I read this on the plane ride to San Francisco and I loved it! It is a scrapbook of sorts using vaudeville posters, excerpts from old magician magazines, several styles of illustrations, film stills, and photographs to tell the story of the author's great-grandfather who was a world famous magician. What I found most interesting is the fact that while Long Tack Sam's success was widely documented and was well-known and lauded, his grandchildren and great-grand children knew little to nothing about him until Ann Marie Fleming, the author, started digging around to find out more about her family's past. She does a wonderful job presenting his remarkable life and her search across the globe to find the bits and pieces of his story.
As I was reading this, I thought what a great film it would be, only to discover about half-way through that this was actually a documentary before it was a graphic novel! I'm hoping to check it out very soon!
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