American Flagg to be Made Available Digitally

I have to say my first serious foray into independent comic publishers was, interestingly enough, with First Comics. I recall picking up American Flagg at the local comic shop and being wowed by not only the artwork but the mature storylines as well. I wasn’t very familiar with Howard Chaykin’s work outside of an issue or two of Star Wars (which I thought were dreadfully illustrated) so I was thrown for a loop. To this day I have to say the first couple of years of American Flagg are some of my favorite comic arcs and, before the inevitable Chaykin trademark flagging – pun intended – interest in a project took place, American Flagg was one hell of a ride.

Now Dynamite Entertainment and comiXology are teaming up to release the American Flagg comic book series across the entire comiXology platform, including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web. Warren Ellis provides a forward to the series putting Chaykin’s satirical dystopian future in a historical context and discusses the influence of this seminal work.

You’ll be able to download individual issues or the entire 376 page graphic novel. Collected are the story arcs Hard Times, Southern Comfort, State of the Union, and Solidarity – For Now.

From Dynamite:

For years fans have been clamoring for new editions of HOWARD CHAYKIN’S legendary AMERICAN FLAGG! series. In response to this demand Dynamic Forces and Image Comics have teamed up to present one of the most anticipated collections in recent years. Originally published in the early eighties AMERICAN FLAGG! tells the story of Ranger Rueben Flagg as he navigates an American landscape that in retrospect feels more prophetic with each passing year. The winner of numerous industry awards including nine Eagle Awards AMERICAN FLAGG! is set in 2031 in a world ravaged by nuclear conflict environmental disasters and nationalism that had driven the United States government – and the corporations that owned it – to the relative safety of the planet Mars. The government and the corporations now renamed the Plex govern from a distance relying on the Plexus Rangers to maintain any semblance of law and order. Once the star of a television series dramatizing the fictional adventures of one such Ranger Flagg was replaced by a hologram and then drafted into the real Rangers where he was assigned to protect the city of Chicago. Along with Raul the smartest talking cat alive and Luther Ironheart the stupidest robot ever and surrounded by a bevy of the most beautiful women of the 21st century Flagg faces an uphill battle protecting and defending the American way of life – or rather what’s left of it.

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