September 4, 2008 – 6:00 am
Move over, Dorthy, this isn’t your mother’s Wizard of Oz. In fact from the beginning it doesn’t even look much like the Oz we grew up with at all. Whether you grew up with the books by L. Frank Baum or the film adaptations, you’ll certainly recognize certain places and people, but you will be seeing them in a whole new light–a green one. Wicked follows Elphaba, the green skinned and misunderstood young woman who eventually becomes the Wicked Witch of the West, from her childhood through her death at the hands of Dorothy.
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August 28, 2008 – 6:00 am
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, the novelization of the 1996 BBC Two show by the same name, follows exactly the plot of the TV show, but allows Gaiman to expand on certain elements and correct changes made by the series, which he also wrote. While I have never seen the television series, or for that matter read the graphic novel which followed the novel, my very first thought upon finishing the book was, “This would better translate visually.” That thought came to me before I even knew that it had already and would subsequently be portrayed in visual medias. However, this is a thought I usually have with Neil Gaiman. I love his books, but I tend to like his work better when its not done in written form.
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July 29, 2008 – 6:00 am
The previously announced Wheel of Time comic book adaptation, in production at Dabel Brothers and based on the bestselling epic fantasy novels by the late Robert Jordan, now has a creative team. Chuck Dixon will be writing the series with Mike S. Miller on art duties. Dixon is a longtime comics favorite, having helmed many Batman series throughout the 1990’s and creating the Birds of Prey team and comic book at DC. Miller is no stranger to adapting fantasy novels to comics, as he was the artist on George R. R. Martin’s Hedge Knight series, a spinoff story from the Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series.
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July 14, 2008 – 5:30 am
For a limited time, authors Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J Anderson are giving out FREE copies of the first book in their Crystal Doors fantasy trilogy. All you pay is shipping/packaging. Check out the details after the jump!
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