![]() ![]() ![]() The bounty that follows embodies only a small selection, favoring variety and currency. ![]() The graphic novel adaptations here offer readers a different, wonderfully illustrated path into stories. Adaptations can also highlight what was lacking in a text-only title, or draw attention to other aspects of the tale. Heroes and heroines long gone can speak to readers today, lending inspiration and bravery. It can also extend the reach of a story that was popular in the past but is now surprisingly appropriate to the present. Some hold fast to their inspiration, while others alter setting and characters, such as a new spin on the classic story of Frankenstein or a surrealistic take on a Greek tragedy with a mostly animal cast.Īdaptation into comics can make a long, wordy work easier to get into. Today, thousands of comics adapt books, short stories, epic poems, plays, musical productions, political documents, TV shows, essays-even podcasts. Classics Illustrated adaptations broke ground in 1941. How many times have we read or watched or listened, imagining the story playing out as a graphic novel? It is not a unique feeling. ![]()
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