As I write this review fires are one again burning in California.  So this book, while a memoir of one group's experience, is once again being lived by hundreds if not thousands of people.  This story is poignant.  I love how the author tells not just his story, but that of neighbors, friends, and other people he knew, some of which didn’t live to see the current blazes.  I think this was the perfect format to tell this story. The author mixed his visual medium with his storytelling in a way that was compelling and kept the pages turning.  A modern masterpiece of graphic novels that I think will be read for years to come, and maybe even be on future lists of best of best.