I recently completed reading Cravan by Mike Richardson & Rick Geary. If ever there were a life story more appropriate for a graphic novel, it is indeed the life of Arthur Cravan. Since really quite little is known about the life of Mr. Cravan, the resulting volume is rather slim. It does however hit the high points that are well known and documented in other texts like "Four Dada Suicides". It also focusses almost exclusively on his life and makes fleeting mentions of his work. This is, I think, an appropriate approach. The story veers off towards the end as it attempts to postulate what had become of him after his disappearance. It suggests the possibility that Cravan was a conterfeiter who pawned off manuscripts as being Oscar Wilde's and even being the writer of "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (written by B. Traven, also a reclusive mystery man).

The comic is an easy read that gives you a good background into what is known about the life of Arthur Cravan. The drawings are colorful and appropriate although none-to-challenging nor original. I would recommend this volume with three punches to the solar plexus out of five possible.

A better text is the aforementioned "4 Dada Suicides" which also includes a selection of Mr. Cravan's work.