

It's a treasure worth having even if the novel is already on the shelf. The artwork sets out to entertain rather than to horrify even the initial murder scene has a certain tranquility. Owens, and the other graveyard inhabitants are dressed in evocative period costumes and drawn in ethereal blue, while Bod's teacher and mentor Silas, about whose status the book was coy, is revealed as a vampire, with a splendid cape and a chiseled jawline. Bod's devoted adoptive parents, the ghosts Mr. The overall effect is remarkably unified, and the thread of the narrative is always crystal-clear. Scott, Galen Showman, and Jill Thompson, contribute a chapter apiece. Russell conceives the look and layout of the graveyard world inhabited by Bod (short for "Nobody"), the infant who has escaped his family's murderer six artists, including Kevin Nowlan, Stephen B. edition of a glorious two-volume, full-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaimans 1. As he did with Coraline, Russell makes the recasting of Gaiman's Newbery-winning novel into graphic form look easy with this vastly entertaining adaptation, first in a two-book set (the second volume is due in late September). Graveyard Book Graphic Novel, Volume 2 Bound for Schoo Edition.
