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What happens when a dysfunctional superhero family reunites to stop the apocalypse? Ganz finds out in ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐: ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฝ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, a story that takes the superhero genre and turns it on its head.
Ganz first read this book ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ, curious to see how the source material compared. A couple of weeks ago, while browsing his local library, he spotted the graphic novel again and decided to ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐.
Written by ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ and illustrated by ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐รก, this comic throws you into a world where seven gifted children, adopted by the eccentric Sir Reginald Hargreeves, grow up to become broken, bitter, and estranged from one another, until the world is about to end.
What stands out about ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ isnโt just the chaotic superpowers or time-traveling assassins, itโs the storytelling. The ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
From ๐ก๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ to ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, every page of this book is packed with visual storytelling that rewards close reading. And, of course, Ganz respects an artist who knows how to ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต, something a lot of mainstream comics struggle with.
Superheroes arenโt new. But making them ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต? Thatโs rare feat. And ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ does exactly that.
If you havenโt read it yet, pick it up. And if you have, what stood out to you the most? ๐