The book condenses the nearly 600-page federal report released by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to fewer than 150 pages, and the creators say they hope their book will help attract young readers and others who might be overwhelmed by the original document. With sans-serif captions, artist renderings, charts and sound-describing words such as "Whooom!" and "R-rrumble," the adaptation recounts the attacks with parallel timelines of the four hijacked planes.
The Washington Post story curiously reports author Sid Jacobson emphasizing "he used '99 percent' of the commission's words in the adaptation." Which means either the commission's report had a whole lot of pictures in it, or maybe 99 percent of the text in the graphic adaptation is directly quoted, or possibly that we're just counting words here, like "Whooom!" and "R-rrumble." Who knows.
9/11 is now well along toward entering American folklore, with the movie, "United 93," now in video rental stores; Oliver Stone's film, "World Trade Center," due next month; and a comic book.
Time to move on. How about Katrina, the sitcom?
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