I want to cry right now.
Showing posts with label Graphic Novels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Graphic Novels. Show all posts
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Graphic Novels Pt 2
I was walking around my school library the other day and did a double-take. Lo and behold:
Jane Eyre, the graphic novel. Does anyone else think there's something wrong with this?
After finding it, I did a little looking around and found more:
There's one for Dracula too, but I couldn't get the image to copy. I'm sure there are plenty of others out there as well, but was too depressed to look. If you're going to read Shakespeare or Bronte or Stoker, at least havethe respect to read the stories as they were intended. I have no issue with graphic novels or authors who wish their books to be published or re-published as such. But these authors had no say in how their stories are being handled, and in many cases, rewritten.
The point of these stories being classics is less about the story they tell (after all, anyone can tell a story about tragic lovers) and more the meaning given in how it's told. And now it's all being changed because most teenagers are too lazy to read the actual book.
This is sad, guys.
Jane Eyre, the graphic novel. Does anyone else think there's something wrong with this?
After finding it, I did a little looking around and found more:
There's one for Dracula too, but I couldn't get the image to copy. I'm sure there are plenty of others out there as well, but was too depressed to look. If you're going to read Shakespeare or Bronte or Stoker, at least havethe respect to read the stories as they were intended. I have no issue with graphic novels or authors who wish their books to be published or re-published as such. But these authors had no say in how their stories are being handled, and in many cases, rewritten.
The point of these stories being classics is less about the story they tell (after all, anyone can tell a story about tragic lovers) and more the meaning given in how it's told. And now it's all being changed because most teenagers are too lazy to read the actual book.
This is sad, guys.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Graphic Novels
Kin by Holly Black
Kith by Holly Black
Avalon High: Coronation by Meg Cabot
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale
Black is for Beginnings by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Desert Tales: Sanctuary by Melissa Marr
Dessert Tales: Challenge by Melissa Marr
There's also a rumor going around that they are in the process of turning the Mortal Instruments Trilogy by Cassandra Clare into grphic novels too. Graphic novels are huge these days, particularly in YA lit.
Thoughts on it? Yay or nay?
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