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Vansant, the incoming penciller on The 'Nam replacing Michael Golden starting with issue #14, discusses his background as a self-taught military history artist who worked at the Hyde Museum in Atlanta before breaking into comics through Savage Tales. He explains his attraction to realistic portrayals of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, citing novelist James Jones (The Thin Red Line) as a major influence, and describes the adrenaline rush of combat as something war stories must honestly address.