![]() ![]() They meet for sex in a cave where, as it turns out, some kids also go, and where some fantastical force or creature exists, and where Ade’s son is lost for some time. Hal is having an affair with Adrian, or Ade, who is married to her close friend, and it has been going on for years. He's Powell, growing up, in many ways, likely. Jake is not the focus of the story, but he is important, always there. The story is not a March social justice epic, but a smaller, more personal tale of a woman, Haluska, or Hal, who lives in a small Ozarks “intentional” community, co-parenting Jake, with her ex, Gus. The latter is one of a group of more personal works that-like Jeff Lemire’s work-focus on the struggles of a young boy growing up, dealing with darkly complicated issues. That and 2008's Eisner Award-winning Swallow Me Whole, are some of my favorite graphic works. ![]() ![]() John Lewis’s story of his experiences with the civil rights movement in the sixties, March, adapted by Andrew Aydin, spanning three books. Nate Powell is the only comics artist that has ever won a National Book Award, for his illustration work on Sen. "In a community like this, we are each other's business." ![]()
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