB fee. "A well-regulated population being necessary to the security of a police state, the right of the Government to keep and destroy arms shall not be infringed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.4, an Emacs/PGP interface iQBVAwUBNBh2PPCBWKvC9LiRAQH6fgH/c7oOvSs9ArNDFTbz/VHYBYqEzY7teHPQ 3YP7l6P+O5RAo9aUcPxgVRsnWG91iB4vUqwws1WRVholtIcKZ3DP8A== =4hBM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----