July 10, 2003 Meeting

Astro City: Life in the Big City
by Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson

Current Comic of the Month | About the Club

Astro City is a dangerous wonderland of comic-book logic.� Men and women fly through the air.� The evening news is cluttered with reports of alien invasions � some substantiated, others just rumor.� The residents are regularly kidnapped by would-be tyrants and reduced to piles of smoking ash by cosmic menaces.� In a city where every other building disguies the eighth (or ninth or tenth ...) wonder of the world, ordinary people have a tough time clinging to sanity � let alone building meaningful, worthwhile lives.

But hey, that's Life in the Big City.� You get used to it and you find meaning where you can.

If you've never read Kurt Busiek's ground-breaking series about ordinary people in an extraordinary world, here's your chance.� Pick up a copy for only $19.95 at Heroes and Dragons � $15.96 for Comic Club members � and join us on July 10 for a round-table discussion.

Remember:� We're meeting one week later than usual in July because of the Independence Day holiday!

Previous Comics of the Month:

• May 2003 - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

• June 2003 - The Golden Age