Graphic Depiction

Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón are two talented and important veterans of the comic book industry. Sid was an editor for years at Harvey Comics, supervising the successful line that starred Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Hot Stuff, Spooky, Sad Sack and so many others. Ernie drew thousands of pages of those comics and also branched out into adventure titles with his work for Warren, Gold Key and DC, and even into editing. In fact, he was briefly my editor at DC and so was Sid at another time and company. I mention that to make the point that these men have first-hand experience dealing with disasters.

Recently, they collaborated on a graphic novel based on The 9/11 Report and it's currently being serialized over on Slate. If you click on this link, it should take you to where you can read the first few chapters. What I've seen there is concise and serious, and the presentation of the material in that format gives it a clarity that has perhaps been missing from other venues. We'll talk more about it when they get more of it online…but you might want to start reading soon. Looks like a fine piece of work.