Tuesday, October 25, 2011

83: Revolver, by Matt Kindt (2010 paperback)

In college, my roommate loved it when our digital clock read 11:11--whether morning or night.  It's only one of many small details of this graphic novel that make me enjoy it, but it's a good example of the mundane things that end up being more significant as Revolver continues. In this instance, 11:11 is the time when Sam crosses back and forth from his typical life--a boring job, a girlfriend he adores, and furniture shopping--to another, parallel life--featuring a post apocalyptic version of the same people and places. Or does he?  With an intelligent story line, weird coincidences, and modern psychobabble, it's hard to know which of Sam's lives is real.  Or if either is. 

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