The Great Chemo Escape...infusion number iv

A few years ago, Daniela introduced me to a new comic book superhero. She handed me a copy of Michael Chabon's novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000). "You'll like it," she endorsed. I liked the novel. And, I liked the comic books and comic book anthologies, The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist that followed the novel. The Escapist, in summary, is a master of locks, chains, ropes, knots, ties, fastenings, and fetters of all kinds. He champions the League of the Golden Key--a secret and ancient society dedicated to the principles of liberation and freedom, from oppression and slavery, physical or psychological. Following the Manichean motifs of many comic book story lines, the Escapist is constantly battling the agents of the Iron Chain, a mysterious criminal network machinating and plotting to limit freedom and curtail liberty throughout the globe. But I warn you, don't dismiss the Escapist's escapades. The comic books are replete with nuance, and self-effacingly blur the boundaries between the idealized constructions of both freedom and bondage.

Since the Escapist managed to extricate himself from Chabon's novel, and resides in a new series of comic book anthologies, I thought he may just be able to decamp once more and redeploy his skills in the Chemoscape. We were both astounded as he leapt from the page and became our accomplice in the great chemo escape.

In order to retreat into this recital of rescue and release, dissolve yourself in the slideshow. Or, if your disappearance requires a larger stage, click here, to slip into the super-sized spiel.