Kings in Disguise (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393328486)

This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic. It is January 1932, and movie-loving Freddie Bloch is trading his father's liquor bottles for the cost a matinee: "Dreams were only a dime, but empty bottles [only] brought a penny apiece." When his father disappears and his brother gets arrested, Freddie finds himself homeless and adrift, trying to survive during the Detroit labor riots and amid the furor of violent, anti-communist mobs. Winner of the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award for Best New Series and an additional Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.

Author: James Vance, Dan E. Burr
ISBN-10: 0393328481
ISBN-13: 9780393328486
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2006
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.04h x 8.36w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2006 pg. 86
Entertainment Weekly 06/23/2006 pg. 73