The NYT Arts Beat Blog comments that the new hardcover graphic books best seller list is “crammed” with graphic novel adaptations of popular books. At #1 is Storm Front, the first in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher.
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| Retail Price: |
$22.95 |
| Hardcover: |
128 pages |
| Publisher: |
Del Rey/Dabel Brothers – (2009-06-02) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0345506391 / 9780345506399 |
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The second volume in the series is coming out in October.
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| Retail Price: |
$22.95 |
| Hardcover: |
112 pages |
| Publisher: |
Del Rey/Dabel Brothers – (2009-10-27) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
0345516206 / 9780345516206 |
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As the Graphic Novel Reporter recently reported, adapting books to comics and manga is an growing trend. Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, and Laurell K. Hamilton all have collaborated on adaptations of their novels. In manga there’s the Warriors series, original stories set in the world of Erin Hunter’s Warriors books and Dean Koontz worked with Manga artist Queenie Chan for a prequel to the Odd Thomas series, In Odd We Trust.
The first book in Donald Westlake’s Parker series (under the pseudonym Richard Stark) is coming as a graphic novel this summer:
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| Retail Price: |
$24.99 |
| Hardcover: |
144 pages |
| Publisher: |
Idea & Design Works Llc – (2009-07-14) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
1600104932 / 9781600104930 |
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And, mystery writer Ian Rankin will be publishing his first graphic novel in August:
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| Retail Price: |
$19.99 |
| Hardcover: |
216 pages |
| Publisher: |
Vertigo – (2009-08-25) |
| ISBN / EAN: |
1401213863 / 9781401213862 |
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For more on upcoming graphic novels, check:
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