Through it all, the Roeblings persisted, rising above every obstacle to build the great bridge that connects Brooklyn and New York. As Washington’s wisest council, Emily skillfully navigated work crews who now had to answer to a woman, contractors, a hostile press, and a greedy city politician-all looking to take credit for the magnificent bridge slowly making its way across the East River. Washington’s wife, Emily, deftly assumed a key role in the bridge’s construction by becoming her husband’s eyes and ears at the work site. Unfortunately, there was more pain to follow, as Washington developed caisson disease, leaving him bedridden. After the accidental death of John Augustus Roebling in 1869, it was up to Roebling’s son Washington to complete the massive project. Tomasi and illustrator Sara DuVall bring to life the construction of one of the most iconic landmarks in the world and shine a light on the incredible triumphs and tragedies that went into building the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s a book about family and heart at its core and they just happen to have built one of the most amazing bridges that people from all around the world travel to see.In this extraordinary graphic novel, author Peter J. These people had everything thrown at them: nature, politics, tragedy and they just kept pushing through it until they got that bridge up and it is here 130 years later. To span the East River at that time was like going to the moon. It’s like Apollo 11 in 1870, watching a moonshot where people are using the tools and the machines they had at the time. How would you describe the story of the Roeblings? When you are seeing their handwriting and holding the books that they held, it puts the hook in you and suddenly you are right there in the 1800s. I was holding Washington Roebling’s journals, letters between him and Emily. I traveled to Troy where Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a treasure trove of archives from the Roeblings. Writer: Blood Tree, Snipe and Slug, The Bridge, House of Penance, Light Brigade, The Might. The New York Times and Harper’s Weekly were right on top of it as the bridge was going up. Recipient of 2018 Inkpot Award for Achievement in Comic Arts. How much of this was based in scholarship and did you have to take some liberties? Superboy and Robin, the sons of Superman and Batman, take center stage as a reluctant super-team in an all-new series bursting out of the DC Universe Rebirth. You did extensive research on this story and the history of NYC at the time.

The Bridge by Peter J. Tomasi