The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation

it makes reading the report much easier to get through. much more readable. i looked through the original but knwe i would never read it, but this works.. you can always get more info or read the other if you want but if not this version is for anybody

As an anti Iraq war and slightly anti American Scottsman (mainly due to a certain Mr. G.W.Bush) I had no real interest in reading the 9/11 report which I felt would only back up my views on the whole tragic event anyway. I couldn't resist though this graphic adaptation. I was more interested in how much "Hollywood-isation" would go into the story of the day (along with the months before and after) but also the graphical representation of, let us be honest, some pretty ugly looking people (or at least ugly as far as graphic novels go) such as Miss Rice, Mr. Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell and of course Bush.

My surprise was pleasant. The novel was well presented and drawn in such a way that the stories of the day were easily followed (using four separate timelines for each aeroplane is brilliant). The afore-mentioned people (and others) were not made to look different (or better) in any way, only generic policemen and firemen (for example) were perhaps drawn with slightly more chiselled features and more athletic physiques. Al Quaida, although rightly depicted as the "bad guys", were not drawn in such a way as to repulse and Islam is not indicated as the enemy in any way.

The best thing I could say about the whole book is that if 9/11 had never happened, this would truly be the most exiting graphic novel ever produced. I thoroughly enjoyed it and could also suggest its use as a way to depict the events around 9/11 to those who find more general reading a little tough.

The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation is a non-fiction graphic novel based on the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. This book takes the 9/11 Commission report, a 568-page document, and presents this important historical document in a 132-page comic book style format. The book chronicles what happened, minute-by-minute, to each of the planes involved in the 9/11 attack, and well as background information on the conditions that led up to the attack. It also provides the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for how to prevent such an attack in the future. I am a high school teacher and just got funding for a class set of this wonderful book. It is excellent!

This is a very easy to read adaptation of the very difficult to get through full version by the 911 committee. It is easy to read in graphic (comic book) form, but the subject matter is treated as seriously as it deserves to be. The timelines showing when each event took place and the minute by minute reports of the events on 9/11 are very helpful. The report sheds light on some information, raises some questions that remain unanswered, points out where things went wrong in our preparedness. It also makes you ask how well YOU would have responded in the same situation. Frightening, but very important to read!

Expertly drawn, this graphic novelization of the events surrounding the sad events that occured on 9/11/01, is a condensed version of the official government 9/11 Commission's report on what happened immediatly before, during, and after that tragic day. You can imagine that the commission's actual final findings,laid out in dry, sterile, "government speak," is probably a BOOK LENGTH report HUNDREDS of pages long, and FILLED with mind-numbing detail, including thousands of numbers and statistics. This novel condenses the report to an easily readable format, accessible to anyone from 12 to 112! Most importantly, the authors and artists don't try to sensationalize, and thus in turn trivialize, this sad day when many people were killed. Violent imagery is kept to a minimum. If you are a parent, and want to try and explain the events around 9/11 to a child in the age range of 12 - 17, this would be a great gift! Although it is artwork, neither the facts nor the events have been "dumbed down" for small children. The book is most probably suited for kids in Junior High and High school! The book is a KEEPER, and could potentially become even a family heirloom that could be handed down through the years to the next generation.