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	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Product Details Binding Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number 741 EAN 9781594742811 ISBN 1594742812 Manufacturer Quirk Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 128 Publication Date October 15, 2008 Publisher Quirk Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who ages in reverse: He is born a feeble 70-year-old and becomes younger as the years progress. This faithful graphic-novel adaptation chronicles Benjamin Button's many adventures: He falls in love with a woman who ages normally (this causes complications), starts a family, and establishes a successful business. In his later years, he attends Harvard as a student and plays on their football team. By the time he is an old man, Benjamin Button resembles a newborn baby. And then he remembered nothing.Through the noons and nights he breathed and over him there were soft mumblings and murmurings that he scarcely heard, and faintly differentiated smells, and light and darkness. The Hollywood adaptation of the story-starring Brad Pitt (as Benjamin Button), Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swenton, and Julia Ormond, and directed by David Fincher (who also directed Pitt in 'Fight Club' and 'Seven') - opens Thanksgiving Day 2008. This graphic-novel adaptation will allow fans of the film to experience the original source material in a fresh and fun format. The impending release of a movie version starring Brad Pitt has made this humorous tale, formerly among the least known of Fitzgerald's short stories, a hot property. DeFillippis and Weir's adaptation preserves the original's straight-faced tone describing the career of a man who begins life in his 70s and grows progressively younger. If bystanders find this more than curious, they usually are just irritated at Benjamin for not behaving like other people. He himself is surprised as his body morphs, but is always open to new possibilities; his good-natured adaptability gives the social satire a gentle edge. Readers should, of course, look up Fitzgerald's original, but there's much to enjoy in this handsome little hardbound book. Cornell's sepia watercolor panels are especially clever at showing physical and emotional changes as Benjamin moves backward through life while America rolls forward for 70 years. A useful, gracefully written afterword by Donald G. Sheehy, professor of English, completes the volume nicely. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who ages in reverse: He is born a feeble 70-year-old and becomes younger as the years progress. This faithful graphic-novel adaptation chronicles Benjamin Button's many adventures: He falls in love with a woman who ages normally (this causes complications), starts a family, and establishes a successful business. In his later years, he attends Harvard as a student and plays on their football team. By the time he is an old man, Benjamin Button resembles a newborn baby. And then he remembered nothing.Through the noons and nights he breathed and over him there were soft mumblings and murmurings that he scarcely heard, and faintly differentiated smells, and light and darkness. The Hollywood adaptation of the story-starring Brad Pitt (as Benjamin Button), Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swenton, and Julia Ormond, and directed by David Fincher (who also directed Pitt in 'Fight Club' and 'Seven') - opens Thanksgiving Day 2008. This graphic-novel adaptation will allow fans of the film to experience the original source material in a fresh and fun format. Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir are the authors of several original graphic novels, including Skinwalker, Three Strikes, Maria's Wedding, and Past Lies (all from Oni Press). They've also worked extensively in superhero comics and have written for Wonder Woman, New X-Men, Adventures of Superman, and Hellions. Kevin Cornell is an illustrator based in Philadelphia. I don't have a real bio for him yet, but his stuff is awesome. Check out his site: www.bearskinrug.co.uk. Below are examples of the illustration style we'll be using in our book. Customers who bought this item also bought Watchmen Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&! Outliers: The Story of Success Customer Reviews for: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel Rating - A Smart and Beautiful Adaptation* Preferable to the story's original form, this graphic adaptation is well-paced and beautifully illustrated (full disclosure: the illustrator is a good friend of mine), both preserving and enhancing Fitzgerald's winking, flowery prose. Kevin Cornell's loose lines and sepia watercolors strike a flexible tone that deftly manages the story's mood swings and evokes the era magnificently. The portraits marking Benjamin's progress in backward aging at the ... Read More See all books by author F. Scott Fitzgerald

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