I Killed Adolf Hitler

For those of you that are fans of Norway's minimalist comic artist Jason, you're in store for a welcome surprise with his new book "I Killed Adolf Hitler". Released at the end of the month through Fantagraphics, "I Killed Adolf Hitler" tells the story of a violent world where contract killers are as common as door-to-door salesmen. One such assassin is hired to do the bizarre job of going back in time and killing Adolf Hitler before he starts the holocaust. However, when the hit-man makes it back to 1939 he is overpowered by Hitler. After this confrontation, Hitler escapes to the present, leaving the killer stranded in the past.

Jason continues the story by simply telling the mundane events of the killer's wait, decade after decade, until he reaches the time he came from. Now an aged man, the Killer's only recourse is to team up with his much younger girlfriend to hunt down the escaped Nazi leader.

Oddly, this paradoxical time chase can only be told in Jason's unique simplistic style. Jason is the rare comic artist that can tell a story where long stretches of events have absolutely nothing happen, but the reader is still surprisingly entertained. Often his books have little to no dialogue, relying on his neo-clear-line artistry to tell the story. As a splendid plus, "I Killed Adolf Hitler" is Jason's third book in understated color. A true master of graphic storytelling, all comic fans should read at least one of the many books by Jason.

Thus, may I also suggest, "The Living and The Dead" Jason's rave up to Zombies, and "Meow Baby!" a collection of short humor pieces staring his anthropomorphic cast of oddballs.

-Jon