Getting rid of bodies, counting heads, and getting the power-up. They feel fear, anxiety, and anger.Īs it follows the story of the novel The Stand very closely, we are getting set up in Boulder. They don’t feel the comfort that they should in the presence of Mother Abigail. Each character is finding their place in this narrative.įrom the drama and dialog, we know that some of the characters, namely Nadine and Harold are a little broken, a little off. Thus far we have met all the titular characters: Stu, Harold, The Dark Man, Mother Abigail and more. Collects The Stand: American Nightmare #1-5. Most ominous of all, the strange being called Randall Flagg continues his dread journey across the devastated landscape of America.

Lloyd contemplates an extremely unsavory dinner option in jail, and Stu Redman makes a desperate bid for freedom from his interrogators. Larry Underwood seeks escape from New York City. Or you don’t.― The Stand – by Stephen King What is American Nightmares About? The deadly super flu Captain Trips has devastated the country and now the few survivors must pick up the pieces and go on. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.― Stephen King, The Stand

Give me seven and in seven years they’ll reinvent warfare. Give me six and they’ll reinvent prejudice. Give me five and they’ll make one an outcast. Give me four and they’ll build a pyramid. Give me three and they’ll invent the charming thing we call ‘society’. Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Adaptor), Stephen King (Story), Mike Perkins (Illustrator), Laura Martin (Illustrator)

The Stand by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa