The Finder Library: volume 1 by Carla Speed McNeil, graphic novel, 630 pages
A collection of the first 22 of McNeil's classic "Finder" series, which I had not heard of, or seen until Cindy ordered this one for the library. I read through it thinking it took place on another world. It doesn't matter to me though. The stories are good and the art is fantastic. There always seems to be something going on in the background of the drawings, important details and odd bits of other stories. Jaeger is a Finder, a scout of the Ascian people, though he is only half Ascian, or at least thinks he is. His father, a member of one of the homogeneous clans, never talked to Jaeger about his mother, but Jaeger has Ascian features so everyone is willing to give him the sort of disdain and scorn one gives to someone without a clan. Jaeger is also a sin-eater, and that is something else entirely. He is a complicated character with conflicting motives for the strange things he does. I read somewhere these stories take place in a far-future post-apocalyptic earth, but I don't think that is ever mentioned in the book. This combined volume also contains notes about the art and where some of the odd details comes from and the original cover art. My favorite graphic novel since The Big Book of Barry Ween, Boy Genius.
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