I know this has been touched on in the past but this article
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/08/six-by-6-six-great-comic-adaptations/ (http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/08/six-by-6-six-great-comic-adaptations/)
Has some really interesting choices not the typical ones... well it mentions Jack Kirby's 2001 adaption and I never get bored of bigging up the wonderful Jack Kirby series that followed this. Another unfinished Kirby classic, oh where this might have gone.
It also includes David Mazzucchelli's adaption of City of Glass that I've always been tempted by but being a big fan of the novella I've always shied away getting to as I'm not sure what it could add to the book? Has anyone read it and the book?
So yeah any other adaptions... aside from Alien! I keep meaning to pick up Robert Crumb's Old Testament but never have.
Have you tried the Parker books? Crime novels adapted by Darwyn Cooke. Lovely.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parker-The-Hunter-ebook/dp/B007KDHO18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376851751&sr=8-2&keywords=parker+darwyn+cooke
Quote from: Daveycandlish on 18 August, 2013, 07:51:34 PM
Have you tried the Parker books? Crime novels adapted by Darwyn Cooke. Lovely.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parker-The-Hunter-ebook/dp/B007KDHO18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376851751&sr=8-2&keywords=parker+darwyn+cooke
Seconded.
Quote from: Daveycandlish on 18 August, 2013, 07:51:34 PM
Have you tried the Parker books? Crime novels adapted by Darwyn Cooke. Lovely.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parker-The-Hunter-ebook/dp/B007KDHO18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376851751&sr=8-2&keywords=parker+darwyn+cooke
Third
The advert for the Parker film with Jason Statham and J-Lo on a bus I always used to see, put me so off Parker its untrue. That said Darwyn Cooke is a bit of a comics God...
Stainless Steel Rat.
I recently raid Conan and the Jewels of Gwahlur comic hardback recently. It's drawn and scripted* P Craig Russell. Colours by Lovern Kinzierski.
I haven't read much Conan stuff, but this was pretty good. I'll admit, I'm not really into comic adaptations of prose stuff, or vice versa. I'm really a believer of producing original material** in any said medium, (although I'll accept film adaptations of books,) but I saw this at the library and I was curious having read some positive reviews of Conan stuff on this very board.
I'll admit being reticent about reading Conan novels as I had this idea in the back of my mind that it would be mundane one dimensional stuff about a barbarian hacking his way through people and bonking lots of women, and that's it. Not at all, the story in this book was pretty terrific. It was actually a bit of a mystery story at it's heart.
It's certainly got me interested in the original material if much of Howard's stuff is like this.
I think my only complaint was the amount of captions made up of text from the novel. Many comic adaptations make this mistake, and it's understandable why, but often it's just not needed for this format.
*The actual writer being Robert E Howard of course, albeit that was in prose form.
** By this I mean an original story. I don't have a problem with the same world crossing from prose to comic, or vice-versa as long as the stories are different. There may be exceptions however.
I.N.J Culbard has adapted Lovecraft's Mountain's of Madness, and it is simply one of the most gorgeous comics ever.
Quote from: Mister Pops on 19 August, 2013, 01:35:33 AM
I.N.J Culbard has adapted Lovecraft's Mountain's of Madness, and it is simply one of the most gorgeous comics ever.
Agreed. It's excellent, as are Culbard's other Lovecraft works.
Edginton and D'Israeli's War of the Worlds wasn't bad either. Still available to read for free, here:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/883/H-G-Wells-The-War-of-the-Worlds
Quote from: Jimmy Baker's Assistant on 19 August, 2013, 07:10:48 AM
Quote from: Mister Pops on 19 August, 2013, 01:35:33 AM
I.N.J Culbard has adapted Lovecraft's Mountain's of Madness, and it is simply one of the most gorgeous comics ever.
Agreed. It's excellent, as are Culbard's other Lovecraft works.
Edginton and D'Israeli's War of the Worlds wasn't bad either. Still available to read for free, here:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/883/H-G-Wells-The-War-of-the-Worlds
Yeah I've got this in hard cover. Scarlet Traces and The Great Game which spin out of that are also worth checking out.
When to a really interesting talk by D'Israeli about how this 'trilogy' came about.
And a vote for the recent Don Quixote adaptation by Rob Davis
http://www.selfmadehero.com/news/2013/06/how-to-adapt-don-quixote-into-a-graphic-novel-in-seven-easy-steps-by-rob-davis/
Quote from: Jimmy Baker's Assistant on 19 August, 2013, 07:10:48 AM
Edginton and D'Israeli's War of the Worlds wasn't bad either.
One of my favourite comics of all time along with the sequels, I once saw them in Sheffield Space Centre and bought the whole lot and the guy behind the counter told me excitedly that the shop was D'Israeli's old stomping ground. Which is pretty rad.
Quote from: Jimmy Baker's Assistant on 19 August, 2013, 07:10:48 AM
Quote from: Mister Pops on 19 August, 2013, 01:35:33 AM
I.N.J Culbard has adapted Lovecraft's Mountain's of Madness, and it is simply one of the most gorgeous comics ever.
Agreed. It's excellent, as are Culbard's other Lovecraft works.
I picked that up on a recent Kindle sale for about 2 Euro, great adaptation.
Didn't know Culbard had adapted other Lovecraft stories. Will definitely seek them out.
I enjoyed Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser by Mike Mignola and Howard Chaykin; it's been a long time since I read it though so it may not be as good as I remember...
I always thought the original Batman (1989) comic adaptation was better than the film. Same goes for Robocop 2 (they're actually publishing an adaptation of Frank Miller's unused Robocop 3 script at the moment).
Quote from: Mardroid on 19 August, 2013, 01:00:10 AM
I recently raid Conan and the Jewels of Gwahlur comic hardback recently. It's drawn and scripted* P Craig Russell. Colours by Lovern Kinzierski.
'Raid'? Really? Two letter wrong? Dear me.
In my defence I was tired.
I keep meaning to snap up a copy of that Bill Sienkiewicz Dune comic but never do.
Quote from: The Cosh on 20 August, 2013, 06:50:09 AM
I keep meaning to snap up a copy of that Bill Sienkiewicz Dune comic but never do.
Oooh - I'll keep an eye for that. Cheers Cosh.
I liked Shutter Island - good art - very moody. Captured the story well.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 18 August, 2013, 07:21:42 PM
I keep meaning to pick up Robert Crumb's Old Testament but never have.
Read it. It's probably something your local library has, it's no underground comix Crumb title, just a straight adaptation of the Book of Genesis with late era Crumb art.
P. Craig Russell seems to be the man for fantasy adaptations - I have his Stormbringer collection from Dark Horse. Haven't read his other Moorcock, Oscar Wilde or opera adaptations though.
Quote from: Ancient Otter on 25 August, 2013, 06:03:10 PM
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 18 August, 2013, 07:21:42 PM
I keep meaning to pick up Robert Crumb's Old Testament but never have.
Read it. It's probably something your local library has, it's no underground comix Crumb title, just a straight adaptation of the Book of Genesis with late era Crumb art.
Yeah I'd heard that. Kinda why it interests me. Let you look at the book as a story (stories) with a different set of eyes and thus remove all that religious guff attached to it and review it as the myth it is. Like the idea of detaching so much of the baggage.