As a 6’5″ woman, I am drawn to stories about the incredibly tall, or Giants as they are called. It’s the same thing that drew me to Beverly Cleary’s Beezus when I was a child, the ability to find comfort in a fictional kindred spirit when one cannot be found in your actual life.

It’s why The Giant’s House by Elizabeth McCracken is in the top five of my all-time favorite novels. It’s why I picked up Matt Kindt’s excellent graphic novel 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man even though I could tell from the cover it was going to break my heart.

Since this is a graphic novel, let’s talk about the cover for a moment. What you can’t see from the image up there is that the cover is die-cut. The window is actually a window, and when you pop open the cover, you’re greeted with Craig Pressgang, the giant man, staring forlornly into space. Close the cover and he’s peeking into the living room of his own home. A home he is too big to fit into anymore.

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