This
interesting graphic novel is one of those books given to me and my
hubby as a gift from Gabriel Chee Kee, my cousin-in-law, who's a member
of the famous Filipino band, Parokya ni Edgar. Everyone knows that Gab
is such a geek when it comes to comic books so I was really surprised
when he gave us three books from his collection, one of which is this
classic and little-seen stories from the legendary CONCRETE series.
This is Book 1: Depths
Concrete
is such an interesting character for me. He's part man and part rock...
or maybe he's mostly rock, with a human mind and a human soul. He used
to be a man after all, a man named Ronald Lithgow who is now inside a
shell of a stone. He's 7 feet tall and weighs over one thousand pounds.
He can do so many unbelievable things like stay underwater and walk
the ocean's floor, survive a massive rubble, use super vision, etc.
However, he can no longer feel the touch of a human hand; he can no
longer taste and eat food; he can no longer do trivial things that
normal people do.
In
a way, it's sad but at the same time, it's exciting. Just imagine
waking up one day and discovering all these superhuman stuff you can do.
How would you feel? What would you do? Honestly, if I was Concrete,
I'd probably go crazy for a little while. But for Concrete, he
immediately saw this as a great opportunity to literally come out of
his shell and go on discovering and doing things he wouldn't dream of
doing in his entire life! After all, like the cliche from a famous
graphic novel character goes, with great power comes great
responsibility. Concrete embraced both! So thus began his greatest
adventures.
I hope to read the other books in the Concrete series and I hope it's as interesting as Depths. :-)
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