City of Light, City of Dark: A Comic Book Novel #[nn]

A biplane banks dramatically over a sprawling cityscape at golden dusk, a streaming ribbon of color trailing behind it while a flock of birds erupts near a towering skyscraper below — Brian Floca's cover art sets an exhilarating, almost mythic tone for this 1993 graphic novel. Written by Avi with art entirely by Floca, *City of Light, City of Dark* is a comic-book novel that frames New York City as a place where wonder and shadow coexist in equal measure. At $15.95, it's an ambitious, beautifully rendered package that announces itself as something genuinely different from the moment you see that cover.