Monster

The "Faust" of comic master Barry Windsor-Smith, 35 years in the making. The most anticipated graphic novel of our time: MONSTER. A 360-page tour de force of visual storytelling. Part family drama, part thriller, part metaphysical journey – an intimate portrait of individuals struggling to reclaim their lives. A monumental political odyssey spanning two generations of American history. It is the year 1964. Bailey has no idea that he is about to seal his tragic fate as he enters a US Army recruitment office. Closed off, damaged, innocent – searching for both a past and a future. In short: Bobby is the perfect candidate for a secret government experiment... the horrific, godless continuation of a genetics program that began nearly 20 years earlier in the last days of World War II in Nazi Germany. Sergeant McFarland, Bailey's only ally and protector, intervenes as a chain of events is set in motion that spirals out of control for everyone involved. As the monsters multiply – whether real or metaphorical – this story culminates in a crescendo of moral reckoning. Monsters bears the unmistakable mark of Barry Windsor-Smith's (Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja) impeccable pen and ink technique. The visual narrative, with its sensitivity to gesture and composition, is arguably the most ambitious work of Windsor-Smith's career. We encounter passages of heart-wrenching tenderness, unbearable pain... of redemption and sacrifice... of devastating violence – one of the most intense graphic novels ever drawn.