The Graphic Canon — Seven Stories Press
Issue: #1
This gorgeous, one-of-a-kind trilogy brings classic literatures of the world together with legendary graphic artists and illustrators. From a rarely seen R. Crumb rendering of James Boswell's London Journal to a manga Macbeth, there are more than 130 literary works, reinterpreted here for readers and collectors of all ages. Volume 1 whirls us from eye-popping renditions of the great epics Gilgames...
First appearances: Wu Song, Xpiacoc, Li Kui, Lysistrata, An Daoquan, Xmucane, Purochana, Ruan Xiaoer, Bernard of Clairvaux, Yunan, Antu, Heloise d'Argenteuil, Ling Zhen, Rumi, Pope Nicholas III, Turnus, Duban, Duan Jingzhu
Creators: William Shakespeare, Will Eisner, Peter Kuper, Homer, Omaha Perez, Ryan Dunlavey, Hunt Emerson, Micah Farritor, Rick Geary, Molly Kiely, Alessandro Biffignandi, Sharon Rudahl, Miguel de Cervantes, Robert Crumb, Alice Duke, Michael Stanyer, Julian Peters, Yien Yip, Tom Biby, Dave Morice
Characters: Hamlet, Gabriel, Benjamin Franklin, King Arthur, Oberon, Titania, Adam, Ishtar, Geryon, Plastic Man, Aphrodite, Apollo, Eros, Helen of Troy, King Lear, Abednego, Wu Song, Mary Wollstonecraft, Xpiacoc, Lu Zhishen