H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Graphic Novel) by Ian Edginton

H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Graphic Novel) Reviews

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  BellaGBear

  Interesting take on the story. Nothing meets the musical though :D Cause singing about an alien invasions is one of the best unpredictable topics for a musical
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  Fred Hughes

  Always a pleasure reading these interpretations and graphic novel take on classic science fiction
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  Michael

  Well drawn, but the script felt vague and a little shallow. Perhaps I'd have more of an impression if I'd ever read the original story, but all I know is various cartoon and genre fiction homages to Wells' story.
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  Ahdom

  This was a very fast read, but a nice visual companion to the novel. While the artwork didn't blow me away and the story was chopped up to fit nicely into a short graphic novel version, I still found it enjoyable.
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  Andy Todd

  A fun graphic version of Wells' novel that I used when teaching the text in school years ago.
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  Chris Browning

  A good - if somewhat brisk - version of the classic novel which works as an excellent prelude for the story Edginton and D’Israeli are still continuing in Scarlet Traces
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  Jesús

  A worthy adaptation of the classic
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  Love triangles are stupid

  *3.5, not really a graphic novel fan
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  Tricia

  I read this right after finishing
  The War of the Worlds (in ebook and print, depending on whether or not we had electric lights that night!). Sometimes they were using direct quotes, but mostly it was adaptation. That was fine, except it wasn't clear when you were getting the brother's perspective. I understand that they would have to condense some of the storyline to fit within this format, but some of the timeline changes seemed unnecessary. On the positive side, much of the objectionable social darwinism attitude of Wells has been removed. Graphically, the story was wonderful. The use of color was very evocative of the mood (or setting) of the story. The red weed wasn't what I expected (not as curly as I'd imagined! or maybe I wanted intricate leaves?) but that is a minor quibble. My 13yo son initially objected to the tripods - he felt the neck joints were wrong, but after some time he decided they were okay.
  
  After reading this, you owe it to yourself to read their
  Scarlet Traces - a mystery/thriller set (mostly) in London 10 years after The War of the Worlds.
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  Artur Coelho

  Ian Edginton assina uma fiel adaptação da obra clássica de Wells, sem desvios à obra original. O ilustrador D'Israeli acompanha o argumento com um estilo gráfico ainda algo incipiente, a misturar fin de siècle com steampunk mas com pouco investimento em detalhe ou concretização visual do mundo ficcional da obra. Notável por ter sido criada como webcomic e depois levada a publicação em livro, esta graphic novel foi o ponto de partida para a série Scarlet Traces onde Edginton explora um mundo pós-invasão marciana e o estilo de D'Israeli se desenvolve plenamente em vinhetas de assinalável espectacularidade que se tornaram marcos gráficos do estilo steampunk.
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  Kaffa

  "Hey, I've got a good idea!" The book company owner said to his little artist, "let's repackage a timeless classic and make it a seventy page comic book for kiddies!"
  
  The Artist grinned a horrific grin, "Wowee, that's a great way to reel in the dough!"
  
  And thus began the creation of this waste of natural resources. Ruining one of H. G. Wells' greatest achievements. It's sad that the illiteracy of America has lowered to such a degree that we now need to repackage classics into comic books. I advise anyone who can read to avoid this and read the real thing.
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  Kaethe

  In some regards, Wells is a horrible writer. Much of the action takes place offstage and has to be reported to us. Gratuitous coincidences. A weird love/hate relationship with humanity and the future.
  
  Since by now the story is old hat, I don't really have anything to say about that. Edginton's graphics do give the material a fresh feeling. The images of devastation bring back a little of the power the work must once have held. I particularly liked the wounded face of our hero for keeping the pain always in my mind.
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  Mike

  Nicely done. D'israelis illustrations are superb. Probably my favorite rendition of the Martian tripod machines. The adaptation is true to the original, hitting all the important points of the plot. Edginton has resisted the urge to tinker with Wells' plot, as some other adaptors have done, letting the original speak for itself.
  
  I also highly recommend Scarlet Traces, Edginton and D'Israeli's sequel to War of the Worlds.
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  Derek Royal

  I knew that Ian Edginton has done a lot of adaptation work in comics, but I had never read this one before. He and D'Israeli do a great job of translating this classic story to comics form. And interestingly enough, this was created after the original sequel to Wells's tale, Scarlet Traces. We're having Edginton on the interview show, so I wanted to get several works of his under my belt that I hadn't previously been familiar with.
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  Chunkymonkey12

  aliens come to attack the earth becuase thier home an planet mars is coming to an end and they need a newer, better place to live:
  Thirty-five million miles into space, a species of martians sets eyes on planet Earth. With thier own planet doomed for destruction, the Martians prepare to invade.Thier weapons are ready and thier aim is ruthless.
  The war of the worlds are about to begin.
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  Peacegal

  The story we all know gets the graphic novel treatment. I always felt WOTW was a fine example that humanity's most dreaded fears center around the idea that someone else will do to us what we have done to so much other life here on Earth.
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  Jessica Hollo

  Style of the graphics fits the style of the original book well...gritty, blocky colors. Not how I pictured the martians, though.
  It really was just okay, nothing special, read the actually book, and let your imagination do better.
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  Jess

  Very gory graphics of a classic. Older teens would love it. It was better than the Tom Cruise flick. Of course, what could be worse than that movie? The only good thing was Dakota Fanning.
  
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  David Corleto-Bales

  Amazing artwork in this graphic novel. A brilliant depiction of the H.G. Wells book, and it continues on in a new series.
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  Muireann

  Not even half as good as their own stories which were homage/sequels to the HG Wells original.
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  Donna M

  This months selection for the other book club I'm in. I probably wouldn't have finished it except we lost our power for 2 nights and my kindle has a light.
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  Will

  Loved the artwork. Beautifully rendered.
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  Whatsupchuck

  Very good! I've always wanted to read this story, but I'm not much of a reader.