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| Fight for Tomorrow | 
| Author: Brian Wood
Creators: Denys Cowan, Kent Williams
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 821437
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1401215629
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781401215620
ASIN: 1401215629
Publication Date: January 2, 2008
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Product Description
Brian Wood, the critically acclaimed writer of DMZ, teams with artist Denys Cowan for this action-packed tale of a young Buddhist monk turned kung fu street brawler. Kidnapped as a small boy, Cedric Zhang was bought and raised to fight in competitions for the benefit of his owner and the other local clan bosses. He quickly formed a tight and lasting bond with Christy, one of the clan's young nurses. They helped each other survive in a grim and violent environment, until they escaped as young adults and relocated to New York City. Then, in the middle of the night, Christy runs away, disappearing with no warning or explanation. Cedric immerses himself in the violent and corrupt NYC underworld in an effort to locate his missing friend and finds himself back in the same horrible world he spent his life trying to escape.
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Simply an underrated story June 15, 2008
My first foray into Brain Wood's writing was through DMZ, the monthly ongoing series featuring a fictional civil war in the states. The brilliant mixture of good action and characterization, and the whole idea of America having another civil war, drew me in. In fact, I think it's one of the most fresh and creative comic series out there.
We see lots of the same creative energy here in Fight for Tomorrow, a mini-series that pretty much no one talked about. But I must say it's one not to be missed.
The story focuses around a character named Cedric Zhang, a buddhist who was raised as a fighter for underground fights where people regularly show up and bet on the fighters involved. He leads a pretty tough life, getting beat up almost every other day. But he finds strength in her girlfriend named Christy who was also in the same regime as Cedric.
Turns out Christy goes missing and Cedric has to find her, and along the way try to find himself. It's a heartfelt story of the everyman essentially and it's a very good one at that.
The writing's very creative, and it doesn't really feel like a normal run-of-the-mill story. Brian's characters feel very human and they often jump out of the page and start to live in your mind, that's due to the realistic dialogue and also the motivations of the characters. I think he's taken a very flawed character like Cedric and made us sympathise with his struggles and dilemmas, which is great. If anyone wants to know how to do great characterization in a story, I highly recommend this book.
With that said, I was surprised at the twist ending. Something in me didn't agree with how the story ended, but I don't see that as a flaw at all. Just like in real life, other people and situations in general don't always end up the way you want them to. But you accept it nonetheless. Fight for Tomorrow, like most other works from Wood, is very thought provoking in that regard and as a result feels very real and very much like a good movie or a good TV series where you come off feeling like you've just learned something important. That's why I think this book should get more rep out there; it's one of the most important comic series I've ever read.
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