Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Luke I am your father!

There probably isn't a more dysfunctional father-son duo in movie history than Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker. The book Darth Vader and Son is a little comic book that takes the relationship between the Intimidating Darth Vader and the Jedi Luke Skywalker and humanizes it on a whole new level, one of parent and child.

In the book Luke Skywalker(son) and Darth Vader (dad) are living their lives in a galaxy far far away. Luke is a typical 7-8 year old boy and Darth is a typical attentive father. The story is done in comic strip form with various scenes and scenarios taking place in a typical father/son relationship.  While the book doesn't have a particular plot arc that it follows, it has great storytelling moments that are portrayed fabulously. The scenes range from endearingly sweet to laugh out loud hilarious.

This is definitely  a fun little read for fathers and sons as well as any Star Wars fan who is interested in a little bit of imagination.

For those who might be interested in the the authors(Jeffrey Brown) blogspot here is the link http://jeffreybrowncomics.blogspot.com/ . You can get a glimpse of his art style and find links to his other stuff.