Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 1 | 2004 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 2 | The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 2 | 2004 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 3 | The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, Volume 3 | 2006 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist is a comic series that brings to life a fictional character from Michael Chabon’s novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. The three volumes, published between 2004 and 2006, feature stories from various creators, with Brian K. Vaughan contributing to the project.
The series is an unusual collaboration between literary fiction and comics, taking a character invented for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and giving him actual comic book adventures. Vaughan’s involvement placed him alongside other prominent comics creators in this literary experiment.