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    The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan

    The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan by Mike Carey Illustrated By: Peter Gross Published: 2011 Publisher: Vertigo Collects: issues #19 – #24 I haven’t been reading many comics lately, but this is one series that I’m still really interested in. When last I wrote about The Unwritten, I described it thusly: “Imagine if J.K. Rowling based Harry Potter after her son of the same name and then disappeared before the last book had been finished, and her son then grew into his 20s as a bitter Harry Potter Con regular living off his fame as a muse. That’s essentially how this series began – Wilson Tayler based his incredibly popular series…

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    The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man’s Knock

    The Unwritten Vol. 3: Dead Man’s Knock by Mike Carey Illustrated By: Peter Gross Format: Trade Paperback Comic Published: 2011 Publisher: Vertigo This is one of my favourite comics going right now. Imagine if J.K. Rowling based Harry Potter after her son of the same name and then disappeared before the last book had been finished, and her son then grew into his 20s as a bitter Harry Potter Con regular living off his fame as a muse. That’s essentially how this series began – Wilson Tayler based his incredibly popular series on his son Tom Tayler, and Tom was drifting through life on that fame until the stories around…