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Publication
Quill Tree Books (2015), Edition: Reprint, 192 pages
Description
Comic and Graphic Books. Fantasy. Juvenile Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: The first volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning novel The Graveyard Book, adapted by P. Craig Russell and illustrated by an extraordinary team of renowned artists. Inventive, chilling, and filled with wonder, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book reaches new heights in this stunning adaptation. Artists Kevin Nowlan, P. Craig Russell, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Galen Showman, Jill Thompson, and Stephen B. Scott lend their own signature styles to create an imaginatively diverse and yet cohesive interpretation of Neil Gaiman's luminous novel. Volume One contains Chapter One through the Interlude, while Volume Two includes Chapter Six to the end..… (more)
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LibraryThing member pussreboots
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell is the first part of the adaptation from novel to graphic novel. It's also the third version of this story I've read and the second one I've reviewed.
The Graveyard Book is a retelling of Rudyard's Kipling's Jungle Book.
As the boy Mowgli was abandoned to the wolves, Nobody Owen, is abandoned to the graveyard up the hill from his home. Though Kipling leaves the reason behind the disappearance of Mowgli's parents to the imagination, Gaiman creates Jack, a hired hitman sent on a bloody mission for reasons later revealed.
On the dying wish of Bod's mother, the Owens take in the baby (shown in this version as a toddler). Just as Mowgli is given the ability to talk to the animals, starting first with the wolves, and later with Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the panther, Bod is given further access to the grave through Silas and Miss Lupescu.
As the relatively short book has been subdivided and expanded to accommodate Craig Russell's drawings, the pacing seems off. But in terms of the original Kipling book, which is a series of short stories spread across two volumes, it's more in tune. That leaves me a bit torn, because I like the rhythm of Gaiman's book and the way he lulls us into a false sense of security before unleashing the ghouls before the return of Jack.
Here, though, Bod as a teenager, going up against the danger that once tried to kill him (as another boy who lived), comes in the second volume.
The Graveyard Book is a retelling of Rudyard's Kipling's Jungle Book.
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The location has been moved from the Indian jungle to an unnamed, but decidedly European, perhaps even British empire, town and the time period has been brought if not to the present, at least closer to it.As the boy Mowgli was abandoned to the wolves, Nobody Owen, is abandoned to the graveyard up the hill from his home. Though Kipling leaves the reason behind the disappearance of Mowgli's parents to the imagination, Gaiman creates Jack, a hired hitman sent on a bloody mission for reasons later revealed.
On the dying wish of Bod's mother, the Owens take in the baby (shown in this version as a toddler). Just as Mowgli is given the ability to talk to the animals, starting first with the wolves, and later with Baloo the bear, and Bagheera the panther, Bod is given further access to the grave through Silas and Miss Lupescu.
As the relatively short book has been subdivided and expanded to accommodate Craig Russell's drawings, the pacing seems off. But in terms of the original Kipling book, which is a series of short stories spread across two volumes, it's more in tune. That leaves me a bit torn, because I like the rhythm of Gaiman's book and the way he lulls us into a false sense of security before unleashing the ghouls before the return of Jack.
Here, though, Bod as a teenager, going up against the danger that once tried to kill him (as another boy who lived), comes in the second volume.
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LibraryThing member NinaCaramelita
A Family is murdered, except for the baby. The boy’s adopted and gets his name. Nobody Owens grows up in the graveyard, safe from a world where Jack - who is still looking for him, lives.
Nothing beats the real deal, but this graphic adaptation comes pretty close to it! This volume serves chapters
Nothing beats the real deal, but this graphic adaptation comes pretty close to it! This volume serves chapters
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1-5 (+interlude) of the original and each of them is illustrated by a different artist – yet perfectly balanced. Beautifully done! Show Less
LibraryThing member krau0098
This was a well done graphic novel retellling of The Graveyard book by Gaiman. It tells half of the story and sticks with the book very well (at least as far as I can remember...I read it a long time ago).
Those who have read The Graveyard Book already know the story. A toddler escapes his house
This was a well done retelling of The Graveyard book. The illustration is very detailed and easy to follow; it’s very well done. The book is broken into different sub-stories each telling about an adventure that Bod has.
I love the concept of ghosts raising a young boy and the unique issues he runs into. I also love that there is a greater mystery of who the man Jack is and what he wants which continues throughout the book from story to story.
This book always makes me feel a bit melancholy because Bod is such a happy carefree boy at first, but as he grows and learns he is different he changes quite a bit. I guess this is true of us all as we grow.
Overall a very well done retelling of The Graveyard Book in graphic novel format. I would definitely recommend if you enjoy fantasy graphic novels. I will be picking up the 2nd part of the graphic novel retelling of The Graveyard book to read soon.
Those who have read The Graveyard Book already know the story. A toddler escapes his house
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after his parents and siblings are murdered by a mysterious man and wanders into a graveyard. The ghosts of the graveyard decide to raise the boy as their own and name him Nobody Owens (aka Bod Owens). Thus starts the adventures of Bod and his life in a graveyard.This was a well done retelling of The Graveyard book. The illustration is very detailed and easy to follow; it’s very well done. The book is broken into different sub-stories each telling about an adventure that Bod has.
I love the concept of ghosts raising a young boy and the unique issues he runs into. I also love that there is a greater mystery of who the man Jack is and what he wants which continues throughout the book from story to story.
This book always makes me feel a bit melancholy because Bod is such a happy carefree boy at first, but as he grows and learns he is different he changes quite a bit. I guess this is true of us all as we grow.
Overall a very well done retelling of The Graveyard Book in graphic novel format. I would definitely recommend if you enjoy fantasy graphic novels. I will be picking up the 2nd part of the graphic novel retelling of The Graveyard book to read soon.
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LibraryThing member amandacb
Another teacher recommended the novel "The Graveyard Book," but first I plowed right through this graphic novel version. It is exceedingly well-done and, as it is broken up into two books, covers much of the ground trod in the written version. Highly recommended!
LibraryThing member dono421846
Another stellar achievement of storytelling by Gaiman, made all the more enjoyable by its treatment as a graphic novel, which those of us who first came to know Gaiman through the Sandman series, secretly believe is the true medium for his gift.
LibraryThing member weird_O
[The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume One] by Neil Gaiman
[The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume Two] by Neil Gaiman
In the dead of night, a family is murdered, one member at a time, by a knife-wielding man. Only one member escapes, a boy child who crawls out the door the killer left standing
Bod grows, of course, and the spirits conscientiously try to educate him. The youngest of the spirits died a century ago, so a great deal is unknown to them. On other hand, Bod learns about the earliest people buried in the graveyard, about people buried in unmarked graves, about the secrets of certain crypts and their guardians—the Indigo Man and Sleer—about ghouls, monsters, night gaunts, and other dangerous…ah…creatures. Silas brings the mysterious Miss Lupescu into Bod's world to be his tutor and life coach. She turns up in a crisis or two to rescue Bod.
Naturally, Bod wants to get out of the graveyard and explore the world of the living. He encounters Scarlett, a live girl of his age, in the cemetery, makes friends, then tries to impress her by introducing her to the sinister underworld. It only terrifies her…and her parents, who interpret Bod—they've never met or even seen him—to be an imaginary friend, not a real boy.
The killer, of course, lurks throughout the story, driven to locate and slay Bod. By story's end, they have their confrontation.
Gaiman has imagined a rich and surprising world, inhabited by the living, the dead, and the in-betweens. The illustrations in the graphic novels are excellent, though I was jarred at a couple of places where one illustrator's work segued into that of a different illustrator. I enjoyed the GN package.
[The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume Two] by Neil Gaiman
In the dead of night, a family is murdered, one member at a time, by a knife-wielding man. Only one member escapes, a boy child who crawls out the door the killer left standing
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open and disappears into the night. The toddler gets into an old graveyard, but the killer is turned away. The Owenses, a long-dead childless couple, commit to be this child's primary caregivers, and so the other spirits consent to allow him to remain. Silas, the only graveyard denizen able to leave the cemetery—he's neither dead nor undead, don't you see?—will be the child's guardian and will bring him food and clothing from the outside world. Because he hasn't learned to talk and doesn't know his name, he's called Bod, short for Nobody.Bod grows, of course, and the spirits conscientiously try to educate him. The youngest of the spirits died a century ago, so a great deal is unknown to them. On other hand, Bod learns about the earliest people buried in the graveyard, about people buried in unmarked graves, about the secrets of certain crypts and their guardians—the Indigo Man and Sleer—about ghouls, monsters, night gaunts, and other dangerous…ah…creatures. Silas brings the mysterious Miss Lupescu into Bod's world to be his tutor and life coach. She turns up in a crisis or two to rescue Bod.
Naturally, Bod wants to get out of the graveyard and explore the world of the living. He encounters Scarlett, a live girl of his age, in the cemetery, makes friends, then tries to impress her by introducing her to the sinister underworld. It only terrifies her…and her parents, who interpret Bod—they've never met or even seen him—to be an imaginary friend, not a real boy.
The killer, of course, lurks throughout the story, driven to locate and slay Bod. By story's end, they have their confrontation.
Gaiman has imagined a rich and surprising world, inhabited by the living, the dead, and the in-betweens. The illustrations in the graphic novels are excellent, though I was jarred at a couple of places where one illustrator's work segued into that of a different illustrator. I enjoyed the GN package.
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LibraryThing member SESchend
I loved the original text version of this story but this adaptation is as amazing or moreso, given the calibre of the artists including Russell, Jill Thompson, Kevin Nowlan, and others. Can't wait for the second half of the book to be adapted and then (hopefully) get a combined single volume
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LibraryThing member JillKenna
This was amazing!! The artwork was beautiful and the story was very good. I cannot wait to read the second volume
LibraryThing member -Eva-
First volume of the graphic novel version of Gaiman's story about a boy who escapes a murderer and goes to live at a cemetery with ghosts to raise him. Really good version of the story; I wouldn't trade it for the novel-version, but it was enjoyable and the art is great.
LibraryThing member booklover3258
This book was interesting. It's about a boy who escaped death when he was a baby and was raised in a graveyard by ghosts and a vampire. 95% of the illustrations were great! 5% of the one story made the boy look weird but I digress. I liked reading about the adventures of Bod and looking forward to
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Awards
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2016)
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (Selection — 2015)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2014-07-29
Physical description
192 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0062194828 / 9780062194824