Deep Magic

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

David is caught between childhood and adolescence, and his end-of-year play will be an opportunity to step offstage into adulthood... David is 14—an age at which kids want to be grown-ups but, somehow, without changing too much, too soon. Taking part in the end-of-year play, in which he will play Aslan, the wise and powerful lion who created the world of Narnia, marks a subtle turning point. It's a chance to step into the adult world—or at least a rehearsal for it. It is the moment when the game