JANE AUSTEN'S ORIGINAL CLUELESS MATCHMAKER, COMIC-BOOK STYLE
(AUSTEN, Jane). BUTLER, Nancy. LEE, Janet K., illustrator. Emma. (New York: Marvel Comics, 2011). Five issues. Octavo, original color-printed wrappers. $850.
First printing of the beloved story as reimagined in graphic novel form by an award-winning writer and artist.
Original five-issue run of Jane Austen's exquisitely comedic and unerringly insightful social satire turned into a Marvel Illustrated comic book. Adapted by Rita Award-winning romance writer Nancy Butler and Eisner Award-winning artist Janet Lee, this version of the classic story combines a faithful interpretation of the original text with imaginative, expressive visual appeal. A hardcover collected edition followed in 2012.
A fine set of crisp, beautiful copies.