08-18-2004, 11:23 AM
I guess it all depends on what you are looking for in a book. I have not read "Marvel", but it sounds as though it would be an interesting read, and would probably be very informative about the comic books themselves.
Cavalier and Clay on the other hand is about the characters first, and how they help to forge the business we know today and how comics impact their lives. True, the lives depicted in this book are fictional, but the situations the charcaters find themselves in are anything but. What Chabon did was to weave many true life bits of history into the characters that he created. It is a shame that you couldn't bring yourself to finish the book, because it only gets better right up until the last page. But thats just my opinion. If it didn't do anything for you, thats cool. Although I hope some of our other members will give it a chance, because I think it is a very worthwhile read.
Cavalier and Clay on the other hand is about the characters first, and how they help to forge the business we know today and how comics impact their lives. True, the lives depicted in this book are fictional, but the situations the charcaters find themselves in are anything but. What Chabon did was to weave many true life bits of history into the characters that he created. It is a shame that you couldn't bring yourself to finish the book, because it only gets better right up until the last page. But thats just my opinion. If it didn't do anything for you, thats cool. Although I hope some of our other members will give it a chance, because I think it is a very worthwhile read.