He also discovers the crowd of strangers from earlier in the day, who are also now at the party, was a flash mob filming him for a viral video.

David wanders back home, and on a bridge at sunrise discovers he's gained the power to reshape any material with his hands.

Getting in contact with Ollie, he learns of an opening at the gallery and prepares a new set of sculptures to compete for the spot, while also growing closer to Meg.

Accusing Ollie of nepotism, he breaks off their friendship and grows frustrated due having only four months left to live.

Instead he starts sneaking out at night and creating sculptures all throughout New York City, an activity that causes him anonymous fame but also turns him into a fugitive from the police.

With only 23 days to live, David moves to a new apartment and attempts to create new sculptures, but a week passes with him unsuccessfully trying to forget Meg.

He arrives at Meg's location too late to save her from being hit by a truck, and descends with her body to the subway tunnels to mourn her.

Death's guise as Harry begins to crumble, but before he disappears he tells David to not lose heart and commit suicide like his uncle did after his wife died.

As he completes his sculpture by the morning, a police sniper shoots him and he falls stories to the ground, during which his life flashes before his eyes.

[4] An advance review in Publishers Weekly stated, "McCloud's epic generates magic and makes an early play for graphic novel of the year.

"[3] M G. Lord at the Los Angeles Times praised the artwork and called McCloud a "master of pacing", but "could not connect emotionally to the love story".

Shortly after the book's release, Sony announced it had gained the rights to adaptation with the involvement of Scott Rudin,[8] who was to produce with Josh Bratman.