Great for light metro reading, if you liked Kavalier & Clay. The Luna stories are well done.

This book starts out with the "main character" learning about where he is from, as well as the group that tried to kill him. The book then goes on with little bits and pieces of stories that are somehow related to one another.

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A collection showcasing the narrative and creative potential of the costumed-hero genre. A must-read for fans of Chabon's Amazing Adventures, it works great the other way round too: if you're on the fence about reading Chabon's masterpiece, this comic book might be what you need to land on the right side of that fence.

The premise was interesting: a postmodern take on super-hero comics, an Italo Calvino-like hodgepodge of artistic and narrative styles with the assistance of a bunch of top notch artists. However, the end result was neither interesting as a meta-level approach to super-heroes nor at the face-value level of action and adventure stories (sorry for my broken syntax, English is not my mother language). Still, some nice artwork now and then. The amazing cover by Chris Ware is probably the best part of the whole book.

Based on the characters and arc of the fictional run of the comic book series in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, this compilation delivers.

I don't have strong opinions about this book. I found it fascinating and fun after reading Chabon's "The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay."

Comic books based on the graphic novels mentioned in Kavalier and Clay by Chabon. Pretty great and utterly satisfying.

A companion book to the award winning novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay". It is a collection of comic book stories talked about within the novel.

Essentially this was Chabon, along with some other writers and artists, creating some of the stories that made up the world of the Escapist and Luna Moth, two of the comic book heroes that Kavalier and Clay created in the novel. There are some write-ups within this collection, which includes what was supposed to be the first Escapist story, describing some of the history behind the characters and where they went after Kavalier and Clay walked away from them. It is done in a documentary style, adding to the story within the novel, and probably more geared to the comic book fans out there. But like the novel, this is all fiction. And I am not talking about the comics themselves.

I enjoyed the Sandman series created by Neil Gaiman and have found myself interested in some others. However, after reading this novel, it got me interested in reading actual comic, the famous ones from the Golden Age when the beginning of Kavalier and Clay's story begins. I also, in a way, yearned to actually see what kind of vision Chabon had for these "famous" stories and characters within the novel. This did very nicely to put images to those wishes.

It jumps around from different time frames so you can see the Escapist and Luna Moth change as "the years go by." And the collection finishes with a "previously unreleased" story that would have tied up a huge story line within the Escapist universe. I found some of the stories very entertaining. All the art, very different from story to story, all very good.

In some ways it filled in a few blanks and helped add to the universe that those geeks that get into this would just love. For me though, it just made a nice way to finish off the thrill of the novel. I picked up this copy for $2 on eBay (before shipping costs). I didn't want to pay full price for something I wasn't sure about. It turned out to be a smart move. Reading it right after was the key for me. And though I enjoyed it, I doubt I would go and get the next two volumes.

this is a cool comic book because it talks about a magician like Houdini, that gets himself out of locks and chains. Talks about all the secrets behind the tricks and the history of all the action. It's basically like a behind-the-scene book of a magic show. Also mentions the history of the original Escapist and how he actually got his name. But during one of his shows he got shot and a new person had to substitute him. He basically learns Escapist's history and becomes the new escapist with all the new tricks and twist to the magic that will be unlocked.

This book contains several different stories about people who call them self the Escapist. Each of them live in a different place and maybe a different time period, but their goal is the same. All of them are trying to help others by helping them get their freedom back. The escapists' shirt is a picture of golden key, and their destiny was given by anonymous people who dress in complete white suit. The story begins with a magic show, where a person can't escape from the traps and chains. But he was shot by someone and he has to give his job to his nephew Tom, who can also perform those tricks to escape from chains. Tom's uncle gave him a golden key, which he received from the people wearing white suits when he was kidnapped by in the past. The anonymous rescued him and broke the chain that locked his hands with a golden key, then he gave Tom's uncle the key and tell him to give other people freedom. Later on in the book, Tom goes to missions to rescue people from the Iron Chain, the evil enemies that kidnap people and take away their freedom and give them justice. Then the book talks about how when he is really old, he rescued a submarine that sunk into the deep ocean. The Escapist was able to escape through dangerous situations with his golden key. After Tom's story, the book talks about several other hero stories.
I really love reading books like this, where there is pictures and lots of words to read. The combination makes it interesting to read for a long time instead of getting bore after reading a book that full of words. The theme of this book will be heroism, since the Escapists are always trying to use their knowledge and skill to help the other people who need it. They spend their own time to help those people and they did them without receiving benefits, they hid their identities just like other super heroes do.

This is a real graphic novel/comic series inspired by Michael Chabon's created superheroes in Kavalier and Clay that he got apparently legitimately famous and highly-regarded comic book writers and artists to work on -- such a cool idea and makes me really happy that so many other people clearly really loved and appreciated Chabon's book because FUCK it's good. I'm giving this 4 stars for just being fun and quick and because I love Kavalier and Clay

I adored the comic world-building in THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, so I was predisposed to love this graphic novel adaptation of some of The Escapist's "most famous" exploits, capers, and stories. This collection hits the nail right on the head, and delivers something both entertaining and profoundly clever. I would read more adventures in a heartbeat.