The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tim Conrad adapts Victor Hugo's classic romance about a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda, who is framed for murder by the infatuated archdeacon of Notre Dame. Only Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bell ringer of the cathedral, can save her. Religious extremism, class distinction, fate, destiny,...
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Tim Conrad adapts Victor Hugo's classic romance about a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda, who is framed for murder by the infatuated archdeacon of Notre Dame. Only Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bell ringer of the cathedral, can save her. Religious extremism, class distinction, fate, destiny, and sexual dynamics are played out in a rousing yarn of intrigue within the walls of the Parisian Cathedral of Notre Dame. This is Tim Conrad's first foray back into comics in twenty years. Beautifully illustrated. Packed with emotion. Not to be missed!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781595829528 (1595829520)
Publish date: July 18th 2012
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
Well now, this was a waste of time. My advice would be to avoid this one unless you’re a huge fan of the original Hunchback of Notre Dame book. The illustrations are horrible; the style is very strange and unaesthetic. There are no facial expressions, the anatomy is messed up, most of the scenes are...
I enjoy graphic novels and I’ve only read one other that was a visual retelling of a classic novel, so I was quite eager to read this one. However I find myself a bit disappointed in it and it leaves me rather upset because I had really hoped to truly enjoy this one.It is quite a short graphic novel...
There wasn't much to this story, only 48 pages, so it was a quick read. Most of the text was in the form narration bubbles over images that were not particularly dynamic or had little action. As a result, this graphic novel seemed a lot like a series of images with captions. And unfortunately, I did...
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