WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING ABOUT
EYE CLASSICS

"An impressive addition to SelfMadeHero's Eye Classics series... [it] should be on every designer's Christmas list"

- Design Week (November 2008)

"SelfMadeHero's series has both raised the profile of the company and the concept of classic graphic novels... its Eye Classics imprint teams distinguished artists with expert adaptors."

- The Bookseller (November 2008)

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY


"Films and graphic novels have a lot in common – indeed I could have used much of this as my storyboards. It's terrific to see Wilde's work in this form and it's a great way to reach a wider audience. The visuals are bold and striking and the text very skillfully abridged."

- Oliver Parker, director of 'The Importance of Being Earnest', 'An Ideal Husband' and the forthcoming 'Dorian Gray'.

"Adapted by Ian Edginton and illustrated by Ian Culbard a fascinating and highly enjoyable adaptation of Wilde's popular classic tale. The black-and-white artwork is evocative and stylistically interesting – not surprising considering the artist has worked for several major comic book publishers as well as enjoying a career as an acclaimed animation director. One of several classics that have been produced by this up-and-coming London-based company, it illustrates nicely the growing interest in classically-themed graphic novels and manga."

- The Bookseller (August 2008)

MASTER & MARGARITA


"Klimowski's art is very special... and his ink-and watercolour technique not only creates a sense of period but also gives the satanic encounter a wonderful air of playful menace"

- The Observer, Review (August 2008)

"Here are two impeccably adult forays into European intellectual angst"

- The Guardian (August 2008)

"A vivid comics translation... Klimowski and Schejbal perfectly capture the magic realism in this Faustian tale, especially in Schejbal's vibrant yet delicate gouache paintwork"

- TheFirstPost.com (July 2008)

"another successful pairing of a literary classic with acclaimed illustrators"

- Creative Review (July 2008)

"a beautifully crafted book" - Financial Times (June 2008)



"Klimowski and ... Schejbal perfectly capture the magic realism of this Faustian tale, especially in Schejbal's vibrant yet delicate gouache paintwork... Schejbal effectively accentuates Bulgakov's core theme of freedom of truth in an un-free world."

- The First Post (May 2008)

"Klimowski... has been lavishly praised by Harold Pinter, among others. Here, his brooding, black ink chiaroscuro contrasts with the colourful, faux-naive gouache of Schejbal to create a fantastical journey... an intriguing mix of the sinister and the surreal."

- Pick of the Picturebooks,The Independent (May 2008)

"Klimowski and Schejbal’s daring graphic novel appropriately fills every frame with the air of imminent apocalypse. Woland is genuinely weird and unsettling, part hero, part anti-hero.

More suggestive than descriptive, the artists’ eccentric illustrations seem to create their own narrative devices as they go along. The book effortlessly captures the uncanny dream logic at the heart of Bulgakov’s prose, and seamlessly alternates between Klimowski’s baroque inkwork and Schejbal’s sparse paintings."

- The New Statesman (May 2008) Read article


'the contemporary narrative is executed by Klimowski in pen-and-ink and watercolour that has the poetic beauty of black-and-white Bergman film by Sven Nyqvist.'


'Schejbal's colour sections of Satan's riotous circus at the Variety Theatre are breathtakingly and allusively stylish, bringing Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec to mind...'


'Klimowski remains one the great illustrators of our time and this book takes him to new territory... here he seems to be a preternatural master of the graphic novel form'


'the metaphorical heft is made into a visual pun of real panache'


'Klimowski and Schejbal's book stands on its own but it is also a wonderful introduction to Bulgakov's masterpiece.'

- The Times (May 2008)

NEVERMORE


'Poe's writing well suits the graphic form... this adaptation should help to introduce him to new readers' - The Financial Times magazine (January 2008)


'With mystery and noir at the forefront of the graphic novel scene what could be more suitable a subject than then works of Edgar Allan Poe... for those of you who have long admired Edgar Allan Poe's works it is a chance to find out how others have visualised the stories you've always loved and for those of you who are unfamiliar it is a great way to get started.' - Current TV, 'Bestsellers', Sky 193 (January 2008)


'These anything-but-comic books might be the thing for you... This collection brings Poe to a new audience, showcasing his most memorable stories, which are re-imagined and revived by the cream of modern comics creators.' - Mariella Forstrup, The Book Show, SkyArts, (November 2007)


'A perfect fusion of Poe's fevered imagination and the horrors of the modern world.'
- The Guardian


'A refreshing and worthy addition to the Poe canon' - The Bookseller


THE TRIAL


'the Kafka adaptation is an uncompromised success... the material retains its own soul while displaying Montellier's talents to their best advantage... the air of mordant eroticism and universal psychosis hanging thick on every page is pure Montellier'
'It is as much as anyone can expect from an adaptation of a literary classic'
- The Guardian (August 2008)


'A cut above the usual Classics Illustrated fare' - The Observer (April 2008)


'The violent use of symbolism and nerve-shredding visuals bring new life to this ever pertinent parable of paranoia and totalitarianism.' - Metro (April 2008)


'This dark, claustrophobic version of the story is set against a nightmarish Prague illustrated by Chantal Montellier..."the Louise Bourgeois of bandes dessinées' - The Guardian (March 2008)


'Chantal Montellier's images begin by drawing on realistically busy 19th-century interiors, but become increasingly gothic, psychedelic and film noir.' - The Times (March 2008)


'As bold type, jagged balloon shapes and other graphic elements collide and collage, Mairowitz and Montellier make their pages reverberate with symbolism and paranoia. This Trial is a triumph' - Paul Gravett

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