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I really liked this! A retelling of Moby Dick in graphic novel form, it's a quick but fulfilling read. The art is unique and really captures the story. In fact, the art really sells the story for me. Well adapted, & while nothing can replace the classic novel itself, this is a good place to start or reacquaint yourself with Moby Dick.
My aunt and uncle bought this for me when I was a kid. I got really nostalgic for this really well done comic when I started reading the novel and found a used copy on Amazon.They also bought me a comic of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that freaked me out.
Little more than an illustrated book (which I guess I could've guessed from the original title of the series this was a part of, Classics Illustrated). The art is, of course, incredible. It's Sienkiewicz. At his peak, no less (has he peaked yet?).But the story... It's abridged, rewritten and made to fit captions. And it doesn't work well that way. It turns a literary classic into a heavy handed and shallow tale. Bill's talent feels wasted on this
Not a fan of abridged classics, and this art style really wasn't for me.
This adaptation of Moby Dick remains one of the best. It is a minor of cult classic of a comic book, illustrated as if we are looking at a nightmare dreamed up by Melville in 1851.
Illustrated Classics is a brilliant idea, and Bill Sienkiewics's adaptation is outstanding. My girls are 9 and I couldn't get them interested in this particular epic, but that's fine considering how violent and dark the story is, but this distillation method (143 chapters in the original, 43 pages in comic version) works so well I'll definitely try again in a few years.
doesn't capture the narrative so well but the colors and drawings capture the drama
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I know what you're thinking: A comic book abridgment of a classic novel? Buh? This isn't a replacement for reading Moby Dick. What it is is 40+ pages of just insanely gorgeous and badass illustrations of Moby Dick by Bill Sienkiewicz. Seriously, I'd like to have framed prints of like half of the pages in this thing.
First, the illustrations are really good, the story is condensed well and it has its usual biography, this time of Herman Melville.The story is, of course, about an obsessed ship Captain whose leg was eaten off by Moby Dick, a white whale. A young man makes a friend with another man and both men sign on the captain's whaling ship which apparently is due for a three year voyage.(Cue The Wellerman song.)It becomes pretty obvious that Ahab is not exactly the most sane individual in the world. One v...
This was an interesting story. It is interesting to see how people wrote in the past, it really puts the present to shame, of course, today we would just watch a video on many of the finer parts that he went over.I know there is a lot of allusions to the past in the book. It would be interesting to read a commentary on the book because any allusions went right over my head.
Been re-reading some of my Moby Dick books in my library... This one is great. Text is pretty true to the book. Art is dark like the heart of Ahab.
A poor second to the Melville book, I bought this when I thought I might never read the original. This is the movie version of only the tale of the Pequod and Ahab's relentless pursuit of the white whale. All spooky, dark illustrations (the main attraction), stripped of all Melville's whaling information. When I finished this I had to watch John Huston's film again.
Gorgeous
Bill Sienkiewicz, allucinato disegnatore di Daredevil ed Elektra nel miglior periodo di Frank Miller, innovatore radicale dei comics in un periodo di grande innovazione quale furono gli ‘80, fautore di una qualità pittorica allora inedita, vanta nel suo curriculum anche il migliore adattamento di Moby Dick che mi sia capitato di leggere, forse il migliore possibile. E del resto era forse l’autore più adatto: al suo posto Dave McKean ne avrebbe dato un’interpretazione meno oscura, Mike Mignola un...
Every now and then I feel an urge to read one of the classics that I never got around to in HS or college, so it was with Moby Dick. An amazing book for the time it was written, but doesn't translate very well in the current year. Full of obscure references to mythological and biblical characters, along with everything you could ever want to know about 19th century whaling. But who am I to be critical of a classic!
I'll confess: My love of the novel Moby Dick began with this illustrated edition. It plucks out the best parts of the story from Melvilles somewhat overwhelming prose and gets right to the heart of what makes this work and enduring classic.
really good about whaling. I would curse Ahab for just getting behind one white whale. you will understand the true suspense when you read the awesome book!
This graphic novel adaptation is quite well done. Sienkiewicz trims down Melville's classic to just the narrative bits important to the story arc and provides some beautiful artwork to pair it with. Highly recommended if you can locate a copy (currently out of print).
How can I judge the great American novel about an industry that has long since died (except in Japan). I hope to read it once more if I should find the time.
