Vietnam Journal returns!

Transfuzion Publishing to release
entire series in trade paperback format


Finally, the acclaimed series of Vietnam Journal from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, will be presented in a series of graphic novels collecting the entire run. Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist as it chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. Picked by Entertainment Weekly as “a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club, Vietnam Journal is written and drawn by Don Lomax, a Vietnam War veteran.

The Vietnam Journal series originally was released by Apple Comics and ran for 16 issues. Apple Comics collected the first eight issues into two trades and Byron Preiss’ iBooks collected the first six issues into their version of Vietnam Journal but Transfuzion plans to keep the trades compatible with the original storylines which were broken down into four to six issues each. The first volume of Vietnam Journal, “Indian Country” collects will run 140 pages and retail for $17.99. It will be available via Diamond Previews for October shipping.

Transfuzion Publisher, Gary Reed, said he has always been a fan of Vietnam Journal and is enthusiastic about collecting the entire series. “As a retailer when Vietnam Journal came out, it was always a great seller for us and every issue was featured in our stores because it was something that appealed to a wide audience. As a publisher (Caliber Comics), it was always a title that I wished I had published.” One of the imprints from Caliber was Tome Press which released over 70 issues of material that included historical and biographical works.

Transfuzion Publishing officially launched in the summer of 2007 and has released over 25 graphic novels including the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Sherlock Holmes, and other war related books dealing with the Zulu Wars and World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. “Vietnam Journal epitomizes what I want to do with Transfuzion,” said Reed, “in that it presents great material which is made available to new audiences, both in the comics market and outside the traditional market.”

The schedule for the release of Vietnam Journal is initially planned to be bi-monthly with the entire run of Vietnam Journal collected before compiling the follow up mini-series of Tet '68, Bloodbath at Khe Sanh, and High Shining Brass. Reed said that he would also love to collect the Desert Storm Journal that Lomax wrote and drew after the first Gulf War.

Lomax has continued the Vietnam Journal after the demise of Apple Comics. Gallery Magazine featured a monthly installment totaling 47 full color pages of Vietnam Journal and an additional 18 pages appeared in the New Two Fisted Tales by Harvey Kurtzman. Additionally, Lomax continues to provide new pages on his website which are also scheduled to be collected.

For more information on Vietnam Journal and Transfuzion Publishing, visit the website at www.transfuzion.biz where preview pages are also available.