MirrorMask: The Illustrated Film Script
Many kids fantasize about running away to join the circus; wide-eyed 15-year-old Helena dreamed of running away from the circus and joining "real life." Born into a family of traveling performers, she longs for release. One day, she gets her wish; but like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, the...
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Many kids fantasize about running away to join the circus; wide-eyed 15-year-old Helena dreamed of running away from the circus and joining "real life." Born into a family of traveling performers, she longs for release. One day, she gets her wish; but like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, the topsy-turvy world she enters is more challenging than she ever imagined. Graphic novel innovators Gaiman and artist Dave McKean have created a fluid alternate universe where reality slips between our fingers and then grabs our feet. A masterful mix.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780060899325 (0060899328)
ASIN: 9780060899325
Publish date: 27-12-2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Art,
Plays,
Culture,
Film,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics
GR Cleanup. Originally read in Sept. 2011 I think I did myself a disservice by listening to this story as an audiobook instead of checking out the actual illustrated book. I have a sneaking suspicion the illustrations enhance much of the story, which felt a bit bare bones without them, and that I'...
A lot of seeds and echos of other Gaiman/McKean collaborations. That is empirically not a bad thing! Especially because unlike some other creators I will leave unnamed, they always bring so much new stuff. Great book. "Illustrated novelization" I think they called it. I will be seeing this movi...
This and Coraline are both based on an alternate world. Their other world seems to come into being or becomes more accessible when dissatisfaction arises with a parent in the real world. Here the comparison ends and I find myself enjoying MirrorMask much more then Coraline. I think it's partially t...
Helena is a 15 year old girl who hates her life in the circus. She tells her parents she just wants to run away and have a "real life". Unfortunately, Helena's mom then falls ill, and while she's in the hospital, Helena is thrown into a very strange dreamland: a strange, dark realm like a mirror o...
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