The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination - Tapa dura

"This dramatization of the murder mystery of the century integrates numerous narratives to make an excellent starting point for anyone interested in this American tragedy."--Library Journal "Everything you wanted to know about the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in an easy-to-follow illustrated format."--Cleveland Plain Dealer "The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination from Abrams ComicArts doesn't attempt to do what the Commission failed to do. Rather, Mishkin, Col n, and Drozd take the report's findings and examine them in light of the evidence--what information was not included because it didn't fit the narrative, what controversies hold water and which ones don't, and why did the Commission choose the tack it did. And ultimately, how did the Warren Commission's failings affect, overtly or subtly, the changing face of America in the 1960s."--Comic Book Resources "The Warren Commission Report, like its namesake, stands out for its close attention to politics and to the grisly details that supported various theories. . . . The authors' hope is that a confusing day from the past becomes more accessible."--The Atlantic

The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Adaptation uses the language of comics to clarify a complex, heavily disputed topic. Within days of the murder of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, his successor appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination and the killing of the alleged assassin. In their report, the Warren Commission defended the conclusion that there was "no credible evidence" supporting any theories that conflicted with its conclusions. Now, in time for the 50th anniversary of the presentation of the report to President Johnson, the comics medium provides a unique means of testing that claim, using graphic storytelling techniques to unravel competing narratives and make plain how decisions taken in the days that followed the events shaped the way those events would be reconstructed by the commission and the reasons why conspiracy theories still abound. The authors don't pretend to have their own solution, but instead focus on the evidence and the interlacing eyewitness accounts and the government's intention to reach what some might call a predetermined outcome.