In the Shadow of No Towers/9-11/Watchmen

It was fun to get the opportunity to read a graphic novel in this class. I had never heard of this artist or his work before in the ways graphic novels go. My only experience with graphic novels has been Watchmen or Batman graphic novels so In the Shadow of New Towers was really new to me and that was good. Unlike my previous graphic novel experience this one was written in an even more obscure way then Watchmen. Where in Watchmen the novel kind of bounces around this one was just kind of obscure. The first half was completely different than the second half. Although I was starting to conclude that the second half was more metaphorical than the first half.

Obviously this graphic novel brought up some some feelings for me about 9-11. It kind of reminded me what I was doing and how I felt that day, and just the period of time surrounding that date. I remember waking up early in the morning for no apparent reason and going out to the living room where my mom was always up early watching the morning news. When I first came out she told me there was a terrible accident where a plane crashed into one of the twin towers. It wasn't until about 5 minutes later that we watched the second plane hit and then a while later that we saw the third plane hit the pentagon. This time period made me feel real scared and I remember my mom didn't take me to school that morning because she was so paranoid and scared.

Although Watchmen might not match the criteria necessary for this class. I am not sure on the date but I think it was written before I was born, I still feel it would be good to have in this class solely for the reason it is a good novel that happens to be graphic.