| Title | : | The Example |
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| ISBN | : | 0977562840 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780977562848 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 20 |
| Publication | : | First published May 1, 2009 |
Prejudice versus Preservation.
In the war on terror, will suspicion and fear win out?
"Like Watchmen, it uses a simple 9 panel grid on almost every page, but you won't even notice. I mean, this is just two people talking at an empty suburban space, yet you'll be lost in the world it creates."
- Comic Book Jesus
"Brief Cases, late trains, and small talk add up to what is probably the best comic of the year!" "Taylor and Wilson collaborate to create one of the most tension filled comics I have ever read."
- The Outhouse.com
"This book should be used in writing classes everywhere, and should be the primary example (no pun intended) for aspiring comic writers to reference when trying to learn how to write dramatic and compelling dialogue."
- Newsarama
"...as effing good as the accolades suggest."
- Broken Frontier
The Example Reviews
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This is a short comic with a simple set up. Two strangers are at a train station when they notice a brief case left behind. The story hits surprisingly deep territory, from the possible decline of 'decency' or at least common social mores (what do we do about the briefcase is not a simple 'give it to the lost property man') to terrorism, to current day human interaction.
What surprised me is how 'Melbourne' this story is despite only having a few geographical clues, but at the same time there is a parable like quality to the story. Great, great story. -
Adapted from a short play, and it reads like it (not a criticism, really).
Interesting, strangely tense. Almost European realistic art. -
It starts with a briefcase is left on a train platform.
Actually, no. It starts with a train being late. Somebody leaves, and the briefcase is left on the train platform.
And then the delicious drama starts. Was it a terrorist? Was it just an absent minded commuter? Were they white?
It's only eleven pages, the play itself being only ten minutes, but ah, the anxiety of the 21st century.
And really, was it only just a briefcase?
