Kings In Disguise

OK, here's that uncompleted synchronicity thread with Jimmy Cagney. Kings In Disguise, by James Vance and Dan Burr, is a terrific graphic novel centering on the depression era. An Amazon review:"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." I got it at a great bookstore in Northampton, Mass, The Broadside Bookshop. While in Northampton you can see the great women's history of Northampton mural. My colleague at Hunter College, Shelly Shicoff was one of the artists. Here's a slide show of the opening segment of Kings In Disguise