War in the neighborhood

a graphic novel

Paperback, 328 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 1999 by Autonomedia.

ISBN:
978-1-57027-054-3
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5 stars (1 review)

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5 stars

Visually poetic and deeply honest, this book is going to be tough to beat as far as favourite book of 2017 goes. I really appreciated the nuanced way in which Tobocman approached this story, especially because while this is based off of his real life experience he does not seek to argue that it is a 100% factually accurate from everyone's perspective. So he had a lot more room to make himself look good and romanticize the cause in general, and he didn't take it. IMHO anyway, that's not to say his perspective isn't biased a certain way, based on his personal experiences, but that he's willing to even hold people who are on "his side" as well as himself to account for racist and sexist behavior.

I would not recommend this to people just getting into comics as they may have some trouble following the text, which sometimes ends …

Subjects

  • Graphic novels
  • New York (N.Y.)