Best Graphic Novels
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds
In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format.
It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?
In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can't see his tormentors in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems — "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Manga Classics
Jane Eyre is a classic by Charlotte Bronte about a young girl who does not give up on life.
Romeo and Juliet a tragedy by Shakespeare's famous tragic love story
Edgar Allen Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories both mystery and the macabre. He is considered the inventor of detective fiction. This book is a great treat to a fan of his works.
The classic story of an innocent man wrongly convicted and deliberately imprisoned. He brilliantly builds a strategy and plan for revenge against those who betrayed him. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is a beautiful and sad story. The story has many central figures. Jean ValJean, Inspector Javert, Fantine, Cosette and Marius. Set in the french revolution.
If you know anyone who is a fan of the movie musical (you know the one I mean) or the stage musical or just the book itself. This is a wonderful gift idea. Beautifuly told and Illustrated this is a great book.
Set in Seventeenth Century Boston a Puritan settlement. A young woman is released from the town prison with her baby a scarlet letter A on her dress.
This is the story of an English orphan named Pip who rises to wealth and becomes humbled by his own arrogance. An amazing tale by Charles Dickens.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn features the story of a young boy, chafed by the "sivilized" restrictions of his foster home, and weary of his drunkard father's brutality. To escape, 14 year-old Huck Finn fakes his own death and sets off on a raft down the Mississippi River.
In a remote English village, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, a not-so-well-to do country squire and his wife, must marry off their five vivacious daughters.
A wonderful comedy by Jane Austen. Emma Woodhouse, is a wealthy, pretty, selfsatisfied young woman who indulges herself with meddelsome and unsuccessful attempts at matchmaking with comedic results.
This is the story of Elanore and Marianne Dashwood sisters who represent the title. With thier family theymove to a cottage in Devonshire after thier father passes.
A Beatutifuly done manga of the scottish play. A brave scottish general recieves a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become king of scotland. Consumed by this ambtion and driven by his wife to take charge and make it happen.
A romantic comedy set in Athens Greece. I cannot wait to get this myself being a fan of Shakespeare. It is a fantasy about four lovers bewitched by fairies. The story is filled wit jealous and marriage and love.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Krishna: Defender of Dharma
Evil is back on earth, this time in the guise of Kansa, the tyrant king of Mathura. To vanquish him, Lord Vishnu is born again in his eighth avatar – Krishna, defender of dharma.
Since his birth, Krishna has to fight evil in the form of monsters, demons, and ogres. But as he grows up, he observes that the real struggle of good against evil pits him not against shape-shifting monsters, but kings, princes, and brave warriors. Will Krishna be able to triumph over the darkness of greed and arrogance that has taken over the land? Will he be able to restore peace and dharma?
The tale of Krishna is a journey through awe-inspiring magical lands – the breathtaking forests of Vrindavan, the magical city of Dwarka, and the arid battlefields of Kurukshetra – as he conquers evil through his wisdom and courage to put mankind back on the path to righteousness.
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Pride and Prejudice: Graphic Novel
One of the classics of English literature. One of the most popular
novels ever written. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has enchanted
readers over the years. Campfire brings to readers a graphic novel
adaptation of this memorable novel of manners.
Friday, December 1, 2017
The Jungle Book
The adventure of a lifetime begins on the night a man-cub escapes certain doom at the hands of the tiger Shere Khan. In defiance of the tiger, the boy, Mowgli, is taken in by the Seeonee wolf pack and made a member.
Mowgli comes of age in the jungle and is taught how to survive by Bagheera, the black panther; Baloo, the brown bear; and Kaa, the python.
Always lurking nearby, though, is Shere Khan, who is determined that Mowgli will be his prey. But the hunter soon becomes the hunted when the boy and the tiger square off in an epic struggle in which only one will survive.
But greater than his fight with Shere Khan is the conflict Mowgli faces as he tries to find a place among wolves and humans – neither of whom truly accept him as one of their own.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Dracula (Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions)
On a trip to Transylvania, Jonathan Harker stays at an eerie castle owned by Count Dracula. When strange things start to happen, and the count escapes to London, Harker realizes that he and his friends are in grave danger.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Amaterasu: Return of the Sun [A Japanese Myth] (Graphic Myths and Legends)
This graphic novel tells the story of Amaterasu, the Japanese Shinto goddess of the sun. Amaterasus parents create the first eight islands of Japan. Amaterasus father later puts his children in charge of parts of the natural world. Beautiful and kindly Amaterasu is made the goddess of the sun. But her brother, Susano, god of the sea and storms, is jealous of his sisters position. In fear of Susanos temper, Amaterasu hides in a cave, plunging the world into darkness. The other gods and goddesses must come up with a clever plan to lure Amaterasu from her hiding place and restore order to the world.
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