#167 “City of Glass”: Adapting a Novel to Comics

Deconstructing Comics

English - May 02, 2024 12:31 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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FLASHBACK! Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli’s comics version of City of Glass, a 1985 novel by Paul Auster, is an amazing adaptation of an unfilmable novel. Tim and Kumar assess the herculean task of adapting it, in probably the only medium capable of doing so: comics! We re-present this episode in observance of Auster’s passing … Continue reading #167 “City of Glass”: Adapting a Novel to Comics