"- Make the play more accessible to the reluctant reader/YA audience"
Color me dubious. Of course, my YA days are long behind me, so I'm in no position to judge.
"Give it an edgy, graphic update"
Um, what do you mean by 'edgy' in this context?
"How do you feel about other talky books like Fun Home?"
I quite enjoyed Fun Home. I do think that that story could have been told equally effectively in prose, or several other mediums. It was a book I enjoyed because of the interesting story it told, not because it was particularly well suited to the comics form.
When your goal is telling an original, personal story, it makes sense to use whatever medium you like. When your goal is "adapt well-known literature to comics", I think it makes sense to choose works that are suited to the new medium, or to take more creative chances in the adaptation.
(And thanks for your patience in responding to what was probably a painful review to read.)
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Date: 2008-10-03 04:18 pm (UTC)Color me dubious. Of course, my YA days are long behind me, so I'm in no position to judge.
"Give it an edgy, graphic update"
Um, what do you mean by 'edgy' in this context?
"How do you feel about other talky books like Fun Home?"
I quite enjoyed Fun Home. I do think that that story could have been told equally effectively in prose, or several other mediums. It was a book I enjoyed because of the interesting story it told, not because it was particularly well suited to the comics form.
When your goal is telling an original, personal story, it makes sense to use whatever medium you like. When your goal is "adapt well-known literature to comics", I think it makes sense to choose works that are suited to the new medium, or to take more creative chances in the adaptation.
(And thanks for your patience in responding to what was probably a painful review to read.)