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The Hunting Accident: A True Story of Crime and Poetry Hardcover – Illustrated, September 19, 2017

by David L. Carlson (Author), Landis Blair (Illustrator)

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It was a hunting accident―that much Charlie is sure of. That's how his father, Matt Rizzo―a gentle intellectual who writes epic poems in Braille―had lost his vision. It's not until Charlie's troubled teenage years, when he's facing time for his petty crimes, that he learns the truth.
Matt Rizzo was blinded by a shotgun blast to the face―but it was while participating in an armed robbery.
Newly blind and without hope, Matt began his bleak new life at Stateville Prison. But in this unlikely place, Matt's life and very soul were saved by one of America's most notorious killers: Nathan Leopold Jr., of the infamous Leopold and Loeb.
From David Carlson and Landis Blair comes the unbelievable true story of a father, a son, and remarkable journey from despair to enlightenment.

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After his mother died, young Charlie Rizzo moved in with Matt, his blind, insurance-selling father in Chicago. When Charlie discovered as a teenager that his father wasn't blinded in a hunting accident, as he'd always thought, Matt decided to come clean and reveal the real story, which involved the Chicago mafia and armed robbery. Matt told Charlie that he eventually went to prison in 1931, where, under the guidance of infamous murderer Nathan Leopold Jr. (who, with Richard Loeb in 1924, kidnapped and killed a teenage boy), he developed a love of literature. This true account of gangster Matt Rizzo includes some of his prison artifacts, as well as snippets of his writing. The comic pays homage to Dante's Inferno and other works, showing how those allegories are still relevant. Blair's illustrations are stark and extremely detailed, and the book design is a masterpiece, complete with a ribbon marker and the title duplicated in braille on the cover. VERDICT While some teens may skim over the more "literary" portions, others will delight in this graphic homage to Dante. Perfect for inclusion on AP or college reading lists.—Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL

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"In The Hunting Accident, light comes from darkness, crime leads to redemption, and killers save lives. It'll probably be a movie or Netflix show in a couple years, but for now, it's a damn great comic book." ―GQ

"The subtitle barely captures the scope of this ambitious debut graphic novel, a mix of biography, history, social commentary, literary analysis, and more...Blair’s exceptional pen-and-ink work, which mixes the tangible world with the psychological, brings all the strands together seamlessly and powerfully." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A true story epic in scope and arrestingly told." ―Booklist, starred review

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We were sitting at breakfast in a little diner when my friend Charlie started telling me about his father, Matt Rizzo. My eggs grew cold on the plate as I listened to him tell his father's tale of blindness, prison, the Crime of the Century and somehow, the great poets of Western Civilization. In Chicago, Leopold and Loeb are still the legendary thrill-killers that committed their heinous crime in 1924. And the Chicago mob continues to make headlines today. I wanted to know more.

Charlie and I spent about 6 months going over the details of Matt's life. I read Matt's writings and Leopold's autobiography. I listened to audio recordings of Matt that Charlie had kept. I spent many hours at the Chicago History Museum and the archives at the Northwestern University Library in Evanston, IL. The Leopold Loeb story is one of the most documented murders in history.

The further I got into the material, the harder it became to think about how to tell this story. There were so many fascinating ways to dig in to the material. In the end, certain scenes and dialogs had to be imagined, based on the best available information. And while those parts of the story are a product of the imagination, I would argue as the poet John Keats did for the "truth of imagination".

Ever since the Enlightenment, the western world has increasingly relied on ratiocination as the best (and perhaps only) way to navigate the world we live in. Arts and music are the first things cut in education budgets. Efficiency is King. And yet the imagination is as authentic as any fact we can describe. This story is an effort to revive the magic and wonder of the human experience, if only for a few hundred pages.

About the Author

David L. Carlson has been a filmmaker, musician, car salesman, experience designer and is the co-founder of Opera-Matic, a non-profit street opera company in Chicago. The Hunting Accident is his first book.

Landis Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident, which won the 2021 Fauve d’Or and the 2020 Quai des Bullesprize. He has published illustrations in numerous print and online periodicals including The New Yorker, the New York Times, Chicago magazine, VQR, and Medium. He lives in Chicago.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ First Second; Illustrated edition (September 19, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1626726760
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1626726765
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.21 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.26 x 1.68 x 9.34 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,061,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,484 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books)
- #11,230 in True Crime (Books)

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Landis Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident, which won the 2021 Fauve d’Or and the 2020 Quai des Bulles prize. His illustrations have appeared in numerous print and online periodicals including The New Yorker, the New York Times, Chicago magazine, VQR, and Medium. He lives in Chicago. Photo by Andi Linden.
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Daf Schein

Astounding Graphic Novel: Triumph of the Imagination

Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2018

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The Hunting Accident is an incredible graphic novel, a visual telling of a "true story" that is more fantastic than any story imagined, stunningly rendered - in ink and pen - by Landis Blair with captioned text by David L. Carlson. So many twists of history, of family, literature, philosophy, poetry and true crime come together in this story of the blind criminal Matt Rizzo's life-saving encounter in prison with the convicted murderer Nathan Leopold; it is a saga of the triumph of the imagination over adversity, and the book, in its magnificently imaginative protrayal of the dark and soaring mindscape of a blind man in prison who escapes darkness through his immersion in Dante's "Inferno," matches the richness of the story. Like the tale it tells - The Hunting Accident - is a testament to the power of the mind and the triumph of creativity - an inspired story told with inspiration. So many levels to this work...the father-son story on which it is based, the Chicago mobster setting, the Prison (Inferno), the true story of the friendship of Nathan Leopold (Virgil) the most famous convict in America, with the criminal Matt Rizzo (Dante), set against the backdrop of Chicago in the 30's, 40's and 50's. And interspersed with the later philosophical writings of Matt Rizzo, the book is a visual and literary feast and, what is so special – it is a TRUE STORY. I'm a writer and have known about this story for years, have followed from a distance attempts to make it into a play, and a film-script, but this rendition, it's breakdown of the complex story by Carlson, brought to life in unbelievably wild and technically perfect ink drawings by Blair (whose visual imagination is pure genius) just knocks it out of the park. Beyond all expectations. This book is astounding.

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Dave Westerman

"Hunting Accident" is simply a fascinating story, which is well-told, and is fun to read.

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2018

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This fantastic, yet true, story about Matt Rizzo and his son, Charlie, is a must-read book for anyone that appreciates a good story. Fans of Chicago crime history will also find this book interesting.

This was the first graphic novel that I've read, however, I enjoyed reading comic books as a kid. While reading "Hunting Accident", I realized that the emotions conveyed in the facial expressions of the characters impact me greatly, which cause me to remember images better. (There are a few "images" that I won't easily forget from "Hunting Accident", although I won't spoil the surprise for the books future readers.)

Furthermore, the author (and illustrator) draw very compelling parallels between actual prisons, and 'prisons' of our own thoughts/ideas, which I also found fascinating.

"Hunting Accident" is simply a fascinating story, which is well-told, and is fun to read.

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This was an extremely artistic graphic novel expressed in a ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2017

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This was an extremely artistic graphic novel expressed in a pure art form of impeccable artistic ability, and that was just the illustrations. Infused is this true story of loss, generating into acceptance,self identity and growth of a young Charlie Rizzo. Along the journey, the "egg" hatches into a reality that questions the relationship of a blind father and his son, and the threatening of their bond. In a turn of events this new discovery revels a father that was more than the sum of his parts. A man who through strength, wisdom and friendship, went from thoughts of suicide to be coming a man of passion for life, the arts and a writer or prolific standards. The catalyst was a thrill killer who mentored a young Matt Rizzo into believing and understanding that life even with blindness, was valuable and had purpose.... The Hunting Accident, is insightful, thrilling and purposeful, a must.

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Best Graphic Novel of the Year!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017

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This book looks and feels more like an expensive fine art book than a graphic novel. It is beautifully assembled with fine paper and binding. The story is engaging and inspiring, more so because its true. Someone should make a movie out of this.

The black-and-white drawings that are the core of the book are very successful at telling the story. The illustrations are cohesive, but there is enough variety in size and style to keep it fresh.

Since I don't normally read Graphic Novels I thought I'd compare it to others at our local library and book store. Wow! What a difference. The other graphic novels seemed more like cheap comic books. This was more a work of art. Clearly this is the best graphic novel of the Year!

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Rodrigo

Beautiful

Reviewed in Spain on January 22, 2022

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I gave it to a friend that really likes comics, I think he appreciated it and was happy for it!

Christine

One of my favourite graphic novel

Reviewed in France on February 10, 2021

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This book has just become one of my favourite graphic novels ever. The quality of the writing and the graphism are top level, it is so good that I slowed down my pace not to finish it too fast. I will for sure read it again! The book in its French version has won at Angoulême, which is another argument for whoever is hesitating to rush and read it

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kim king

Good book with good illustration

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2020

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