{"id":13671,"date":"2015-06-09T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=13671"},"modified":"2015-06-08T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T08:30:35","slug":"robert-louis-stevensons-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-the-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2015\/06\/09\/robert-louis-stevensons-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-the-graphic-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – the graphic novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAdapted by Alan Grant<\/strong> & Cam Kennedy<\/strong> (Waverley Books)
\nISBN: 978-1-902407-44-9<\/p>\n

As part of the celebrations for Edinburgh’s selection in 2004 as the first UNESCO City of Literature<\/em>, Scottish comics veterans Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy were invited to convert a brace of classic tales by Robert Louis Stevenson to publishing’s hottest medium\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

The second appeared in 2008 with a bare minimum of abridgement or adulteration by Grant and galvanically brought to life through the stunning art of the inimitable Kennedy with colours and letters provided by Jamie Grant: all seamlessly collaborating to perfectly picture one of the most famous and groundbreaking tales of terror in the annals of storytelling.<\/p>\n

The timeless tale opens as lawyer Mr. Utterson<\/em> becomes intrigued by the ‘Story of the Door’<\/em> as related by walking companion Richard Enfield<\/em>. That worthy describes how, after remonstrating with a bestial, shrivelled homunculus of a man who was thrashing a street child, he discovered a possible although unlikely and unwelcome connection to a mutual friend of superlative honour and worthiness.<\/p>\n

However what connection a depraved creature such as Edward Hyde<\/em> might have with the benevolent and brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll<\/em> was beyond either man’s conception. Blackmail perhaps\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6?<\/p>\n

The multi-layered and convoluted chain of events unfolds at a beguiling pace as the pair begin a systematic ‘Search for Mr. Hyde’<\/em>, even consulting the scientist’s great mentor Dr. Lanyon<\/em> before unexpectedly encountering the despicable decadent himself, sneaking into Jekyll’s home through the means of his own key.<\/p>\n

Eventually Utterson is compelled to ask the suspected extortion victim himself but ‘Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease’<\/em> and even extracted a promised that the lawyer would ensure that Hyde got his legal due should untoward circumstances warrant\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Events overtake everyone when details of ‘The Carew Murder Case’<\/em> become a public sensation and Hyde is hunted for killing a prominent politician in fit of unprovoked fury. Long-shrouded secrets begin to leak out after the ‘Incident of the Letter’<\/em> as Jekyll assures his distraught and apprehensive friends that Hyde will be seen no more, leaving Utterson to conclude that Henry is completely under the thumb of the desperate fugitive\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

‘The Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon’<\/em> precipitates further speculation as the failing sage gives the inquisitors a letter to be opened upon his (imminent) demise, prompting Enfield and Utterson to reluctant action and intervention on ‘The Last Night’<\/em> which reveals the shocking truth of the affair\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

With the tragedy complete all that remains is to discover the reasons and causes which are provided by the aforementioned letter containing ‘Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case’<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Chances are high that nobody reading this is unaware of the general events of this much retold tale but the moody, evocative, dynamic and suspenseful reiteration here is a sheer pictorial triumph which adds freshness to familiarity and emerges as not simply a distillation, adjunct or accommodation but actually works as well in comics terms as the original literary ones.
\nAdapted text \u00c2\u00a9 2008 Alan Grant. Illustrations \u00c2\u00a9 2008 Cam Kennedy. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adapted by Alan Grant & Cam Kennedy (Waverley Books) ISBN: 978-1-902407-44-9 As part of the celebrations for Edinburgh’s selection in 2004 as the first UNESCO City of Literature, Scottish comics veterans Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy were invited to convert a brace of classic tales by Robert Louis Stevenson to publishing’s hottest medium\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The second … <\/p>\n

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