Flutterby™! :

This weekend I read Fax from Sarajevo: A Story of Survival (ISBN: 1569713464) and was strangely disappointed. As non-fiction comics go it was a decent read, although nowhere near Maus: A Survivor's Tale (ISBN: 0679748407), simply because it told the story of exceptional people. The hero of the tale was well enough known that he could have hundreds of people around the world lobbying assorted governments for assistance, unlike so many who were forced to stay. Still, as a chilling reminder of how tenuous civilization is. A year or two ago I went to a photojournalism exhibit, and one of the most striking images there was a picture of Beirut, but the only clue that it wasn't Miami or any other beach-laden coastal city was the towers of smoke and the missing parts from the luxury hotels. On the anniversary of the Waco assault and the Oklahoma City bombing (ie: today) it's frightening to contemplate the possibilities.