Outlaw Nation
{{Infobox comic book title
|image = Outlaw Nation 01 cover.jpg
|caption = Cover of the first issue, art by Glenn Fabry.
|schedule = Monthly
|ongoing = y
|publisher = Vertigo Comics
|startmo = November
|startyr = 2000
|endmo = May
|endyr = 2002
|issues = 19
|main_char_team = Story Johnson
|writers = Jamie Delano
|artists =
|pencillers = Goran Sudzuka (1–8)
Goran Parlov (9–19)
|inkers = Goran Sudzuka (1–3, 9–19)
Sebastian Camagajevac (4–8)
|letterers = Robert Solanovic
|colorists = Noelle Giddings
Allen Jamison
Zylonol Studios
|editors = Karen Berger
Will Dennis
Steve Bunche
|creative_team_month =
|creative_team_year =
|creators = Jamie Delano
Goran Sudzuka
|TPB = Outlaw Nation
|ISBN = 1-58240-707-X
|TPB# =
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|subcat = Vertigo
|sort = Outlaw Nation
}}
Outlaw Nation is an American comic book series originally published by Vertigo Comics from 2000 to 2002.{{cite web | url=https://www.comics.org/series/7871/ | title=GCD :: Series :: Outlaw Nation}} The nineteen issues series was created by Jamie Delano and Goran Sudzuka, about a family with extremely long lifespans.
In an interview about the comic Delano stated that it was "my shot at a big, sprawling 'American Adventure Story' played on that classic widescreen theater of extremes, the territory of the imagination represented to me, a non-native outsider, by the North American continent and its culture. It is a fast-paced, hard-boiled, black-comic, stoned political thriller; a weird Western; an epic family saga touring the underground mythology of America: it is a 'road-movie' of personal discovery for Story Johnson as he returns home to see if the 'American Spirit' of his bizarre family has maintained in its resistance to the oppression of the 'American Dream'".
Suzuka was awarded the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award at the 2001 Eisner Awards, for his work on Outlaw Nation.
Plot
The main character, Story Johnson, is the black sheep of the Johnson family, a semi-immortal, illuminati-clan, that in effect controls America from behind the scenes. Johnson, a 100-year-old, semi-deranged, amnesiac, pulp fiction-writer returns home after spending twenty-five years missing in action in Vietnam, to reconcile with his past and build a new future, but his eccentric family have other plans for him.{{cite book|title=500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide|author=Kannenberg, Gene|publisher=Ilex|date=2008|isbn=9781905814299|page=112}}
Reception
In a review of the comic, Crisis On Infinite Midlives{{'}} Amanda states that "Delano uses the saga to make points about society's (American, in particular) darker points: corporate greed, government corruption, fascination with quick fixes instead of hard work, Jerry Springer style TV programs. Whether or not you agree with the points he makes, it's a compelling Alice-down-the-rabbit-hole kind of read".{{cite web | url=https://www.crisisoninfinitemidlives.com/2012/01/07/it-came-from-the-past-revisiting-jamie-delanos-outlaw-nation/ | title=It Came from the Past – Revisiting Jamie Delano's Outlaw Nation | date=8 January 2012}}
Collected editions
The series was collected by Desperado Studios and Image Comics into a single black & white trade paperback containing 456 pages, which was released on November 8, 2006 ({{ISBN|158240707X}}).{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/22/outlaw-nation-collected | title=Outlaw Nation Collected | date=22 September 2006}}
External links
- [http://comicsbulletin.com/jamie-delano-earning-outlaw-status/ Jamie Delano: Earning Outlaw Status], Comics Bulletin, September 8, 2000