Comments on: Pride and Prejudice to be a graphic novel http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/ Tue, 15 May 2012 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carol Fox http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25946 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:21:18 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25946 Oh yeah, we’ll be posting more preview pages periodically–gotta keep the public appetite properly whetted–but they have to be drawn first. -_-’ This project has taken forever to start (my fault!), but we’re finally getting it rolling. Hopefully we’ll have a sweet cover in the next couple months, and preview pages in the next few (gotta thumbnail the entire book first–hmm, maybe all this should go in my blog).

As for the long release schedule, it’s killing me. I wish the books could come out straight away! I wanted them out in January ’05, when the idea first glimmered! Sadly, though, it takes a lot of time and effort to draw a 240-page book, let alone two of ‘em (we’re planning a set of two, due to TOKYOPOP’s manga publishing style–smaller trim, black & white, etc), and Tintin has a few projects to juggle. So it all adds up to a VERY conservative schedule…but like I said, we hope to make it worth the wait!

]]> By: mjryan http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25949 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25949 This looks like it’s going to have to be added to the Austen library. I’ve already got NA on my Amazon wishlist. How fun!

]]> By: Karenlee http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25945 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:52:15 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25945 Oh, Tintin – Spring or mid-2008? Please, please, please tell me that ’8′ was a typo ! Such a l-o-o-o-n-g time to have to wait. You really meant to type a ’7′, dint’cha??!!
:(

If not, will you and Carol and Sarah at least ease our eager curiosity and anxious waiting with another small scene now and then? Pretty please! We’re almost all gonna’ buy the thing anyway! And, uh, you never know – as evidenced by the aspidistra, we could possibly even be Very Useful!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25947 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:55:43 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25947 Let the heavens ring in ‘joy, senselss joy’!!!! For those of us who are manga (graphic novel) readers, Jane Austen being turned into a manga is music to my ears! IT’s like haveing chocolate and cake at the same time – two good things at once! I can hardly help but pinch myself in luck! So terrific!

]]> By: Carol Fox http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25948 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 18:19:44 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25948 As are we.

P.S. Co-writer = Sarah Winningham.

]]> By: Mags http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25944 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:15:56 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25944 We’re pretty fond of the Cluebat round these parts.

]]> By: Carol Fox http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25943 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:54:59 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25943 (Though actually it’s a writing case. But for our purposes, it’s mostly a cluebat.)

]]> By: Carol Fox http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25942 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:46:38 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25942 Book-as-cluebat: yup.

Glad to see we’re not the only ones excited about this– and that so far the biggest quibble is with the aspidistra (which will get an overhaul, I assure you)!

]]> By: Mags http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25941 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:51:23 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25941 Oh, she’s just IMAGINING herself throwing the book. Who hasn’t done a little imaginary violence from time to time? It’s keeping it in the realm of imagination that is the important thing. I thought it was hilarious.

Tintin, stop by anytime–you have a team of beta readers and period experts at the ready. :-) But you seem to be doing a great job on your own!

]]> By: Jessica Irene http://austenblog.com/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25940 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:44:01 +0000 http://www.austenblog.com/archives/2006/12/03/pride-and-prejudice-to-be-a-graphic-novel/#comment-25940 Oh, no, we are not violent people. Think of it a Lizzy using a Cluebat. Even in today’s society it is hard to imagine a Janeite doing that to a snobby woman or man in real life! I think we love the picture of Lizzy throwing a book at Darcy’s head because it is something she could never actually do in polite society, yet she is so insensed by his odious, arrogant interference with Jane and Bingly and so maddened by his attitude in general (leaning on elbows says it exactly) that we know just how satisfying it would be to her feelings to let him have it. Knock some sense into his head, some pride out, and revenge Jane at the same time! Lizzy has suffered under Darcy’s insults and barbs (“not tolerable enough to tempt me”) long enough, from which she can aptly defend herself, but to know he has hurt Jane is more than she can bear. Don’t test a sister!

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