Tag: graphic novels
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Graphic Novel Review
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2010, Campfire Script: Roland Mann, adapted from L Frank Baum Pencil: Kevin Jones Colours: Debu Payen L Frank Baum’s Oz books are perhaps most remembered (in Britain at least) via the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, a family favourite that has become so deeply ingrained in our culture that it’s hard to think of…
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Graphic Novel Review
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Campfire, 2010 Script: CEL Welsh Pencils: Lalit Kumar Sharma Inks: Jagdish Kumar Colours: Vijay Sharma I originally read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde over a decade ago, but only while reading Campfire’s comic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Victorian morality tale did it occur to me just how difficult a book it…
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel Review
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Titan Books, 2010 Story: Adapted by Tony Lee from Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Art: Cliff Richards Go on, admit it. When you first heard the title Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a small part of you was intrigued. You may have rolled your eyes in disgust, or proclaimed the decline of modern literature, but…
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Legend: The Labors of Heracles Graphic Novel Review
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Campfire, 2010 Script: Ryan Foley Art: Sankha Banerjee Colours: Ajo Kurian Campfire is a New Delhi based publisher comprised of Western writers and Asian artists, with an ever-expanding range of titles mostly comprised of adaptations of literary classics. Legend: The Labors of Heracles isn’t adapted from a celebrated novel, but is instead a faithful recounting…
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Punisher MAX vol. 6: Barracuda TPB Review
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Marvel, 2006 Story: Garth Ennis Art: Goran Parlov Colours: Giulia Brusco One consequence of Frank Castle’s hardline approach to vigilantism is that his enemies rarely get the opportunity to stage comebacks; usually because he’s deposited several dozen bullets in their skulls. While Garth Ennis may have introduced the Marvel Universe to the mountain of moronic…
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Hope Larson’s Mercury Graphic Novel Review
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Mercury is an ambitious narrative of two coming-of-age tales, tied by blood but separated by time.
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Free Comic Book Day: Free Comics Every 20 Minutes at HeavyInk
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in Comic NewsWahey, today is Free Comic Book Day. Or at least it is if you live in North America; though many comic stores in the UK and around the world do also participate. So take it upon yourself to journey onwards to your nearest comic book store and demand a freebee. But for those who aren’t…
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Fool’s Gold Graphic Novel Project Is Far From Worthless
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in Comic NewsLast February I wrote a feature/review on Fool’s Gold, a graphic novel project from the pupils of the Dearne High Specialist Humanities College in Rotherham. The book was a lot of fun, and I felt it did a great job of both introducing the comic medium into schools and getting teenagers to think beyond the…