Open Your Eyes to a Superheroic Spiritual Journey In Patrick McDonnell's New Graphic Novel

Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell is has long sought to connect his own spiritual journey with the worlds that inspired him to become a comic artist in the first place—and while he got to do the former in Heart to Heart, a cartooning collaboration with the Dalai Lama, his next graphic novel comes at it from a more comic-booky angle, although no less spiritual.

io9 has an exclusive look at some of the early pages in McDonnell’s new graphic novel from Abrams’ MarvelArts imprint, The Super Hero’s Journey. A philosophical and spiritual look back at the Silver Age comics heroes that inspired him, McDonnell’s weaves his own path to cartooning by intersecting his own art and renditions of Marvel’s classic heroes with the original, iconic artwork of their comics, as the likes of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko’s works weaves throughout McDonnell’s history.

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