7 Miles a Second

7 Miles a Second is the story of legendary artist David Wojnarowicz,written during the last years before his AIDS-related death in 1992, and drawnby James Romberger with colors by Marguerite Van Cook. The graphic novel depictsWojnarowicz's childhood of prostitution and drugs on the streets of Manhattan,through his adulthood living with AIDS, and his anger at the indifference ofgovernment and health agencies. Romberger and Van Cook's visuals give stunninglife to Wojnarowicz's words, blending the gritty naturalism of Lower East Sidestreet life with a hallucinatory, psychedelic imagination that takes perfectadvantage of the comics medium.