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Matt Silady. The Homeless Channel. San Francisco. AiT / Planet Lar. 2007. 162 pages, ill. $12.95. ISBN 9781-932051-49-0
Matt Silady's first attempt at authoring a graphic novel is an ambitious one. His talents are directed at addressing a heavy social issue: the nation's homeless. Protagonist Darcy Shaw is a foolhardy and headstrong vehicle in her mission to develop a twenty-four-hour live cable network devoted to creating awareness about her city's community of homeless individuals. The individuals are featured as they are. There are no scripts, no cues, just the dirty reality of hard life on the streets.
Silady raises particularly sticky issues in this seemingly...