Has anyone else seen this? I waited a few issues, to see if the quality held up, but Mike Carey's sublime series is pretty close to knocking Scalped off as my favourite Vertigo title.
The main character is a fella named Tommy Taylor, whose father wrote a series of books about a young magician who closely resembled Tommy. An adult Tommy lives off signing and convention appearance fees a la Jake Lloyd. However, a 'fan' raises the question of his real identity at a showing, which suggests that Tom may actually be the fictional Tommy Taylor now living among us. Not so much Harry Potter satire, more metafiction where the line between life and literature becomes blurred. Without hyperbole, Carey is one of the most literate comic book writers working today, something folks who have read his Hellblazer run already know. If this was out in trade paperback in time, I'd include it in my Chud giftswap. Note: The comic is as mature as any Vertigo title.
The main character is a fella named Tommy Taylor, whose father wrote a series of books about a young magician who closely resembled Tommy. An adult Tommy lives off signing and convention appearance fees a la Jake Lloyd. However, a 'fan' raises the question of his real identity at a showing, which suggests that Tom may actually be the fictional Tommy Taylor now living among us. Not so much Harry Potter satire, more metafiction where the line between life and literature becomes blurred. Without hyperbole, Carey is one of the most literate comic book writers working today, something folks who have read his Hellblazer run already know. If this was out in trade paperback in time, I'd include it in my Chud giftswap. Note: The comic is as mature as any Vertigo title.
