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Joe is an imaginative eleven-year-old boy. He can't fit in at school. He's the victim of bullies. His dad died overseas in the Iraq war. He also suffers from Type 1 diabetes. One fateful day, his condition causes him to believe he has entered a vivid fantasy world in which he is the lost savior—a fantastic land based on the layout and contents of his home. His desperate attempts to make it out of his bedroom transform into an incredible, epic adventure through a bizarre landscape of submarine pirate dwarves, evil Hell Hounds, Lightning Lords and besieged castles. But is his quest really just an insulin deprived delirium—from which he can die if he doesn't take his meds—or something much bigger? Collecting: Joe the Barbarian 1-8
Publication Year: 2011
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0I'm not always a big fan of Grant Morrison's stories (tends towards too many threads that he expects readers to weave together for him) but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. 
Joe the Barbarian is about a troubled teen who after a particularly bad day starts experiencing hallucinations due to low blood sugar. As a Type 1 diabetic, Joe can get in serious trouble if he doesn't maintain blood sugar levels but after dealing with bullies, he just wants to get lost in his own imagination where things can be as epic and adventurous as he wants. But balancing reality with the strangely intense hallucinations pits Joe in a race to deal with a magical world in which he is the savior that everyone's depending on and the reality in which if he doesn't find a way to eat, he might slip into a diabetic coma. Joe's a very sympathetic character and I loved the adventure of the fantasy world. Catching details as they related to the real world made for a fun read and one I'd recommend if you don't mind not knowing exactly what's going on.
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