Synopses & Reviews
Twelve great stories by the American master satirist and storyteller.
WIT & WONDER!
"The Mysterious Stranger" a celestial visitor befriends three
young friends in an adaptation by Rick Geary
"The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut" Mark Twain confronts his conscience in comics by Antonella Caputo and Nicholas Miller
"Is He Living or Is He Dead?" a tale of artistic captalism adapted by Simon Gane
"A Dog's Tale" a canine tragedy interpreted by Lance Tooks
"How the Author Was Sold in Newark" slapstick comedy
presented by Milton Knight
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Twain's famous fable, in comics by Kevin Atkinson
"The Legend of Sagenfeld" a fairy tale illustrated by Evert Geradts
"A Reminiscence of the Back Settlements" illustrated by Lisa K. Weber
"An Encounter with an Interviewer" illustrated by Skip Williamson
"A Curious Pleasure Excursion" by William L. Brown
"Ode to Stephen Bots" by Jackie Smith
Plus Mark Twain's "Advice for Little Girls," illustrated by
Shary Flenniken, Mary Fleener, Kirsten Ulve, Annie Owens,
Lesley Reppeteaux, Toni Pawlowsky and Florence Cestac
With a cover by George Sellas, and additional illustration by
Dan O'Neill
Review
"This is not much like the staid old Classics Illustrated comics but literature for the indie comics crowd with art in a variety of styles, some quite exaggerated and cartoony." Library Journal
Review
"[T]hese adaptations vary greatly in artistic style, yet through it all Twain's unmistakable insight never waivers....[T]eens looking for an unusual introduction to the writer will certainly find this book engaging." School Library Journal
Synopsis
Graphic Classics: Mark Twain features a comics adaptation of "The Mysterious Stranger" by Rick Geary, "A Ghost Story" by Anton Emdin, "A Dog's Tale" by Lance Tooks, and nine more great stories. Plus Twain's "Advice To Little Girls," with art by seven women illustrators including Shary Flenniken, Mary Fleener, and Kirsten Ulve.