What must be done on this day, according to an adaptation of the cover for Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition, about the DC Comics character Uncle Sam, who is himself a dark and hallucinatory version of the American icon:
(#1) As modern Santa Claus goes (on Christmas Eve), so goes this incarnation of Uncle Sam (on Independence Day Eve) — though this Uncle Sam looks like he’d much prefer blood and flesh to milk and cookies
(Passed on by Tim Evanson this morning.)
My morning was painfully disoriented, thanks to a wave of very low air pressure, but I dragged myself outside at 7 am (when the temperature was a mere 78F) to water my outdoor plants, and then collapsed in the air-conditioning indoors, where I utterly failed to advance on a posting about (putative) new prepositions in various languages, including English. While the temperature rose to a mere 91F (this was touted as a relief from yesterday, when the high here was just under 100F). Contemplated having my annual kosher hot dog for the Fourth of July a day early, just because I’d developed a hunger for it, but couldn’t cope with heating anything up and (after a restorative midday nap) went with an excellent cold salad.
(#2)
Abrams ComicArts has announced and revealed the cover of the August 6, 2024, publication of Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition by writer Steve Darnall and legendary international bestselling illustrator Alex Ross. The book features a striking new cover and afterword by Ross and a new afterword and an expanded illustrated essay on the history and iconography of Uncle Sam by Darnall. Out of print for more than a decade, the long-awaited reissue is a celebratory look inside the two-part comic book first published by DC’s Vertigo imprint in 1997.
[publisher’s puffery:] Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition is a vibrant, hallucinatory tour of modern America — the story of a star-spangled, ragged vagrant named Sam who is guided by the voices in his head and his own fractured memories. Absorbed by history-traveling visions of America’s dark past, Uncle Sam struggles to remember his true identity and piece together the scattered clues of his own experiences in this deep and thoughtful look at America’s checkered past. Scripted by Steve Darnall and fully painted by Alex Ross, Uncle Sam returns in print just when it is needed most — in time for the 2024 presidential election — as a reminder of American ideals, the promise of our nation, and the democracy that is at stake.
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