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Reviews
The Library Journal
March 15, 2002
Publisher
and editor [Jeff] Mason has put together an impressive black-and-white
anthology recording the responses of many members of the comics community
to the crisis in New York City on September 11, 2001. Contributors include
comics legends such as Will Eisner, whose one-page statement is heartbreaking,
while others are relative newcomers such as Jessica Abel. Some stories
record the actions/reactions of the cartoonists on that fateful day, while
others are impressionistic.
What shines through this collaborative effort is individual reaction to a collective sense of terror. Of particular interest is the piece "Down & Out," which takes place on the lowest level of the World Trade Center. The comics industry has had a strong response to the events of September 11, with DC Comics and Marvel Entertainment also producing tribute books, perhaps because heroism is one of the focal points of American comics. 9-11: Emergency Relief tellingly depicts an uncertain and hesitantly optimistic worldview. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.
