Graphic Classics Volume 6: Ambrose Bierce

  • Available Rights:
    • Print – foreign
    • Digital – worldwide
  • Recommended for ages 12 to adult
  • 144 pages
  • Black & White

Featuring comics adaptations of the work of Ambrose Bierce:

• The Damned Thing — a man stalked by an invisible creature adapted by Rod Lott, and illustrated by Reno Maniquis

• The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter — a mediaeval tale of faith and love translated by Ambrose Bierce, adapted by Antonella Caputo, and illustrated by Carlo Vergara

• The Devil’s Dictionary — the best selection’s from Bierce’s personal dictionary, interior and cover illustrations by Steven Cerio

• Moxon’s Master — man vs. machine; seminal science fiction, adapted and illustrated by Stanley Shaw

• The Stranger — horror in the Wild West, adapted and illustrated by Mark A. Nelson

• The Hypnotist — a history of crime illustrated by Michael Slack

• Oil of Dog — a strange childhood illustrated by Annie Owens

• Curried Cow — a hilarious saga in comics by Milton Knight

• Plus an investigation into the mystery of Bierce’s death by Mort Castle and Dan Burr

• And Bierce’s Fables — a collection of 20 short pieces told in comics and illustration by J.B. Bonivert, Mark Dancey, Shary Flenniken, Neale Blanden, Jackie Smith,Florence Cestac, Evert Geradts, P.S. Mueller, George Sellas, Dan O’Neill, Lisa K. Weber, Lance Tooks, Simon Gane, Devon Devereaux, Chad Carpenter, Todd Lovering, William L. Brown, Johnny Ryan, Nick Miller and Roger Langridge

“This edition succeeds on many levels, providing awesome illustrations as well as a fabulous introduction to the strange, satirical, and horrific writings of an almost forgotten American author. Ambrose Bierce stands out as one of the best titles in an already strong series, sure to appeal to readers looking for insight into a most unusual mind. –Booklist
 
“The artwork is sensational, some of it beautiful, and all of it clever.”
— Don Swain, The Ambrose Bierce Site
 
“This is what ultimately makes Graphic Classics so special — each
volume contains at least one story that will be unfamiliar to even the
most voracious reader.”
— Randy Sluganski, JustAdventure.com

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