Picked by Entertainment Weekly as a graphic novel you should own and recommended by the Military History Book Club. Even today, VIETNAM JOURNAL is one of the most gritty and brutally honest war stories ever published. - Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources. Vietnam Journal by Don Lomax is the best comic book portrayal of Vietnam I have ever read. Its probably one of the best works ever put down in any art form about the war. - Daniel Robert Epstein. Vietnam Journal is a powerful work. - Marcia Allass, Sequential Tart. A powerful collection of stories and history of the Vietnam War, created by a veteran of both the war and of war comics - Douglas P. Dave, School Library Journal.