Day 3 - Great adaptation or remake of another work (31 Days of Comics)

Now I'm not someone who is usually the greatest fan of an adaptation, I prefer to experience any work in its original form. Nonetheless, that is not to say that I don't enjoy them when they are well. In the field of comics my favourite adaptation would be (perhaps partially because I have not experienced the original source so I did not make any comparisons while reading it) P. Craig Russell's adaptation of The Ring of Nibelung.

Admittedly mostly for Russell's gorgeous art, which I can never get tired, his rendition of Wagner's Norse operas in four volumes is quite a beautiful read. That is not too say the writing is sub-standard, Russell has a clear gift of translating ballads and more into the sequential storytelling page. The comics have their own rhythm and you could almost be swaying your head while turning the pages at times in cadence with the beats of his storytelling. If beautiful art and a classic Norse story is for you, you could do worse than pick this up. Below are a few pages from the first volume. For a little background, the giants have built Valhalla for Voton (Odin) and have come to claim payment from him, his fair sister-in-law. Voton has turned to Loge (Loki, natch) for help in getting out the contract.

Masterclass in diplomacy that ain't