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Breathtaking Adaptations: 13 Classic Books Transformed Into Graphic Novels (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 08/20/10 07:01 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 06:25 PM ET

First there was the book. Then there came the film. Or sometimes, there is the comic book, and then there is the film. Case in point: "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," this summer's runaway sensation based on the graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley.

In honor of "Scott Pilgrim," we published the "7 Best Graphic Novel to Film Adaptations" slide show last week. And it got us thinking ...

What other book adaptations are out there?

We've seen graphic novels-into-films and, of course, books-into-movies, but what about books-into-graphic novels? What happens when you take a classic work of literature and transform it into a graphic text?

You won't believe what classic books have been transformed into comics. From "Genesis" to "Metamorphosis," see the best here.

What other adaptations should have made the list? What other classic books still need a graphic novel version? How about an "Audacity Of Hope" graphic novel? Let us know in the comments section below.

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By Fyodor Dostoevsky. Adapted by David Zane Mairowitz and Alain Korkos.

Somehow Dostoevsky's brilliant work is distilled into 128 pages, which leads to some storytelling that's a bit rough around the edges. But the gray palette and the decision to set it in modern-day Russia make this a worthy companion piece.
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First there was the book. Then there came the film. Or sometimes, there is the comic book, and then there is the film. Case in point: "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," this summer's runaway sensation bas...
First there was the book. Then there came the film. Or sometimes, there is the comic book, and then there is the film. Case in point: "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," this summer's runaway sensation bas...
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Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

That the lead character is a hardcore loser who eventually learns a lesson isn't the problem. The problem is that we're supposed to be rooting for this moron from the first minute. By thirty minutes in, I was solidly on the side of 'the World.'

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