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Have You Checked Out “Through the Looking-Glass”?
Written by: Michael Petranek
April 16th, 2009
Hi there everyone!
This is editorial assistant Mike writing about a book that’s been out for a while and has been steadily becoming one of our most popular volumes. I’m talking about CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #3: “THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS”. It’s an adaptation by legendary comics creator Kyle Baker of Lewis Carroll’s sequel to “Alice in Wonderland and we’ve found people have had very strong responses to it. Here’s what some reviewers had to say recently:
“Baker’s expressive faces and clean linework bring to life Humpty Dumpty, the Lion, the Unicorn, the Red Queen, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and especially our old friend Alice.”
Scripps Howard News Service
Kyle Baker’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass blends familiar poems (“Jabberwocky”) with the protagonist’s loquacious first-person narrative and crisply colored, almost stylized illustrations”
“Baker’s loose art style reflects the mood of this world, and his characters are drawn with great expression.”
-School Library Journal (Not Yet Published)
We feel it’s a great volume for fans of Baker and Carroll. For those of you who don’t know too much about multiple Eisner award-winner Kyle Baker, he drew the cover to TALES FROM THE CRYPT comicbook #1 from Papercutz. I recommend visiting his site to learn more about him; his body of work and achievements are just too long to list here! Go to Kyle’s website for more info. Here’s a look at Kyle’s cover from “THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS”:
We highly recommend you check this title out! It’s a neat book. For more info click here: Through the Looking-Glass. I hope you enjoyed this short look at “Through the Looking-Glass” until next time, keep reading, and watch out for Papercutz!
-Mike
Tags: Classics Illustrated, Kyle Baker, Through the Looking Glass
April 16th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Thanks for bringing back this most excellent story by this wonderful artist.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Thanks for reading, Bob! Classics Illustrated #3: Through the Looking Glass is very special to me because it was the first Classics Illustrated I worked on and features one of my favorite artists: Kyle Baker. Thanks for your comment!
-Mike the Editorial Assistant