It was a borrowed copy; my reading was interrupted by the necessity to step away from the book to avoid ruining it with the occasional wrinkly tear splotch! Suddenly Superman is fascinating and fresh again. It feels like the best thing I have ever read.

Characters in novels are people whose secret lives are visible or might be visible: we are people whose secret lives are invisible. And that’s why novels, even when they are about wicked people can solace us; they suggest a more comprehensible and thus a more manageable human race, they give us the illusion of perspicacity and power.
E.M. Forster

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In this graphic novel, the narrator is a comic book writer presented with the unwelcome chance to make visible, not the secret life of a wicked character but of Superman and through this struggle he eventually finds comfort. Steve’s deepest insecurities and vulnerabilities become visible through his unravelling of the meaning Superman holds for him. I loved the exploration of the process of writing and the optimism of the story; Steve gains the power to start living again. The artwork is awesome.

One reading isn’t enough.

Now need more Superman more Seagle and moreKristiansen.