The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
By Mike Carey
ISBN: 978-1401225650
Published by Vertigo
An interesting concept, and a good beginning. I really want to see where this goes.
To Sum: Tom Taylor thought the fictional character, Tommy Taylor, that his dad wrote was just based on him. However, things come up that make Tom start to question his identity. And we find a shadowy group that wants to control the outcome of the telling of the tales. Add into that mix the fact that his father mysteriously disappeared, and things are happening that he can't explain.
An interesting story that mentions other literary figures and calls to mind other literary works. I really did like the "back story" on Kipling. It shows a lot about the organization, but it does a good job of making Kipling interesting, as well as tying the organization to other writers in history. Might actually make teens interested in older authors.
What to Watch Out For: Well, there's some interesting things that happen at the Horror writer's retreat, and the language can be a bit coarse in some areas. I didn't notice the For Mature Audiences on the back until I was done with it. There's killing and death, but I don't recall anything overly sexual in it.
Where to Shelve: Well, it's Vertigo and it has a For Mature Audiences label on it. However, what might also push it into the adult section is that the author has done other works - Lucifer, John Constantine : Hellblazer - that are in adult sections. (Or at least they are in mine.) Vertigo started off being where DC published it's line of comics "for mature readers", meaning adults.
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