If you didn't realize from my previous posts about Batman's 75th anniversary, I'm a bit of a comic fan. As such I thoroughly enjoyed a six issue comic series called The Escapist which came out in 2006. The story revolved around a golden age era comic hero I hadn't heard about getting a retelling in more modern times. It wasn't until after I read the series that I learned there never was a golden age Escapist, but that the character was created for a book that was published in 2000. That book? "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" by Michael Chabon and it tells the story of two Brooklyn cousins, Jewish immigrants of WWII, who decide to create comics together.
I can safely surmise that this inspires the creation of the Escapist character. How that story develops is what has me intrigued. And the fact it won a Pulitzer Prize as a piece of historical fiction based on a non-existent comic character makes this a book I've been looking forward to reading.
Stay tuned for my verdict...
