Calvin Reid is the Senior News Editor at Publishers Weekly, Co-editor of PW Comics and co-host of the podcast, More to Come. He joins Sean to discuss . . . The Perfect Graphic Novel.
If you're expecting Calvin to pick The Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns you are in for a surprise . . . and a treat. Calvin Reid's choice is City of Glass. The work is based on the Paul Auster novel and is adapted by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli (Batman: Year One).
A comic book, based on a novel that is light on action and heavy on philosophical musings; and drawn by two different artists, should have been a recipe for disaster. Instead, City of Glass has become one of the most influential and respected works in the medium. As Calvin Reid says, "This book has come to . . . be in the canon of what a work of great literary sophistication in comics can do."
As the world focuses on all of the new hotness coming our of San Diego's Comic Con, this is a perfect opportunity to look back at one of the greatest comics works of our time. Listen to find out how the City of Glass graphic novel came about under the direction of Art Spiegelman (Maus); and how it has remained, for over twenty years, a perfect graphic novel.
