revolver by matt kindt

one of my habit is buying books when traveling. i know nowadays we got iphone, psp, ds to keep us bz when on board but i dig books more. talking about books i bought, most of them are comics or graphic novels tho. can't remember when this habit started but during my school years where money was limited, i rather bought some random hong kong comics than food just to keep me bz when traveling.

so last time when i went back home i bought this random comics at kinokuniya. yeah, buying random stuffs is also one of my habit. got this habit during high school where everyweek i will go to this awesome record store at bangunan umno, kb and bought records just by looking at the cover of the album or song title :p well some hit but some miss too. lots of hit i guess (new found glory, sum 41, reggie and the full effect, at the drive in, simple plan, fenix tx etc.).

ok enough of records, this post suppose to be about books. so the book (graphic novel) i bought the other day. it was random but a hit! revolver by matt kindt.

the story: *spoiler alert 

its about this guy (sam) who got an ability to live in 2 worlds. one world he kind of a loser, living with his bragging gf, annoying boss, boring job etc. another world is a chaos world where war is everywhere, natural disasters, nuclear disasters all over the place. at this world people living like hell and sam kind of a hero there. sam will enter the other world when the clock strike 11:11pm and it will repeat continuously (from one world to another back and forth). he can learn a lot of things in the peaceful world where he is a loser, and when he got back to the chaos world, he actually gained that abilities and that's when he turned up as a hero. at the last moment, he have to choose only one world to live but which world he will choose? a peaceful world but a loser or a chaos world but a hero? you have to read it for yourself to find out :)

i kind of dig this kind of graphic novel. made you think about your life. about all things you have but never care to appreciate. i love the art on this book too. its simple yet full of details. like the view of the panels too. felt like watching a movie. 

i gave revolver 5 out of 5! if any hollywood producer thinking on making a movie from the graphic novel i hope the story stay the same!

http://www.dccomics.com/vertigo/graphic_novels/?gn=14809