Love Letter written in graphic form

Ever wonder what it’d be liked to strike off and do your own thing this can mean starting your own company; independent radio station, movie company… comic book. No..., really.

Brian K. Vaughn’s Escapist is a wonderful triumph of indie comix love. Your father’s just died. He leaves you the key to his greatest treasure, no not the Talmud, but rather a trove of comic book paraphernalia all dedicated to the fictional character the Escapist.

Beyond discovering the hidden legacy of your father, you begin to understand him in ways that can only help to shape an understanding of yourself.

Then your mother dies and leaves you $150.000.00 in life insurance. What do you do….? You buy the rights tot he character Escapist and set out to reintroduce the world to a great comic icon. You are Max, your boy is Denny and hot chick drawing your comic is Case. The first issue hits the stands with a bang because of a stunt gone horribly wrong yet fortunately right!

But wait, a major corporation now wants the rights back. What do you do? WWBobKaneD? Based on the characters of Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay as envisioned by Micheal Chabon, Escapists is Vaughn’s love letter to independent comic book storytellers.

It’s well worth the read and inspirational.

The Escapists
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Steve Rolston, Jason Alexander, Phillip Bond, and Eduardo Barreto
Cover Artist: James Jean
Genre: Crime, Action/Adventure