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...covered by TIME.comix, gave us Rehr's remarkable autobiographical account of the catastrophe as he experienced it from a few blocks away. Now, Rehr has followed that up with a fictional story, "Tribeca Sunset," which explores the relationship of four men in the aftermath of that red-letter day. Craig, Mac and Neil, three former New York art school chums, get together with Neil's brother Rob to attend Neil's gallery opening and meet his fianc?e. In the course of the weekend, they renew their bond in the way that a lot of men do - busting each other...
...Central Park's ice-skating rink with just a few dots of people on it. Throughout the story, the disaster's aftermath asserts itself on the lives and psyche of the characters. The story takes place during a snowy weekend, causing Mac to see swirling ash for a moment. Craig dreams of HAZMAT-suited real estate agents in SOHO. Neil has to keep the news on all the time because he says, "I don't want to be the last person in the city, watching the cartoon channel, while everybody else's being evacuated." Inwardly disturbed but outwardly cool, 9/11...
...Like Rehr himself, these guys are pushing 40 (another rarity for comix characters) and are all facing the issues of that life stage. Craig moved away before 9/11 to become a professor and raise a family. Though he harbors a secret mid-life crisis, Craig seems the most grounded of the crew. He becomes the story's locus as he reacquaints himself with his friends. Mac, a successful painter and permanent bachelor, left the city after the disaster. Deeply shaken by the experience, but loathe to admit it, he puts up a vain and pompous front - "Don't touch...
...Four Friends: (clockwise from top left) Craig, Neil...
...grow restless. In between chatting up devoted fans, Randy doodles beards and breasts on promotional pictures of fellow cast members. Cameran gets up close and personal with a poster of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady from the JAMN 94.5 table. “Children, children behave,” Craig Goldstein, a promotional consultant for the event from Universal Consulting Group, sternly warns...