I was looking for a different book, but it wasn’t there. So I just grabbed this one:<\/p>\n
Jim Valentino’s A Touch of Silver Book One: A Sociopath in Training<\/i><\/p>\n
I was looking for comic books, since this funny guy at work is all into him. Every time I pass his cube he tells me the Superhero (or villain) of the day.<\/p>\n
THese are selected by his “Superhero of the Day” Calendar. There was a time when my brothers were all into comics…And so I read a lot of them, slipping the precious booklets out of their plastic sleeve and turning the pristine pages very carefully.<\/p>\n
The Superhero of the day is usually someone I’ve heard of, which amazes the heck out of me.<\/p>\n
And it reminded me that comics are fun.<\/p>\n
WHich is why I checked out this “Graphical Novel”. That’s what my comic buddy reminded me to call it, “It’s not a cartoon,” he said.<\/p>\n
Okay, fine.<\/p>\n
This book was not about superheroes, but about a kid who liked superheroes. He used them to escape from his icky life and not-very-nice family.<\/p>\n
I like the devices Valentino uses to progress the story every once in a while, going from in the moment to after the fact. THis builds a little tension and lets the reader feel more of what’s going on internally.<\/p>\n
I’m going to check out book two…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was looking for a different book, but it wasn’t there. So I just grabbed this one: Jim Valentino’s A Touch of Silver Book One: A Sociopath in Training I was looking for comic books, since this funny guy at … Continue reading