Three of the comics that I picked up are based on or are adaptions of novels.
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
It was made into an animated film in 1982. Mia Farrow was the Unicorn. Christopher Lee voiced the bad guy, King Haggard.
A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil king who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns. IMDB
And it's a gorgeous comic from IDW Publishing.
As the threat of the terrifying and mysterious Red Bull looms, so does the dark and foreboding castle of King Haggard, the keeper of the bull. The Unicorn, the magician Schmendrick, and Molly brave ahead until they are forced to defend the unicorn from certain death. But Schmendrick’s solution may make her wish she hadn’t survived at any cost.
Issue 4, Cover A
Issue 4, Cover B
Page 4
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
I love the title. Brilliant. This is the book that inspired the Blade Runner film.
Here's the trailer from Blade Runner:
The comic that I got yesterday is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Dust to Dust from BOOM! Studios. It's the authorized prequel.
A science-fiction publishing event! Who hunted androids before Rick Deckard? Taking place immediately after World War Terminus ends, the problems with artificial life - androids - become apparent. The government decides they must become targets, hunted down, but who will do the dirty work? Two men are assigned: Malcolm Reed, a 'special' human with the power to feel others' emotions, and Charlie Victor, who's the perfect man for the job - or is he? Meanwhile Samantha Wu, a Stanford biologist, fights to save the last of the world's animals. John W. Campbell Award-nominee Chris Roberson writes the prequel to John W. Campbell Memorial Award-winner Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, one of the greatest science fiction novels ever published. BOOM! Studios
Issue 5
The Eye of the World, The Wheel of Time 1 by Robert Jordan
A movie is in the works for The Eye of the World. The comic is published by Dynamite.
About Issue 5:
The next chapter in the ROBERT JORDAN'S thrilling WHEEL OF TIME! Thanks to Moiraine, Rand Al'Thor has found out why his quiet life has erupted into chaos and what the myrddraal seeks -- and those answers will change his life forever. Plagued with visions of a great evil, and forced to leave the only home he's ever known, THE EYE OF THE WORLD continues here! DYNAMITE
Issue 5
Apparently I really like comics based on novels!
OHMYGOD I did not know The Last Unicorn was a book!! And then there is a comic! That movie was one of my favorite movies growing up, we'd just gotten cable and HBO was new and they played it a lot. The soundtrack was done by America, I think. Also Jeff Bridges was the Prince. Oh I just loved loved loved the movie I could go on and on about how pretty it is. I want to check out the comic now.
ReplyDeleteSpazP - The Last Unicorn is a terrific book! I never saw the movie! I may have to get it for the small humans. America did do the music.
ReplyDeleteThe comic is really beautiful.