[LM_NET] Graphic Journalism: 9/11 Graphic Adaptation

[Floyd <calaf@CHARTER.NET>]

First of all, I will admit my prejudice at the beginning - I am not a  
fan of graphic novels - there, I've said it. I have a lot of  
reservations about the genre, but rather than getting into that, I was  
wondering if anyone was familiar with the "graphic journalism" of the  
9/11 Commission Report? I was catching up on my NPR Books where the  
illustrators were interviewed:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5690970

I take such issue with one of the comments that one of the illustrators  
made. He said that they were not imposing their own point of view but  
rather selecting parts of the report to illustrate. I almost fell out  
of my car seat at this statement. Any selective process like this  
automatically imparts a viewpoint and it is disingenuous and  
intellectual fabrication if they really believe this.

My question is: have any of you bought this version of the 9/11 report  
and do you feel, as the illustrators do, that the 9/11 report was too  
hard to read and confusing that a graphic representation is an adequate  
substitute for the original?

Floyd Pentlin
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