WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING ABOUT
EYE CLASSICS
MASTER & MARGARITA
"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 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
'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