The millions of civic-minded Americans who read the Starr Report and wondered "but where's the love?" will find their prayers answered with Monica's Story, the comic book adaptation of the most important and intimate American public document since the Bill of Rights. Monica's Story was adapted and scripted by Jon Lewis (True Swamp), penciled by James Kochalka (Superf*ckers), and inked and toned by Tom Hart (Hutch Owens), and takes the reader from President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky's first stolen glances to the turmoil, tumult and tears of their breakup. This new 'Edición hecha a mano' (hand rolled) digital presentation was scanned directly from the original art, and reveals all the curious discoloration produced by the Duo-Shade technique, that added tones to the black and white line art for the original print edition. Kochalka and Hart's cartoony, expressive artwork cuts to the heart of the matter, and the story unfolds in a show-don't-tell manner far removed from the narrative-heavy style common to most comic book adaptations of the past. "As a mass of raw data, the Starr Report is bleak and impersonal," said Alternative Comics publisher Jeff Mason, "These guys have turned it into something dramatic and rather touching." The simple eye-catching artwork depicts the rather explicit subject matter in a tasteful R-rated fashion and lends the characters an unexpected innocence. "Readers will find themselves sympathizing with a couple of characters they thought they had run out of all sympathy for," said Mason, "in contrast with most 'pulled-from-the-headlines' comics that play up the sleaze and go for a photorealistic look, Monica's Story is a bold, refreshingly honest read."
