by Cyril Pedrosa  $15.95  First Second Books

Don’t read THREE SHADOWS, Disney animator Cyril Pedrosa’s bracing new graphic novel. It’ll break your heart. You’ll stare at every page, lingering on the expressive line-work and beautiful dry-brushing. It’ll make you think about loss and grief, and you’ll place yourself in the shoes of the protagonist and ponder what lengths you would go to protect your loved ones in the face of an unstoppable force. It will affect you in a way few graphic novels have in the last few years, and who wants to experience that? Watch ‘Dancing With the Stars’, or ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ and feel that not pleasant nor unpleasant numbness take hold while your brain shuts down. And, hey, there’s a really funny new Alltel commercial airing now, to, so...bonus! A book that pushes you to think AND feel? The audacity. Don’t read THREE SHADOWS. You were warned.