amazing presents escapist adventures

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1 review
Eric Wight

TokyoPop, 2007

A MONSTROUSLY BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY
Several of the blurbs on the back cover of My Dead Girlfriend #1 praise the book as whimsical. Too me, whimsical seems to sell this very unique title from Tokyopop woefully short. I think there is a very strong message in the book that speaks to kids who deal with loneliness and isolation in their daily lives that goes well beyond whimsical. Finney Bleak is from a family whose claim to ...

Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1

9 reviews
Michael Chabon, Glen David Gold, ...

Dark Horse, 2004

Live the story through the comics
After reading Michael Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," I was disheartened to realize that comic described in the book might never be actualized, and that the descriptions and accounts of the comics in general were fantasized. However, when I learned that Dark Horse Comics was planning on releasing "The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1" I jumped at the ...