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The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø

by Russ Kick (Editor)

Other authors: Aeschylus (Contributor), Mori Ōgai (Contributor), Charles Baudelaire (Contributor), Ovadia Benishu (Illustrator), Sarah Benkin (Illustrator) — 52 more, Robert Berry (Illustrator), Giovanni Boccaccio (Contributor), Gareth Brookes (Illustrator), Anthony Burgess (Contributor), James M. Cain (Contributor), Truman Capote (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Sarah Crosby (Illustrator), Fyodor Dostoevsky (Contributor), Arthur Conan Doyle (Contributor), Alex Eckman-Lawn (Illustrator), Theo Ellsworth (Illustrator), Glynnis Fawkes (Illustrator), C. Frakes (Illustrator), Karrie Fransman (Illustrator), Benjamin Frisch (Illustrator), Patrick Gabrielli (Illustrator), Rick Geary (Illustrator), Jean Genet (Contributor), Emi Gennis (Illustrator), Kate Glasheen (Illustrator), Roberta Gregory (Illustrator), Nathaniel Hawthorne (Contributor), Patricia Highsmith (Contributor), Pauline Hopkins (Contributor), Iceberg Slim (Contributor), James Joyce (Contributor), Kikuchi Jun (Contributor), Franz Kafka (Contributor), Keren Katz (Illustrator), Megan Kelso (Illustrator), Suzy Kim (Author), Stephen King (Contributor), Peter Kuper (Illustrator), Maurice Leblanc (Contributor), Jane Mai (Illustrator), Jo Nesbø (Contributor), Caroline Picard (Illustrator), Edgar Allan Poe (Contributor), Hader Reuven (Illustrator), Jackie Roche (Illustrator), Ellis Rosen (Illustrator), Marquis de Sade (Contributor), R. Sikoryak (Illustrator), Sophocles (Contributor), Robert Louis Stevenson (Contributor), David W. Tripp (Illustrator), Ellice Weaver (Illustrator), Sophia Wiedeman (Illustrator), Oscar Wilde (Contributor), Kriota Willberg (Illustrator), James Wragg (Illustrator)

Series: The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery (1), The Graphic Canon (5)

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"From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; C. Frakes resurrects the forgotten novella "Talma Gordon," the first mystery written by an African American. Crime finds new life in these graphic renditions of The Arabian Nights, the Bible, James Joyce's Dubliners, Patricia Highsmith, and leading mystery writers of today like Jo Nesbø"--… (more)
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This is a pretty wide-ranging graphic sampler of crime and mystery fiction, spanning almost the entire history of literary creation. Everything from ancient Greek tragedy to the Bible to Agatha Christie and Edgar Allan Poe are represented, in a variety of graphic styles. Each piece has a nice introduction, to both the original work and the graphic (and sometimes textual) adaptation. There are a whole bunch of these volumes, and I'll probably continue to delve in, but in some ways they are like short story collections, with some pieces only a couple of pages long, some longer, and others really like annotated paintings, with only the barest interpretation of the original work. It's an interesting approach, though I do tend to favour long-form literature, so I'm not sure how much I got out of it. I did share a couple of snips with others though. ( )
  karenchase | Jun 14, 2023 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
This is a tough one to review. Overall, I think it's a really cool collection, with a nice diversity of samples of crime and mystery literature. Unfortunately, a great many of the stories were not my cup of tea. However, the art, and the variety of styles, is a treat! I think this almost feels like a textbook of sorts, more designed to expose the reader to a great many ideas and styles than to entertain the reader. Don't get me wrong, at times both things are accomplished, but for me not frequently enough to give it a higher review. ( )
  Stahl-Ricco | Dec 30, 2017 |
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AeschylusContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ōgai, MoriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baudelaire, CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benishu, OvadiaIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Iceberg SlimContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Joyce, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jun, KikuchiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kafka, FranzContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Kim, SuzyAuthorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
King, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kuper, PeterIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leblanc, MauriceContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mai, JaneIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nesbø, JoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Picard, CarolineIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Poe, Edgar AllanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Roche, JackieIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Sade, Marquis deContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sikoryak, R.Illustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Stevenson, Robert LouisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tripp, David W.Illustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Weaver, ElliceIllustratorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; C. Frakes resurrects the forgotten novella "Talma Gordon," the first mystery written by an African American. Crime finds new life in these graphic renditions of The Arabian Nights, the Bible, James Joyce's Dubliners, Patricia Highsmith, and leading mystery writers of today like Jo Nesbø"--
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741.5The arts › Graphic arts and decorative arts › Drawing & drawings › Cartoons, Caricatures, Comics

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PN6726.F76Language and Literature › Literature (General) › Literature (General) › Collections of general literature › Comic books, strips, etc.

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