The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard, Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan, Was She Pretty?
by Leanne Shapton The Hot Kid: It’s an Elmore Leonard book about a US Marshall in the 1930s–you can probably figure out the rest on your own from there. Exit Wounds: On of my favorite graphic novels in recent memory. I like it because it is actually set up like a novel, rather than a serial collection of short stories (even though I do believe it was originally serialized in four parts). Exit Wounds has complex situations and characters, events unfold, the plot twists, and motivations are questioned and revealed–just like a “real” novel. And it is stunningly illustrated, too. Was She Pretty?: A series of vignettes, each comprised of a short statement about a former lover, accompanied by a dimple drawing of the person. It is amazing for how brief these are, they really do create some vivid characters.
