Graphic Classics, Volume 2: Arthur Conan Doyle

Graphic Classics #2

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Antonella Caputo, Rod Lott

This second edition is completely revised, with over a hundred pages of new material. New to this edition are comics adaptations of Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" by Rod Lott and Simon Gane, and Brigadier Gerard in "The Castle of Gloom" by Antonella Caputo and Nick Miller. Plus Doyle's fearsome pirate "Captain Sharkey", illustrated by John W. Pierard, "The Ghosts of Goresthorpe Grange" by Peter Gullerud, and "The Great Brown-Pericord Motor" by Milton Knight. Returning from the first edition are Sherlock Holmes in "The Copper Beeches" by Rick Geary, and stories illustrated by Roger Langridge and J.B. Bonivert. With a new cover by Kent Steine.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Classics, Mystery, Teen, Comics, Comix

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.

Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This illustrated collection of eight adaptations of stories and poems by Arthur Conan Doyle gives the reader a taste into the mind of the author best known for his tales featuring Sherlock Holmes.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the fact that this exists.

[Mickey Bits · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here is another excellent volume of adapted classic stories. Whether you've never read any of his works or are familiar with Holmes, the Brigadier, et al. you'll enjoy the skilled adaptations of A. C. Doyle's works. Each story or poem is illustrated by a different artist. There's Rick Geary's familiar and excellent style and Peter Gullerud, Nick Miller, and many others. Some of the art is immediately recognizable and some of will be less known. They are all excellent, regardless.

Highly recommended.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains 8 stories,and 1 parable by Arthur Conan Doyle. 2 are Sherlock Holmes tales, while the other 6 are a good mix.

Each story is illustrated by a different artist, which helps give each story it's own style.

My favourite stories were The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, The Great Brown-Pericord Motor, and The Castle of Gloom.

[Hillary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars might be overstating it a bit, as this compilation of short Conan Doyle adaptations by a bunch of different artists and writers is pretty mixed, but the stories themselves are almost all pretty entertaining, and while there are a couple of Holmes stories included, there are many more that don't feature ACD's most famous character. Rick Geary's version of "The Copper Beeches" is one that does, and it's as wonderful as all his stuff, one of my favorites in the book, along with J.B. Bonivert's "The Los Amigos Fiasco" and Antonella Caputo and Nick Miller's "The Castle of Gloom." Unfortunately, some of the adaptations, while the stories don't suffer all that much, are pretty poor, muddying what's actually happening and just generally contributing to a lot of annoyance. John W. Pierard's "Captain Sharkey" is an example. Good story, full of pirates and dastardliness, but the art and panel plotting are a mess. I suppose that's what happens when you select a bunch of comics people who seem to smoke a fair amount of weed. Still, I'd recommend the book, and I'm interested to read a bunch more in the series. I like the short format, and I've discovered some new artists.

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

that was absolutely brilliant!! what a tremendous way to get introduced to some of Conan Doyle's other work!! and one of my favorite Holmes stories is in here too!! very happy to have stumbled on this gem.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

some short stories of the great detective, plus some of Doyle's specualtive fiction as well

[Nilendu Misra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two words -- Rick Geary (check out Lindbergh Child)

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have read all of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and probably others as well, just never bothered to put them in to amazon or goodreads, so dates wrong. Some KU some paperback some hardback some collections.