A review by jackieeh
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1 by Howard Chaykin, Eric Wight, Michael Chabon, Steve Lieber, Glen David Gold, Bill Sienkiewicz, Gene Colan, Kevin McCarthy

4.0

This gets a sentimental fourth star because a) this is such well-executed fanfiction and b) I loved Kavalier & Clay so, so much. The premise is that Chabon used to read Escapist comics as a kid and this is a selection of works from every era. As a framing device, this is right up there with Frankenstein and all those other I-found-these-papers-in-an-attic-I-so-didn't-write-this stories, and I always love those.

Favorites: "Sequestered" was hilarious, "Old Flame" was gorgeous, but "The Lady and the Tiger" stole. the. show. From one-liners about malfunctioning Subarus that I over-identified with to repudiated kisses atop famous buildings (gah!), to the shades-of-grey conclusion, this was one that both hearkened back to the novel in all the right ways and stood on its own.

Nicely done, boys.