Neil Kleid, the Xeric Award winning author of Ninety Candles and Brownsville, has, in The Big Kahn, created a profound examination of the very nature of faith.  At the funeral of beloved Rabbi David Kahn, the deceased’s brother shows up and informs the family that not only was their father not a Rabbi, he was not even Jewish, just a grifter who got lost in his con.

At first the effect of this mental sucker punch on the Rabbi’s children appears to be devastating, but it turns out that nothing in this subtly-constructed tale is quite what it appears at first glance.  With a compelling story filled with philosophical overtones and expressive art from Nicholas Cinquegrani, The Big Kahn is one of the most interesting graphic novel releases of a fall season that is replete with dynamic offerings.