the graphic canon - above the...

THE GRAPHIC CANON

A groundbreaking series from

SEVEN STORIES PRESS

Edited by

RUSS KICK

Over 130 contemporary artists and illustrators reimagine

great works of literature from around the world in 3 full-

color volumes:

Will Eisner remakes Don Quixote

Roberta Gregory does Popol Vuh

Rick Geary reimagines The Book of Revelation

Robert Crumb brings to life James Boswell’s London Journal

Sharon Rudahl adapts Tang poems

Peter Kuper reimagines A Modest Proposal

Molly Crabapple interprets Dangerous Liaisons

And many more...

VOLUME 1

FROM THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH TO SHAKESPEARE TO

DANGEROUS LIAISONS

MAY 2012

KEvin DixOn anD KEnT DixOn / ThE EpiC Of GilGaMESh • DayTOn EDMOnDS anD MiCah faRRiTOR / “COyOTE anD ThE pEBBlES” • aliCE DuKE / ThE iliaD • GaRETh hinDS / ThE ODySSEy • alESSanDRO BOnaCCORSi / SapphO • TORi MCKEnna / MEDEa • valERiE SChRaG / lySiSTRaTa • yEJi yun / plaTO • J. T. WalDMan / ThE BOOK Of ESThER • fRED van lEnTE anD Ryan DunlavEy / TaO TE ChinG • MaTT WiEGlE / MahaBhaRaTa • fRED van lEnTE anD Ryan DunlavEy / COnfuCiuS • BEnJaMin fRiSCh / ThE BOOK Of DaniEl • TWO finE ChapS / On ThE naTuRE Of ThinGS • RiCK GEaRy / ThE BOOK Of REvElaTiOn • MiChaEl laGOCKi / ThE aEnEiD • ShaROn RuDahl / ThREE TanG pOEMS • GaRETh hinDS / BEOWulf • MOlly KiEly / ThE TalE Of GEnJi • EllEn linDnER / ThE lETTERS Of hElOiSE anD aBElaRD • MOlly KiEly / hilDEGaRD Of BinGEn • anDRiCE aRp / “ThE fiShERMan anD ThE GEniE” fROM ThE aRaBian niGhTS • viCKi nERinO / “ThE WOMan WiTh TWO COynTES” fROM ThE aRaBian niGhTS • MiChaEl GREEn anD COlEMan BaRKS / RuMi • SEyMOuR ChWaST / ThE DivinE COMEDy • hunT EMERSOn / ThE infERnO • Sanya GliSiC / ThE TiBETan BOOK Of ThE DEaD • SEyMOuR ChWaST / ThE CanTERBuRy TalES • Julian pETERS / fRançOiS villOn • OMaha pEREz / lE MORTE D’aRThuR • CaROlinE piCaRD / apu OllanTay • iSaBEl GREEnBERG / haGOROMO • ShaWn ChEnG / OuTlaWS Of ThE WaTER MaRGin • ROBERTa GREGORy / pOpOl vuh • EDiE faKE / viSiOnS Of ST. TERESa Of Ávila • DavE MORiCE / GEORGE pEElE • COnOR huGhES / JOuRnEy TO ThE WEST • MiChaEl STanyER anD ERiC JOhnSOn / EDMunD SpEnSER • Maxx KElly anD huxlEy KinG / a MiDSuMMER niGhT’S DREaM • liSa BROWn / haMlET • ian pOllOCK / KinG lEaR • Will EiSnER / DOn QuixOTE • ROBERT BERRy WiTh JOSh lEviTaS / ShaKESpEaRE’S SOnnET 18 • aiDan KOCh / ShaKESpEaRE’S SOnnET 20 • nOah paTRiCK pfaRR / JOhn DOnnE • yiEn yip / anDREW MaRvEll • REBECCa DaRT / paRaDiSE lOST • alEx ECKMan-laWn / aphRa BEhn • GaRETh hinDS / GullivER’S TRavElS • pETER KupER / “a MODEST pROpOSal” • CORTnEy SKinnER / “aDviCE TO a yOunG Man On ThE ChOiCE Of a MiSTRESS” • ian Ball / CanDiDE • ROBERT CRuMB / JaMES BOSWEll’S lOnDOn JOuRnal • STan ShaW / “lETTER TO ThE ROyal aCaDEMy Of BRuSSElS” • fRED van lEnTE anD Ryan DunlavEy / a vinDiCaTiOn Of ThE RiGhTS Of WOMan • MOlly CRaBapplE / DanGEROuS liaiSOnS

Candide by voltaire, adapted by ian Ball

King Lear by William Shakespeare, adapted by ian pollock

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer,

adapted by Seymour Chwast

plato’s Symposium, adapted by yeji yeti yun

Beowulf, adapted by Gareth hinds

The letters of heloise & abelard,

adapted by Ellen lindner

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, adapted by Will Eisner

The Book of Revelation, adapted by Rick Geary

Popol Vuh (the Mayan holy book), adapted by Roberta Gregory

Boswell’s London Journal, adapted by Robert Crumb

“Drinking alone beneath the Moon” by li Bai,

adapted by Sharon Rudahl

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift,

adapted by Peter Kuper

Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de laclos,

adapted by Molly Crabapple

The visions of St. Teresa of avlia, adapted by Edie Fake

VOLUME 2

fROM “KuBla Khan” TO ThE BROnTË SiSTERS TO

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY

AUGUST 2012

Jabberwocky by lewis Carroll,adapted by Eran Cantrell

VOLUME 3

FROM HEART OF DARKNESS TO hEMinGWay TO

INFINITE JEST

OCTOBER 2012

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad,

adapted by Matt Kish

COLLECTORS’ SLIPCASED EDITION

BOxED SET Of all 3 vOluMES1,500 paGES

OCTOBER 2012

the graphic canon - above the...

Documents