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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
This is the graphic version of one of Stephen King's short stories, "N." "N" is the abbreviation for the name of a patient who comes in to see a psychiatrist complaining of OCD-like symptoms that did not begin until after visiting a mysterious collection of stones on deserted farmland in rural Maine. The OCD symptoms worsen until the patient finds he can no longer live with himself. Unfortunately, the psychiatrist decides to visit the mysterious stones and finds himself similarly afflicted with OCD symptoms, as does everyone else who visits this farm. A great creepy story!
Don't the characters in Stephen King stories ever READ Stephen King??
I spent a lot of this story cringing and screaming (in my head) "NO!! don't do that!!" If a book, or story, or in this case, graphic novel can make me do that - I consider it a success.
The art work in this one was great. It really captured the feel of the story.
I just realized I may have crossed the line into actually liking graphic novels.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
I didn't enjoy this book at all the first time i read it. I got to the end and I didn't have any idea as to what even happened. I guess I'm not great with understanding comic books. After i read it again and understood it i liked it. It was a classic Stephen King.
N. is a graphic adaptation of a short yarn by storytelling icon Stephen King (later published in his 2008 collection, Just After Sunset). Something unearthly and terrifying inhabits Ackerman's Field in rural Maine, at the epicenter of a monolithic, Stonehenge-like arrangement of seven stones (or is it eight?). A gateway to another reality? A tear in the fabric of the universe? Whatever dwells there in that strange, windswept curtilage may harbor death for the eponymous "N.", a psychiatric patient whose visits to the field have passed beyond compulsion and into the purview of horrifying obsession.
The artwork here is gritty, photo-realistic, and remarkably frightening. Illustrator Alex Maleev gives life and form to the characters and the Lovecraftian creatures lurking just beyond our earthly realm, the progeny of Mr. King's vivid imagination. Each segment of the book is driven by beautiful splash pages presenting pieces of epistolary documents—handwritten letters, newspaper clippings, and other assorted ephemera that's highly reflective of the novella's nested narrative. Marc Guggenheim's plotting of the panels builds effective tension and moves the story along at a gripping, nail-biting pace.
It's not always easy translating Stephen King prose works to other mediums, but Marvel's adaptations have been consistently phenomenal. Check out Marvel's sensational work on The Dark Tower series and The Stand, if you haven't already done so. Guggenheim's N. is a stellar example of how to sequentially render Mr. King's masterful vision. Well-suited for horror fans, N. is beautifully rendered and sure to induce nightmares aplenty.
The artwork here is gritty, photo-realistic, and remarkably frightening. Illustrator Alex Maleev gives life and form to the characters and the Lovecraftian creatures lurking just beyond our earthly realm, the progeny of Mr. King's vivid imagination. Each segment of the book is driven by beautiful splash pages presenting pieces of epistolary documents—handwritten letters, newspaper clippings, and other assorted ephemera that's highly reflective of the novella's nested narrative. Marc Guggenheim's plotting of the panels builds effective tension and moves the story along at a gripping, nail-biting pace.
It's not always easy translating Stephen King prose works to other mediums, but Marvel's adaptations have been consistently phenomenal. Check out Marvel's sensational work on The Dark Tower series and The Stand, if you haven't already done so. Guggenheim's N. is a stellar example of how to sequentially render Mr. King's masterful vision. Well-suited for horror fans, N. is beautifully rendered and sure to induce nightmares aplenty.
The drawings for this graphic novel are stunning. They are so lifelike, it's actually kinda creepy. The story was very morbid but good.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I first saw/heard N as the motion comic that was released in parts on the internet. I anxiously snapped up every bit.
It built on the gut feeling favor one can feel for certain numbers. It's an OCD vindication and nightmare, and a little piece of semi-Lovecraftian warning.
Except that people DO die in this story, it leaves it just barely vague enough to think that maybe everything's cool and some people ARE just nutty.
It built on the gut feeling favor one can feel for certain numbers. It's an OCD vindication and nightmare, and a little piece of semi-Lovecraftian warning.
Except that people DO die in this story, it leaves it just barely vague enough to think that maybe everything's cool and some people ARE just nutty.
An effective, if somewhat overly familiar riff on the Great God Pan.