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A review by geekwayne
Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury by Mort Castle, Joe Hill, Neil Gaiman, Audrey Niffenegger
3.0
'Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury'would seem to be a graphic novel adaptation of the book 'Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.' The content has been greatly reduced, but the stories are still good.
We meet a young boy and girl that find something strange on a beach, and we meet a man who has forgotten Ray Bradbury. There are story homages from famous writers like Dave Eggers and Audrey Niffenegger. There is a strange rambling bit in the middle from Harlan Ellison that seems more wordy and doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.
The stories are good and seem to be adapted well, I'm just not sure why I'd recommend this over the original book with about 4 times the number of pages. This is probably a case where the graphic novel feels a bit superfluous, especially in light of all the content that didn't make it to this graphic novel. I enjoyed almost all of the stories, and the art, but I think I would recommend the book that it's based on first.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
We meet a young boy and girl that find something strange on a beach, and we meet a man who has forgotten Ray Bradbury. There are story homages from famous writers like Dave Eggers and Audrey Niffenegger. There is a strange rambling bit in the middle from Harlan Ellison that seems more wordy and doesn't seem to match the rest of the book.
The stories are good and seem to be adapted well, I'm just not sure why I'd recommend this over the original book with about 4 times the number of pages. This is probably a case where the graphic novel feels a bit superfluous, especially in light of all the content that didn't make it to this graphic novel. I enjoyed almost all of the stories, and the art, but I think I would recommend the book that it's based on first.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.