Recently, my friend Tony Breed, who writes a wonderful webcomic called Finn & Charlie are Hitched, was on a hunt for the best books in the graphic novel genre. Here's my personal Top 3.
Maus by Art Spiegelman. Mr. Spiegelman interviews his father about his experience during the Holocaust. It's written in two volumes, A Survivor's Tale, & My Father Bleeds History.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. Also written in two volumes, The Story of a Childhood, & The Story of a Return, it's Ms. Satrapi's memoir of life in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It has since been made into a film.
Local by Brian Wood & Ryan Kelly. Local looks into the life of Megan McKeenan, who migrates across North America, stopping for a year in twelve different cities. She even stops in Wicker Park, Chicago. What's an added bonus, the detail is uncanny, & the scenery is recognizable from city-to-city.
The Flat Iron, in Wicker Park, Chicago.
Songs (on YouTube):
New Yorker Cartoon - Jenny & Johnny
You Could Write A Book - Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin
A Different City - Modest Mouse
