Well, here it is: the five finished pages of The Count of Monte Cristo I’ve been tinkering with on and off for a bit. If this ever became a real Count of Monte Cristo graphic novel project, I’d likely hand-letter it (or at least get a font made of my hand lettering) but for purposes of getting some sample pages out there, I’m fine with computer lettering. I just wrapped up coloring these this afternoon, so I really haven’t had much of a chance to sit back and do much of an evaluation of the final product, but I think they’re reasonably solid. I’m sure, though, once I’ve lived with them a bit, I’ll find some stuff that really bugs me and I’ll have to go in and tweak things a bit. Anyway, here they are:
The original art for this is for sale here.
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andrewwales says:
1/17/2010 at 12:01 am (UTC -4 )
I am probably in the minority, but I reeeally liked it in black and white. Though it’s nice in color, too.
Reber Estevão says:
1/27/2010 at 9:09 am (UTC -4 )
fantastic!!
this scene is one of the best
Ben says:
1/27/2010 at 9:57 am (UTC -4 )
Thanks, Reber!
Oliver Park says:
5/30/2014 at 5:18 am (UTC -4 )
Fantastic!
Ernesto says:
5/28/2015 at 3:58 am (UTC -4 )
These are wonderful…did anything come of the project to date?
Ernesto
Ben says:
6/9/2015 at 9:08 am (UTC -4 )
No, unfortunately not. My agent at the time shopped it around but we didn’t get any takers. I’ve still got a full proposal for it (including a full plot breakdown and character designs) in case I have the opportunity to put it on some editor’s desk in the future. I’d love to do a comics version of the story. It’s one of my all time favorite novels.
Ernesto says:
6/10/2015 at 1:45 am (UTC -4 )
That’s a shame, as I agree that it’s a great story. Being one of the ”classics”, it’s sadly out of favour probably with contemporary publishers, but we periodically get revivals or the desire for a fresh look at the old, so we CAN hope it will make it. Thanks a lot for sharing the pages…
Fantasy Comics Adaptations of Classic Literature » Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo says:
7/8/2011 at 3:57 pm (UTC -4 )
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