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Title: Kings in Disguise by James Vance, Dan Burr, Dave Schreiner ISBN: 0-87816-107-4 Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: An average 3 star graphic novel.
Comment: Nothing special here. It did have it's moments, but overall it was an average to dull read. I only paid 5 bucks for this book, so at that price it was a good value. Pay any more and your certainly wasting your money.

Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent portrayal of life during the depression.
Comment: During the 1930s, Freddie Bloch is forced to leave his home in search for his alcoholic father. During his travels he becomes a hobo, riding trains, living in much the same way we imagine the homeless do in the 1990s. Bloch's companions make the best of their poor circumstances by convincing themselves that they live undercover, and are "kings in disguise." The story resolves in a way that both allows Freddie to grow and realistically accesses the great depression. This is a graphic novel as opposed to a prose novel, but the illustative quality(direct, understated, black and white drawings) add to the novel's power rather than diminishing its overall effect. This is accomplished in great part because Vance's dialogue sounds novelistic rather than like a movie or what one often associates with comic book writing. Kings in Disguise is Tom Joad in picture