Top 5 Adaptations I would like to See
Yesterday’s post got me thinking about what books I would like to see adapted into graphic novels. Here’s my Top 5!
1. Stephen King’s It. Tell me you wouldn’t want to see Pennywise realized in full color, maybe drawn by Ben Templesmith? So creepy! The large dialogue chunks and cinematic feel make King novels great for adapting but their length means the movie version are have to cut a lot. Another good King novel to adapt would be Duma Key, especially since it’s about art.
2. The Tattoo Murder Case by Akimitsu Takagi. This Japanese mystery is about tattoos, lovers and murder – the graphic novel trifecta. I would tap CLAMP to provide the artwork for this one.
3. The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Junko Mizuno has done some amazing fairytale adaptations and I would love to see what she would make of my favorite one.
4. Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. Vampires are anything but sexy in this story of a deadly parasitic infection and the notes on actual parasites would be pretty gross! I think the angular artwork of Kevin Dart would be perfect.
5. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I don’t read a lot of non-fiction and usually true crime turns my stomach but this is a truly unique book about a serial killer lurking in the shadows of one of Chicago’s greatest triumphs. I’m not sure what type of artwork would work but incorporating actual photographs would be interesting.
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Definitely Peeps and Devil in the White City. I would also like to see graphic adaptations of some sci-fi favorites like Clarke’s Childhood’s End and Cherryh’s Downbelow Station.
Not familiar with King’s IT, but I do know that there is a comic book based on The Stand.
There is also currently a comic book adaptation of Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. My comic book shop was carrying it, and I was collecting the issues. Then the shop closed!!!! My new shop is not carrying the title. This reminds me to ask them to get it for me.