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April 11, 2004
HD In Comic Books?
Well...not so much in the comic books but in a 'graphic novel'.
Michael Berry from the San Francisco Chronicle writes a review of the 128 page hard cover graphic novel titled "It's a Bird...". It tells the story of a man who has just gotten a his dream job, doing the Superman comic books. However it comes at a time when his personal life isn't such a dream...including the spectre of Huntington's Disease in his family.
This is another unexpected way HD is being introduced to people who otherwise never would have heard of the disease. This sounds like a very interesting read. Here's what the reviewer had to say:
Seagle and Kristiansen's "It's a Bird ..." takes a far more subtle approach to its fantastic underpinnings. As a writer of comic books, Steve has just received a chance at one of the industry's most coveted gigs, chronicling the adventures of Superman. He isn't sure he wants it, though. He's not getting along with his girlfriend, his father has gone missing and his mother is at her wit's end with worry. Worse, the specter of a debilitating illness - - Huntington's disease -- hangs over Steve and his family. How can he write about the Man of Steel when he's so frightened by the notion that his own genes might betray him?
Without allowing the project to become maudlin, Seagle masterfully mixes elements of autobiography with one of the great mythological constructs of 20th century America. Kristiansen's painting, with its palette of browns, grays and greens, strikes just the right notes of the commonplace and the majestic. "It's a Bird ..." does something unique with the graphic novel, and it's well worth the time of any reader, even if she or he has no real interest in the true identity of Clark Kent.
Posted by Dave at April 11, 2004 10:07 AM
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