Books : Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe (Graphic Classics (Graphic Novels))
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by: Edgar Allan Poe, et al
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780974664873
ISBN: 0974664871
Label: Eureka Productions
Manufacturer: Eureka Productions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Eureka Productions
Sales Rank: 21307
Studio: Eureka Productions
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Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe is completely revised, with over forty pages of new material. New to this edition are comics adaptations of 'King Pest', 'The Imp of the Perverse', and 'The Premature Burial'. Plus a newly-illustrated version of 'The Raven' by ten great artists. Returning from the previous edition are 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Fall of the House of Usher' and six more thrilling stories.
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Rating:  - Poe Graphicatalized
Great artistry behind one of the best poets of modern time. My personal favorite, The Raven, was put into wonderful artistic views. A must have for any Poe Fan.
Rating: - Edgar Allan Poe Rocks!
Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics
Okay, I get the point. Having read all of Tom Pompluns' classic compilations, I have often thought `Why not get mainstream artists? I'm sure John Byrne would do one for him? Hey, Steranko? What about Wiacek? Or Perez?'. But, call me slow, this collection of stories has opened the door.
The tales he has chosen to adapt, and the artists he has assigned the work to, work. Why? In a twisted way, the sheer esoteric nature of the Poe, ... Read More
Rating: - Gothic comics - An outstanding blend of words and pictures
Edgar Allan Poe is a natural choice as the first volume of the Graphic Classics volumes, a series partially inspired by the Classic Illustrated collection of comic books, which attempted to lure young readers into reading respectable, "classic" authors through the comics medium. This new incarnation, however, takes an entirely different tact, combining fantastic literary stories with equally talented artists for something that is far more entertainment than education.
Also, while these ... Read More
Rating: - Each black-and-white rendition is by a different artist
Compiled and edited by Tom Pomplun, Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe is an outstanding graphic novel anthology of diverse comic-book style adaptations of classic stories and poems by the legendary Edgar Allan Poe. Included are "The Raven", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and nine others. Each black-and-white rendition is by a different artist, and the styles range from gruesomely realistic to extravagantly bizarre; all of them deftly capture Poe's brilliant and sometimes shocking dialogue, ... Read More
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