Legendary comics creator Will Eisner spent many of his 83 years in and on the perimeter of military life, both during active service in the US Army during World War II and as the producer of the military magazine P.S. through early 1970. During those years, Eisner collected memories of the human experience during times of war, from the triumph of survival to the tragedy of lost futures, and in July his illustrated memoir of 20th- century American wars and the soldiers who fought them will be available for the first time in the original graphic novel Last Day in Vietnam.

"It was from P.S. field trips that these brief encounters were gleaned," wrote Eisner in the introduction to this collection. "The only exception, 'A Purple Heart for George,' came from my camp life experience. I include it here because it belongs and needs telling...Essentially these are stories about soldiers in wartime who are engaged in a larger combat."

Last Day in Vietnam is a collection of six short stories, each depicting honest accounts of humanity's determined struggle to survive and overcome the tragedies of war. Will Eisner used a stunning pencil technique to capture these illustrated snapshots of humans in the line of fire, and Dark Horse is collecting these stories into an 80-page, full-color trade paperback. Look for this first edition of Will Eisner's Last Day in Vietnam at your local comics shop, available July 1 for $10.95.