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A Family Matter

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This is an important, serious book, and it is also an enormously entertaining one. I am ordering it again because it demands to be read more than once, and to be saved, and to be offered to friends. If a friend should not return it, all the more reason to buy another copy, perhaps two or three, and keep things moving!

Mr. Eisner is unknown to most readers, but if you just possibly were alive and an avid follower of the greatest comics during the beautiful period of the fifties, you know who he is, you used to dream about The Spirit, and you will delight in reading as much of his work as you can. What better reason to try and live forever.

Do not wait!

Another graphic novel hit by Will Eisner, this one takes a look at family dynamics. A 90-year old man is confined to a wheelchair after a stroke and one his daughters invites the rest of the family over to celebrate his birthday.

As we are introduced to each of his sons and daughters, we're given an initial glimpse into their current lives. When they each come over to the party, we're given a glimpse into their past relationship with their father. Family relationships can be complicated, and there is none better than Mr Eisner at exposing the darkness in the souls of men and women while offering a glimmer of light.