Posts tagged “the graphic canon”
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The Graphic Canon gets reviewed in the New York Times
November 30, 2012
The New York Times Book Review writes a glowing review of Russ Kick’s The Graphic Canon, Vol 1 and 2, picking out favorites and highlighting some of the more surprising adaptations and unique interpretations.
My favorite line:
“What [editor Russ Kick] asks us to acknowledge with The Graphic Canon is this: Gulliver’s Travels, Wuthering Heights, Leaves of Grass — these works of literature do not reside just on the shelves of academia; they flourish in the eye of our imagination.”Read the entire review at The New York Times, and check out a selection below.
“Most fascinating are the adaptations of works that less obviously lend themselves to comic or visual treatment. The artist Ryan Dunlavey and the writer Fred Van Lente introduce us to the early feminist philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft with energetic oomph in a one-pager from their “Action Philosophers!” comic series. Volume 2 includes an excerpt from John Porcellino’s graphic novel based on the writings of Henry David Thoreau.
Tags: Fred Van Lente, Gulliver’s Travels, John Porcellino, Leaves of Grass, Megan Kelso, russ kick, Ryan Dunlavey, the graphic canon, the new york times, Wuthering Heights
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The Graphic Canon reviewed in New York Times and Turkish Lit Mag
November 27, 2012
Molly Keily’s artwork from The Graphic Canon Vol 1 was featured on the front cover of Kitap, one of the most popular literary magazines in Turkey.
Closer to home, a glowing review in the New York Times Book Review of both Vol 1 and 2 is appearing in this Sunday’s paper. With heaps of observant praise, the review highlights some choice favorites. Here’s a sneak peak:
- “In The Graphic Canon, the world’s literature is reimagined as comics and visual art, and with it the editor, Russ Kick, has struck a chord.”
- “Every page sends you further down the rabbit hole, and before you know it, hours have passed.”
- “Work that might normally put you to sleep will leave you awe-struck.”
- “[T]hese works of literature do not reside just on the shelves of academia; they flourish in the eye of our imagination.”
Tags: Kitap, Molly Keily, new york times, russ kick, the graphic canon
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Cyber Monday sweeps the internet: All of our titles are 25% off!
November 26, 2012
Get any 7 Stories title for 25% off when you order from our website.
And stay alert for even greater deals this month on some of our best holiday gift books, like Evolution, Meme Wars, Buzz Aldrin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? and The Graphic Canon Vol 1 and 2.
Evolution is the book on how we came to be what we are. It features two hundred stark black-and-white photographs produced by Patrick Gries in collaboration with the Museum of Natural History in Paris are accompanied by text from scientist and documentarian Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu.
Check back for more deals and holiday gift ideas!
Tags: Buzz aldrin what happened to you in all the confusion?, cyber monday, evolution, Meme Wars, the graphic canon
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Attention Pride and Prejudice fans: Animated Lizzy and Mrs. Bennet
October 12, 2012
Huxley King and Terrence Boyce have created a brilliant adaptation of chapter 2 of Pride and Prejudice, based on Huxley King’s contribution to The Graphic Canon Vol 2, an anthology of literature from the 1800s adapted by artists and illustrators.
Beautiful drawings and lively voice overs of your favorite Bennets as Mrs. Bennet wails about not meeting Mr. Bingley while Mr. Bennet teases her and then reveals that he has in fact visited the wealthy new neighbor earlier that day.
Check out the video on You Tube.
Tags: Huxley King, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Terrence Boyce, the graphic canon
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The Graphic Canon Volume 2 is ON SALE TODAY
October 2, 2012
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From “Kubla Khan” to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray is now on sale!
And it was just featured in Brain Pickings, with an impressive slideshow of some of the amazing pieces from the book.
“The Graphic Canon covers a remarkable spectrum of literature since 1800 and spans everything from “the bad boys of Romanticism” — Keats, Byron, and Shelley — to cornerstones of science and philosophy like Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra to prior favorites like Matt Kish’s Moby-Dick illustrations. The tome is the best thing in literary comics since Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant and a fine complement to the best graphic nonfiction of the past few years.”
Tags: brain pickings, russ kick, the graphic canon
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Publishers Weekly calls Graphic Canon Vol 2 a “a must-have anthology”
October 1, 2012
The Graphic Canon Volume 2: From “Kubla Khan” to the Brontë Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (ON SALE TOMORROW) edited by Russ Kick, gets a rave review in Publishers Weekly!
“Comprising original graphic versions of classic literature, from Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” to Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, this is the second volume of a must-have anthology for those who wish to lose themselves utterly in visual narrative adaptations of the works of the Western canon.”
“Apart from containing insightful introductions and wonderful artwork, these selections have a not-to-be-underestimated pedagogical value that educators will no doubt find invaluable in bringing classic works of literature to a 21st-century audience immersed in visual culture.”
Tags: Kubla Khan, publishers weekly, russ kick, the graphic canon, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Bookend Event: Brooklyn Book Festival celebrates The Graphic Canon with Small Demons at The Bell House on 9/18
September 18, 2012
Join Seven Stories Press and Small Demons on Tuesday, September 18th at 7pm at The Bell House for a unique literary event sponsored by the Brooklyn Book Festival. The event features a multimedia presentation of The Graphic Canon, a three-volume anthology of classic world literature adapted by artists and illustrators, called the “graphic publishing literary event of the year” (Publisher’s Weekly) and “an exciting new benchmark for comics” (Library Journal). The Graphic Canon is the brainchild of Russ Kick, a bestselling author/anthologist who embarked on a colossal project to re-tell the literature of the world in comics and visuals. All together the three volumes feature over 200 pieces of literature, drawn by 150 different artists and illustrators.
Art from all three volumes of The Graphic Canon will be presented by Seven Stories publisher Dan Simon and as well as contributors Seymour Chwast (The Divine Comedy, Vol. 1), Shawn Cheng (a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Vol.
Tags: Bookends Event, Brooklyn Book Festival, russ kick, Seth Tobocman, Seymour Chwast, Shawn Cheng, Small Demons, The Bell House, the graphic canon
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Russ Kick podcast on Book Talk
July 17, 2012
Stephen Usery interviews editor Russ Kick about his new project The Graphi
c Canon Volume One:From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons.Book Talk is an author interview program produced byFM89.3 WYPL in Memphis, TN.
Listen to the interview here.
Tags: Book Talk, podcast, russ kick, the graphic canon
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Comics and ancient tales? Yes please!
July 12, 2012
“If you want some really heavy duty literature-based comics, The Graphic Canon is a project you definitely want to check out.”
Curious about The Graphic Canon’s visual interpretation of classic literature? Jonathan Liu of GeekDad was too. Read his take on the series, (particularly Volume 1, released May 2012) here.
Tags: Geekdad, reviews, russ kick, the graphic canon, The Graphic Canon Vol 1
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Russ Kick at Left Bank Books
June 13, 2012
St. Louis!
Russ Kick is coming to you! Join him as he talks about editing the three-part anthology The Graphic Canon at Left Bank Books on June 13 at 7:00pm.
Left Bank Books is located at:
399 N. Euclid Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108
Click here to learn more!
Tags: left bank books, readings, russ kick, signings, st louis, the graphic canon