Adaptations can be difficult to execute with style and grace Larson manages to do both and still add her own flair. Minor grievances aside, this is a stunning reimagining of L'Engle’s Newbery-winning tale, and it should entrance old and new readers alike. Whatsit morphs into the centaurlike creature on Uriel. It's difficult to see The Man with Red Eyes with baby blue eyes, or to miss out on her rainbow wings when Mrs. While it is an amazingly envisioned and sophisticatedly stylized offering, some purists may be slightly put off by the three-color black, white and blue palette. Larson's illustrations are clear and concise, neatly ordered across each page with a tidy sensibility. With a keen eye, Eisner Award winner Larson ( Mercury, 2010) doesn't stray a moment from L'Engle’s original text, following the Murry children, Charles Wallace and Meg, and their friend, Calvin O’Keefe, as they tesser through outer space looking for Meg and Charles Wallace's lost father. A faithfully adapted graphic novel of the beloved 1962 classic, just in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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