Al Davison is an English cartoonist who was born with spina bifida — doctors thought he would never walk — and his graphic novel THE SPIRAL CAGE chronicled growing up and struggling to be accepted as a whole person. Despite his handicap he’s studied martial arts for 30 years, and gained a couple of black belts. Here’s a video of Davison putting on an MA demonstration he recently put up on his MySpace page. He also runs a comics shop in Conventry called the Astral Gypsy which just celebrated its first anniversary.
If you ever run into Al at a show, chat him up — he’s one of the most unforgettable characters you’ll ever meet.
Awesome video and very nice story.
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I’ve met Al a couple of times and him and his wife are the nicest people you could ever hope to meet. Also Spiral Dreams is one of the most moving graphic novels I’ve ever read (right up there with Maus IMHO) and apparently Al’s almost finished volume 2…
Amazing, a great video.
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Awesome video. Amazing story.
Hello everyone,
I enjoyed reading your post as it is relevant to today and I thought I’d add another comment.
Its an interesting topic and should be discussed. Ill check back soon for any added comments, thanks.
It would be great to get this thread really running!
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Evening…,
I enjoyed reading your post as it is relevant to today and I thought I’d add another comment.
Its an interesting topic and should be discussed. Ill check back soon for any added comments, thanks.
It would be great to get this thread really active again!
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Wow! That’s actually amazing. I have never seen anything like this at all. Great video.
great video Al,and your art
work is fantastic as usual .you have always been an inspiration to others and always will be.
Awesome video, thanks for posting