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Twilight Gets Graphic Novel Adaptation

Posted by OminousCloud in News Articles January 21, 2010 at 12:17:35 AM

Yen Press will launch a graphic novel adaptation of the vampiric, Romeo and Juliet rip off, complete literary abomination: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The novel adaptation will comprise two volumes, illustrated by manhwa artist Young Kim and will feature black and white illustrations with colour insert pages. Scheduled for release on March 16, the first volume will have an initial printing of 350, 000 copies.

The following image is a sample page of the biology lab encounter, originally posted on the Entertainment Weekly Magazine website.

This Friday's issue of the magazine will contain a ten-page excerpt from the graphic novel and an interview with Stephenie Meyer.

In November, Evangelion character designer/manga creator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Metal Gear game franchise creator Hideo Kojima, and Sasameke manga creator Ryuji Gotsubo judged a Twilight art contest in Japan. Gotsubo illustrated the Japanese edition of the Twilight novels, and according to the contest's sponsor pixiv, the judges are "huge fans" of the Twilight series.

Source: Anime News Network, Entertainment Weekly Magazine

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Posted by on March 06, 2010 at 08:00:31 AM

Oh Hell No. We must burn them all

Posted by on February 13, 2010 at 09:06:50 PM

Definitely not happy about it, it makes me sad.
And yet, at the same time I'm sure I'll end up reading it.
It still looks better than the movie, too. -_-

Posted by on February 13, 2010 at 06:55:30 PM

Even though i am NOT a Twilight fan the drawing looks excellent..

Posted by OminousCloud on January 30, 2010 at 12:17:15 AM

I share those sentiments believe me, I do. However, I think other than the ridiculous notion of sparkling vampires, the only real flaw is that Stephenie Meyer cannot write. There is a chance that the manga version will be better than the original novel simply because dialogue and descriptions are limited. Only time will tell.

Posted by on January 24, 2010 at 07:20:56 PM

oh hell no. aren't the FOUR books that are only good for getting a fire started and two movies with more on the way bad enough already??