Craig Russell

The second volume of a glorious two-volume, four-color graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie 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, Galen Showman, Scott Hampton, and David Lafuente lend their own signature styles to create an imaginatively diverse and yet cohesive interpretation of Neil Gaiman's luminous novel.
Volume Two includes chapter six to the end of the book.

La adaptación de P. Craig Russell para el relato de Neil Gaiman, Coraline. Cuenta la historia sobre una niña que aburrida de sus padres, encuentra una puerta a otro mundo, lleno de nuevas y raras situaciones.

(MGN) is a series of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1982 to 1993 by Marvel Comics in an attempt to emulate European-style graphic novels. They are characterized by big-name authors and artists, complete standalone stories, 8.5 x 11 inch dimensions and an emphasis on superheroes. They are also numbered in sequence--despite the fact that none of the books were connected in any way but a blanket title--but for the first twenty issues only, through 1985. Marvel released many other stories in the same format that are considered unnumbered parts of the series according to the Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Overstreet continued counting beyond the original "official" numbering, following a Marvel-published list of graphic novels. When the list stopped being published, Overstreet stopped trying to number the issues, halting at issue 38, although they list 29 more issues published from 1983 through 1991, and the list is known not to include every graphic novel from this period. This lack of numbering for the rest made it so difficult to come up with a definitive list in chronological ordinal sequence, until Bob Rozakis at comicsbulletin.com came up with one in 2003. The first story (the second Marvel graphic novel produced) is by Jim Starlin, released in April of 1982. The last numbered graphic novel, #20, is written by J. M. DeMatteis and drawn by Mark Badger.

Guiado por su instinto, un bebé escapa de la cuna en medio de la noche y logra alcanzar el cementerio más cercano a su casa. El individuo que lo persigue, cuchillo en guante, acaba de asesinar a toda su familia y está decidido a terminar con él. Pero los espectros del camposanto protegen al pequeño y acaban acogiéndolo en sus tierras. Aunque esta vez se le ha escapado, el siniestro hombre Jack no descansará hasta cumplir su misión…

Un solitario hombre que se encuentra de paso en la ciudad californiana de Los Ángeles está a punto de escuchar una misteriosa historia… ¡sobre el primer asesinato cometido en el paraíso!

This is a masterful adaptation by P. Craig Russell of a deep and dark prose short story by Gaiman, known for his wonderful, multiple award-winning Sandman and his recent novel American Gods. The original story can be found in Gaiman's collection Smoke and Mirrors and in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martin's, 1993). In it, a stranger bums a cigarette off a young man and, in exchange, tells him an ancient story, which makes up the bulk of the book.

P. Craig Russell, the artist best known for adapting literary works to comics, applies his legendary talents to Conan in this adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "The Jewels of Gwahlur," one of Conan's last adventures before becoming king. A young woman, having made a string of bad choices, finds herself the pawn of mercenaries-one of which is Conan of Cimmeria. As the former dancing girl poses as the dead oracle of a primitive cult, Conan puts his experience as a thief and a soldier together in pursuit of some of the most prized jewels in the world-the Teeth of Gwahlur! Featuring a sixteen-page sketchbook and an interview with Russell covering his career and creative process on this book, this handsome book not only highlights one of fantasy art's greatest living talents, it shows once again that Howard's original Conan tales remain unsurpassed.

Nel 1999, in occasione del decennale della serie, Neil Gaiman scrisse per Yoshitaka Amano un breve romanzo da illustrare: "Cacciatori di sogni", una leggenda della tradizione giapponese perfetta per Sandman, con tavole eleganti e moderne (che potete trovare qui). Nel 2009, in occasione del ventennale, questo romanzo illustrato è diventato una miniserie a fumetti impreziosita dal tratto delicato e affascinante di P. Craig Russell. Per quanto riguarda Gaiman (nel caso ce ne fosse bisogno.) si rimanda all'esauriente indice realizzato da Volstagg. Spendo alcune parole sul grandissimo illustratore di questa miniserie.

La novela ganadora de los premios Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy y Nebula, convertida en exitosa serie de televisión de Starz, adptada como novela gráfica.