Paperback, 413 pages
English language
Published April 6, 1987 by DC Comics Inc..
I've seen the film, so I had some idea of the plot, although there is more in the book and some differences. I'd been meaning to read this for ages and did enjoy it. I'll have to look out for some more comic books.
Wow.
2011:
looking for a new graphic novel to start, i googled 'best graphic novels of all time' and this one kept showing up.
i leafed thru it - ugh, superheroes?
but i thought i'd give the first few pages a try... wow. layered, incredibly complex, and even poetic in spots - this was beyond what i've seen in the genre. for the first time i can see the value in re-reading (and re-reading again!) a comic book. these issues must have been thumbed raw before the next installment was released. maybe my brother's comics weren't so dumb after all
. . . . .
2015:
my second reading - reread because of another book club. still amazed me - especially how they could carry 2 stories in alternating frames that kept the same theme. reminded me of when coronation street does a good 2 story build ups, alternating the stories …
2011:
looking for a new graphic novel to start, i googled 'best graphic novels of all time' and this one kept showing up.
i leafed thru it - ugh, superheroes?
but i thought i'd give the first few pages a try... wow. layered, incredibly complex, and even poetic in spots - this was beyond what i've seen in the genre. for the first time i can see the value in re-reading (and re-reading again!) a comic book. these issues must have been thumbed raw before the next installment was released. maybe my brother's comics weren't so dumb after all
. . . . .
2015:
my second reading - reread because of another book club. still amazed me - especially how they could carry 2 stories in alternating frames that kept the same theme. reminded me of when coronation street does a good 2 story build ups, alternating the stories but continuing to build the tension, even when that first story is on pause.... but this graphic novel does it more precisely, frame by frame rather than scene by scene. more than ever I wonder how the writer and the illustrator collaborate
