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mackle13 's review for:
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1
by P. Craig Russell, Neil Gaiman
A decent adaptation of Gaiman's 'Graveyard Book', though it's lacking a bit from loss of Gaiman's prose (which I find generally transportive).
Right from the start I was hit by the missing first line. I mean, how do you get rid of, "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."
I mean, it's like writing the Gunslinger without, "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."
Maybe I missed it? (I've returned the book to the library, so I can't check again... but I did keep going back and forth looking for it... )
Anyway -
Some of the characters didn't look quite like I imagined them, especially Silas and Miss Lupescu, but it comes expected that the artists image isn't necessarily going to be the one you dreamt up.
(I like this fanart version, "The_Graveyard_Book_by_XueLian", actually:
Overall, not a bad adaptation - but I still prefer the original.
Right from the start I was hit by the missing first line. I mean, how do you get rid of, "There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife."
I mean, it's like writing the Gunslinger without, "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."
Maybe I missed it? (I've returned the book to the library, so I can't check again... but I did keep going back and forth looking for it... )
Anyway -
Some of the characters didn't look quite like I imagined them, especially Silas and Miss Lupescu, but it comes expected that the artists image isn't necessarily going to be the one you dreamt up.
(I like this fanart version, "The_Graveyard_Book_by_XueLian", actually:
Overall, not a bad adaptation - but I still prefer the original.