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The Escapists

Michael Chabon

published: 2006, read: 11/11/24
160 pages, genre: Graphic Novel
rating: 7.5/10, normalized: 7.222/10
0.224σ better than average
0.166σ or 0.105/10 better than average in Graphic Novel genre
1.394σ or 0.303/10 better than average by Michael Chabon

A fun comic about an orphaned adult who tries to reimagine a childhood favorite of his (and his late father's) with the help of his friends. A legal battle with the former owner of the rights to the comic ensues and the trio faces the corporate arm of the law.

Interwoven throughout the main story are panels from the comic they're working on paralleling the tribulations they face in the real world. It's a really clever way to over-dramatize a litigious plotline, and the story is pretty touching/mature for the nature of the medium.

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