{"id":35156,"date":"2026-03-29T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=35156"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:28:21","slug":"the-little-prince-a-graphic-novel-adapted-from-the-book-by-antoine-de-saint-exupery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2026\/03\/29\/the-little-prince-a-graphic-novel-adapted-from-the-book-by-antoine-de-saint-exupery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Prince – A Graphic Novel adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Joann Sfar<\/strong>, with colours by Brigitte Findakly<\/strong>, translated by Sarah Ardizzone<\/strong> (SelfMadeHero)
\nISBN: 978-1-914224-46-1 (HB)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> included for dramatic effect. <\/em><\/p>\n

The Little Prince<\/strong> was written by warrior, aeronaut, aristocrat, illustrator and auteur Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, Published in 1943 in the US in French & English, and again posthumously in1946 (as the pilot\/writer had been Missing; Presumed Dead for two years), it became a glabally popular classic. You should read it in the language of your choice. It\u2019s been adapted into every form of human expression and never failed to impress or deeply move.<\/p>\n

In 2008 Joann Sfar adapted it to his preferred medium, and Le Petit Prince: d\u2019apr\u00e8s d\u2019oeuvre d\u2019Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/em><\/strong> was published by Gallimard Jeunesse. In the 80th<\/sup> anniversary year since the original book took off, SelfMadeHero celebrate the event with a fabulous, augmented edition to simply wallow in.<\/p>\n

As well as fully re-presenting Sfar\u2019s bold interpretation this tome also offers a fully updated translation and includes a \u2018Timeline\u2019<\/em> for Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry and his creations, and from Ardizzone herself a concluding \u2018Translator\u2019s Note – The Reader Perched on Your Shoulder\u2019<\/em> to accompany the now-traditional creators\u2019 biographies as closing \u2018Authors\u2019<\/em> section.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve heard this before and its\u2019s still utterly true, some things you don\u2019t talk about, you just do, and this mesmerising adaptation is the very epitome of that. Here\u2019s all you get from me…<\/p>\n

In the African desert an aviator strives to repair his downed plane. The work is hard, his head hurts and he doesn\u2019t really know what he\u2019s doing. He always wanted to be an artist, not a flier doomed to die of thirst and loneliness in blistering heat…<\/p>\n

Abruptly his prospects change as a strange, golden-haired boy asks him to draw a sheep…<\/p>\n

Soon the politely engaging lad is keeping him company as he works: telling of the strange small planet he came from, the oddly toxic relationship that compelled him to leave, and the bizarre individuals he met in his travels through space to Earth. Companionship is welcome, even if the shared tales are dolorous and often painful and distressing to hear, but as the aviator adapts to the fact that he probably won\u2019t make it, he increasingly fears for the mournful child. The Little Prince claims to be preparing to return to his small world and lost inamorata, but only seems to be courting the company of the deadly, poisonous reptiles that abound in the arid wastelands…
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\nIn a place most folks don\u2019t visit anymore, there\u2019s a secret list of all the books and stories one needs to read to be considered a human being. This is on it (quite near the top, in fact) and, even as radically re-imagined as it was been here by Sfar, demands your attention and consideration.<\/p>\n

So go do that then. Vite! Vite!
\n\u00a9 Gallimard Jeunesse, 2008. English translation \u00a9 Sarah Ardizzone, 2010, 2026. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Yesterday in 1962 Swedish comics maven Joakim Lindgren<\/strong> was born, but in 1957, we lost Jack Butler Yeats<\/strong>, creator of Chublock Holmes<\/em> in Comic Cuts<\/strong> (arguably the first comic book serial), Underground Commix mega-star Dave Sheridan<\/strong> in 1982, Italian comics stalwart Nicola Del Principe<\/strong> (Le Justicier Masqu\u00e9<\/em>, Tom and Jerry<\/strong>) in 2002 and in 2013 Spanish\/Argentine artist, cartoonist, animator and publisher Manuel Garc\u00eda Ferr\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday in 1991, iconoclastic UK all-star comic Toxic<\/strong> began: running until October 24 of that year and introducing many cool characters such as Accident Man<\/strong>, The Bogie Man<\/strong> and Marshal Law<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today in 1901, foundational Croatian comics artist Andrija Maurovi?<\/strong> (Empress of the Netherworld<\/em>, Beware the Hand from Senj<\/em>) was born, as was Mark Trail<\/strong> cartoonist Jack Elrod<\/strong> in 1924, and UK scribbler David Austin<\/strong> (Hom Sap<\/em>) in 1935. Trail-blazing Wayne Howard<\/strong> (first US creator to be cover-credited for a strip series) was born in 1949, Val Mayerik<\/strong> (Howard the Duck<\/strong> co-creator) one year later, Marc Silvestri<\/strong> in 1958 and Jim Mahfood<\/strong> (Clerks<\/strong>, Grrl Scouts<\/em>, Spider-Man<\/strong>, The Further Adventures of One Page Filler Man<\/em>, Carl, The Cat That Makes Peanut Butter Sandwiches<\/em>) in 1975. In 1983, Gene Ahern<\/strong>\u2019s 60-year run on legendary strip Our Boarding House<\/strong> ended with its cancelation. Two years later Kerry Drake <\/strong>creator Alfred Andriola<\/strong> died, followed in 2007 by writer Leslie Waller<\/strong>, co-creator (with Arnold Drake <\/strong>& Matt Baker<\/strong>) of the \u201cfirst US Original Graphic Novel\u201d It Rhymes with Lust<\/strong> (St John Press Picture Novel, 1950).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joann Sfar, with colours by Brigitte Findakly, translated by Sarah Ardizzone (SelfMadeHero) ISBN: 978-1-914224-46-1 (HB) This book includes Discriminatory Content included for dramatic effect. The Little Prince was written by warrior, aeronaut, aristocrat, illustrator and auteur Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry, Published in 1943 in the US in French & English, and again posthumously in1946 (as … <\/p>\n

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