The two successful Persepolis books capture the story of Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman who fled her homeland. Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor explored everyday life, Robert Crumb’s bizarre series of works delved into the author’s sexual fetishes and Art Spiegelman’s brilliant Maus books dealt with the human toll of Holocaust death camps. I fondly remember Superman, Spiderman, Asterix and Obelix (inexplicable, I know), X-Men and many other barely discernible spin-offs providing me with a vicarious escape from taking out the trash and writing book reports.Ĭomics have grown up alongside their readers, and their topics are no longer constrained to superhero exploits and fantasy worlds. I’m sure they would love to hear from you, and who knows what you will find in the pages within.For a respite from reality, few things beat a good comic book. Reading comics online is great, but why stop there? Let’s dawn our capes (and especially our masks) and head to our local comic book shop. So on this National Comic Book Day, let’s read some comics. Lightning Monk is a perfect example of how comics can be infused by the battles of the people creating them. Ryan works tirelessly day by day as the writer, penciler, inker, colorer, and letterer to create more. There are currently four Lightning Monk books. Ryan uses Lightning Monk as a metaphor to tell his semiautobiographical tale of how he personally has adapted to his own Epilepsy diagnosis over the many decades of seizures. The comic character, Lightning Monk, utilizes his extra electricity in his brain to power his cyborg body. While David Gallaher does his work in comics begins the scene, our next highlight brings his Epilepsy to the forefront Ryan and his Lightning Monk He’s also had the talent (and luck) to write for one of DC’s biggest franchises The Green Lantern.Īfter all that, he still spends any spare time he can muster working tirelessly with the Children’s Tumor Foundation looking to bring awareness to both Neurofibromatosis and its association with Epilepsy. David GallaherĪlumni of both Marvel and DC Comics, David Gallaher is the writer of Only Living Boy, Only Living Girl, and High Moon books. While there are plenty of us that just enjoy reading comics, these two actually push the art form forward. On this, National Comic Book Day, we wanted to highlight just a couple of people who are creating comics. Would it really be a surprise to anyone that people with Epilepsy sprint to the art form? Comic books have always highlighted the underdog’s fight against a looming unclear villain and the plight of outcasts relentlessly working for acceptance.

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