Entertaining comics biography of James Joyce, who I knew next to nothing about when I started reading this. I was struck by how much Joyce stayed unaffected from politics and the major historical events of his lifetime, especially in contrast to his brother Stanislaus. The book seems to show that Joyce was an incredibly lucky man (also in contrast to Stan), despite the setbacks he had earlier in his career, & his eye disabilities. Great events were swirling around him, he was always broke, but he managed to avoid the bullets and keep a roof over his & his family's heads, continue his writing, & keep the drinks flowing. To his credit, it seems Joyce was conscious of this luck. This book makes me want to read Ulysses & Finnegan's Wake, partly because the book hinted that Joyce didn't intend either book to be taken too seriously. Which is not to say that Joyce didn't take his work seriously, even though he constantly used it as an excuse for his constant bad behavior. Finally, I really enjoyed the artistic style. I liked the details,the characterization of the different personages, & the ways it depicted all these figures in motion.