Graphic Classics Volume 12: Adventure Classics - Softcover

Rohmer, Sax; McCulley, Johnston; Grey, Zane; Dumas, Alexandre; Nesbit, Edith; Kipling, Rudyard; Doyle, Arthur Conan; Henry, O.; Stevenson, Robert Louis; Sabatini, Rafael; Runyon, Damon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974664847 ISBN 13: 9780974664842

Publisher: Eureka Productions, 2005

Synopsis

• The book presents thirteen stories and poems of danger, horror, comedy, and romance; all told in new comics adaptations. Included are "The Valley of the Sorceress" by "Fu Manchu" author Sax Rohmer, "The Masked Ball" by Alexandre Dumas, and "Tigre" by Zane Grey. Plus a classic war story by Damon Runyon, a saga of Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, and a noir crime tale by "Zorro" author Johnston McCulley. And stories from O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert W. Service, Edith Nesbit, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Fitz-James O'Brien, as illustrated by Hunt Emerson, Michael Manning, Mary Fleener, Don Marquez, Mark A. Nelson, and more great contemporary artists.

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Reviews

Grade 6 Up–Taking stories from Alexander Dumas, O. Henry, Arthur Conan Doyle, and others and turning them into comics provides some very entertaining pieces. Colonial explorers, treasure-mad eccentrics, and mysterious figures in seedy taverns populate each tale, with the language mostly updated but still referring to natives as brutes. Each tale is drawn differently, from caricature to stark, matching the tenor of the plot. Settings such as a desert, a jungle, and the American West plus plenty of strange characters bring the adventures alive. This is a thoroughly satisfying affirmation of the magic of reading, taking readers anywhere they want to go.–John Leighton, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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Gr. 9-12. Teens studying the classics in school will be delighted by this accessible selection of illustrated stories from classic masters, ranging from Kipling to Dumas. Focusing on adventure stories and poems, Pomplun offers a variety of both storytelling and illustration. A sampling includes Sax Rohmer's "In the Valley of the Sorceress," about an archaeologist unearthing an Egyptian tomb,^B with stark, stylized, high-contrast black-and-white art by J. B. Bonivert, and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," presented as a humorous poetic ode to the Wild West. As a bonus, Pomplun includes short biographies of the writers and artists. A good suggestion for teens having a hard time getting into the classics. Tina Coleman
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Edition details

• Publisher: Eureka Productions
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974664847
• ISBN 13: 9780974664842
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Pomplun Tom