22 Eye-Opening Graphic Novel Adaptations

A new way of looking at classic works

If you think the classics are boring, then these brilliant adaptations may just change your mind...

1. The Love Song of J-Alfred Prufrock: T-S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot, Julian Peters

2. Macbeth: The Graphic Novel

William Shakespeare,‎ Clive Bryant (Ed),‎ Jon Haward (Illus),‎ Gary Erskine (Illus),‎ John McDonald (Adapter)

3. The Times Of Botchan Vol.1

Jiro Taniguchi,‎ Natsuo Sekikawa

4. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: A Graphic Novel in Full Colour

Robert Louis Stevenson, Alan Grant, Cam Kennedy

5. Gris Grimly's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley, Gris Grimly (Illus)

6. Howl: A Graphic Novel

Allen Ginsberg, Eric Drooker

7. Yvain: The Knight of the Lion

MT Anderson, Andrea Offermann (Illus)

8. A Christmas Carol: The Graphic Novel

Charles Dickens,‎ Clive Bryant (Ed),‎ David Roach (Illus),‎ Terry Wiley (Illus), Sean Michael Wilson (Adapter)

9. The Scarlet Letter: Manga Classics

Nathaniel Hawthorne,‎ Stacy King (Ed),‎ Crystal Chan (Ed),‎ SunNeko Lee (Illus)

10. Nevermore: A Graphic Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

Dan Whitehead, Edgar Allan Poe, Stuart Tipples (Illus)

11. Graphic Canon Vols.1-3 Boxed Set

Russ Kick

12. Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen, Nancy Butler, Hugo Petrus (Illus)

13. Beowulf

Santiago Garcia, David Rubin (Illus)

14. Sherlock Holmes Vol. 3: Moriarty Lives

y David Liss,‎ Daniel Indro (Illus),‎ Olavo Costa (Illus),‎ Carlos Furuzono (Illus)

15. Manga Shakespeare: Hamlet

Emma Vieceli (Author, Illustrator),‎ Richard Appignanesi (Author)

16. The Canterbury Tales

Seymour Chwast

17. Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler,‎ John Jennings (Illus),‎ Damian Duffy (Ed)

18. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation

Ray Bradbury, Tim Hamilton (Illus)

19. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"

Miles Hyman

20. The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho, Daniel Sampere (Illus)

21. The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck, Nick Bertozzi

22. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel

Mariah Marsden, Brenna Thummler (Illus), L.M. Montgomery, Kendra Phipps (Ed),‎ Erika Kuster (Ed)