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Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
by Eoin Colfer
While I have read adult graphic novels like Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, I am not that familiar with graphic novels for kids. With the rise in popularity and publication of these books, I decided I should get up to speed with my students!
I decided to start with graphic novelizations of YA/children's books I have already read so that I could compare the original book to the graphic novel version.
This version of Artemis Fowl, criminal super genius, was surprisingly good. I thought the major plot points from the original book were maintained in the new format. The only thing I missed were the strings of Gnommish (elven language) across the bottom of the text, which appears in the original book. Eoin Colfer, Artemis' creator, adapted his book for the graphic novel, and it shows.
I had a few issues with the graphics because the illustrator's vision for the characters did not match with the vision in my head after reading the Artemis Fowl books. This is a common problem when I watch movie adaptations of books I have read, too!
The Artemis Fowl graphic novel would definitely interest my students in reading the full length book and vice versa.
I decided to start with graphic novelizations of YA/children's books I have already read so that I could compare the original book to the graphic novel version.
This version of Artemis Fowl, criminal super genius, was surprisingly good. I thought the major plot points from the original book were maintained in the new format. The only thing I missed were the strings of Gnommish (elven language) across the bottom of the text, which appears in the original book. Eoin Colfer, Artemis' creator, adapted his book for the graphic novel, and it shows.
I had a few issues with the graphics because the illustrator's vision for the characters did not match with the vision in my head after reading the Artemis Fowl books. This is a common problem when I watch movie adaptations of books I have read, too!
The Artemis Fowl graphic novel would definitely interest my students in reading the full length book and vice versa.