Apostrophe S

I have no real excuse for my lack of entries for the past 3 weeks or so, other than a recent lack of interest in Web-logging. And I’m still reading “Tropic of Cancer,” but for some reason I keep putting it down and doing other things. (It could be that I still have about 50 hours to go in “Twilight Princess.” Just maybe.) But I also happened to find several graphic novels at the library that I’ve been wanting to read, so I thought I’d throw those in the mix to refresh the reading list. So anyway…

“Pride of Baghdad” is both based on a true story and allegorical. The true story is that some lions escaped from the Baghdad zoo as America bombed the city to smithereens. Vaughan uses this inside world brief to create a fairly rich story about the lions’ glimpse of “freedom,” and what that really meant for them. Henrichon’s artwork is detailed and captures anthropomorphic human (and maybe animal) emotion and expression on the faces of big cats.

If you don’t mind pictures with your novels, I would recommend picking this one up. Or at least renting it from your library.

I’m still reading “Tropic of Cancer,” but I’ll also be reading “300″ by Frank Miller

[This article is part of the 26 Books project that I'm doing this year.]