Shift Presents - Odd John

by Chris Murray, Olaf Stapledon (Original author), Norrie Millar (contributor)

The novel explores the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John Wainwright, whose supernormal human mentality inevitably leads to conflict with normal human society and to the destruction of the utopian colony founded by John and other superhumans.—Wikipedia.

83 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1935

Reviews

[Gary Varga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite often enjoying an adaptation of a piece of work originating from a different medium, like this one, doesn't necessarily make me want to go out and seek out the original. In this case, although this graphic novel is extremely powerful in its own right, in some way this merely suggests at the depth of interest to find in the original book.

Having said that the writing is tight and well paced, the art is perfectly matching to the writing in that it is expressive and suggests so much more, and the lettering couldn't be clearer and is totally unobtrusive to the storytelling.

I thoroughly enjoyed this thought provoking allegory.

Now to find the book...