Wired’s “Underwire” column takes a look at an upcoming graphic novel, and the web, the time is right for an ambitious graphic novel like Andi Ewington’s Forty-Five to push the genre forward. Composed of fictional interviews with 45 different superheroes, conducted by a journalist exploring the line between normals and metahumans, the book is a contemplative counterpart to the usual smash-and-bash comics.
The dense storyline of Forty-Five proved quite a challenge. Anchored by Ewington’s protagonist, journalist James Stanley, the graphic novel includes probing interviews with superheroes that run the gamut from benevolent do-gooders to addled junkies and total assholes.
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