If you read the title to this entry and thought it seemed strange, I'm with you. That's exactly what I thought.
I was in the car yesterday, listening to Talk of the Nation on NPR. Neal Conan was interviewing two older guys about their adaptation of the 9/11 Commission's Report.
Guests:
Ernie Colon, comic book artists who has worked at Harvey, Marvel and DC Comics; oversaw the production of Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Blackhawk and The Flash comics at DC; oversaw Spiderman series at Marvel.
Sid Jacobson, was managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Comics where he created Richie rich; was executive editor at Marvel Comics; editor of The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
The concept sounded so wrong. And, in fact, that seemed to be the point Conan made to the two authors. And then I saw the comic.
This is a very powerful adaptation of the Commission's report. On-the-air, the authors talked about how difficult it is to follow the action in the original book, but this comic makes it easy.
Actually, you get to judge on your own, because it's all online at Slate.com. Powerful stuff. You'll be surprised what can be done in comic book form.
If you use this linke: http://www.slate.com/features/911report/ you'll get to a framed page with links to go directly to the chapters.
After choosing a chapter, you can isolate the content frame to view the full page more easily (as is shown in Geoff's original link) -- use your browser's menus to show just the frame you want.
i was at school and i was talking to a kid beside me. his name is trevor. We were going to lunch. that is when the principle came on the PA and announced we weren't having recess. it was a beautiful day outside and we didn't understand why. When we got back from lunch and inside recess, we just sat back down in our classes and continued the day. The whole day i was wondering what happened. It wasn't till i got home that my mom told me what had happened. We watched it on TV all day long. At school the next day, the teachers talked to us about it and my and my friends talked about it forever.
i was at school and i was talking to a kid beside me. his name is trevor. We were going to lunch. that is when the principle came on the PA and announced we weren't having recess. it was a beautiful day outside and we didn't understand why. When we got back from lunch and inside recess, we just sat back down in our classes and continued the day. The whole day i was wondering what happened. It wasn't till i got home that my mom told me what had happened. We watched it on TV all day long. At school the next day, the teachers talked to us about it and my and my friends talked about it forever.