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Nevermore: The Oval Portrait
« Thread Started on Nov 1, 2007, 12:39pm »

Hooray - hitting the bookshelves today is Nevermore, an antholgy of Edgar Allan Poe stories, published by Self Made Hero (an imprint of Metro Media Ltd, the people behind the recent Manga Shakespeare series).

So, why should you care? Well, firstly, because all nine of the stories here are presented in comic book form; and, secondly, because - unlike most other attempts to illustrate stories by Poe - Nevermore deliberately seeks to reinterpret the stories in a new light, avoiding the more literal "Gothic" presentations with which readers of Poe will be all too familiar.

But why am I telling you all this? Well, partly because there's some cool stuff in this anthology. The writers responsible for adapting the stories for comic book include Leah Moore and John Reppion, Jamie Delano and Jeremy Slater. The artists responsible for bringing those adaptations to life include Steve Pugh, Shane Oakley and John McCrae.

That's part of the reason. The other part is because I've got a story in there, too. (Woo hoo!)

My contribution is a script for The Oval Portrait which has been illustrated by UK indie artist Natalie Sandells. Poe's original story tells of a guest's fascination with the portrait of a young woman, hung in the room in which he is spending the night. Reading about the painting in a catalogue, he learns the secret behind the portrait - the story of how the artist's obsessive love for his model eventually killed her. (You don't get many happy endings with Poe!) In our version, we made the painter a 1960s David Bailey type photographer and - to make the "story within a story" rather more visual, we replaced the catalogue with a casual dinner party conversation.

You should be able to get a copy of Nevermore in any book shop which carries graphic novels but, since it's winter and I just know you won't want to go out in the cold, you can also buy it online. In fact, buy it at Amazon and, right now, it'll only cost you £7.79 instead of the usual RRP of £12.99.

A bargain if ever I saw one!

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Re: Nevermore: Sample pages
« Reply #1 on Nov 18, 2007, 5:44pm »

Hooray! Self Made Hero, the publisher of Nevermore, has now sent us some sample pages that we're allowed to use for promo purposes, so I can actually show you what the book looks like!

I've posted the sample pages in the BVC Previews and workshop area. Start with the sample page for my story, The Oval Portrait, and then click on the image to see the next.

(Note: Each sample page is a collection of images from different pages, so don't expect them to read through fluidly!)

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