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100 Fan Book Give-A-Way #5

July 31st, 2010

Hello All! Well, it’s been a long 5 weeks, and Bookapaloosa is finally coming to an end, but before me move on let’s give a great big congrats to Rick Wise who won last weeks give-a-way, lets hope he learns from his new books advice, but never has to actually use it.

Now, on to the good stuff. Since this is the final week I decided to shake things up. Several of you (shakes head in shame) have let it slip that you haven’t read the classic “Pride & Prejudice” and while I refuse to give away my copy (it’s kinda falling apart anyways) I decided to share my love with you in a new medium. Recently Marvel has started adapting classic novels into GRAPHIC novels and they are FANTASTIC!! So in order to spread the comic book love I am giving 1 lucky winner the trade paperback version of P&P (aka… all five issues, beautifully hardbound and ready for reading.) All you need to do to be qualified is comment below and viola’

Happy reading!! Misty

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife… Tailored from the adored Jane Austen classic, Marvel Comics is proud to present Pride & Prejudice! Two-time Rita Award-Winner Nancy Butler and fan-favorite Hugo Petras faithfully adapt the whimsical tale of Lizzy Bennet and her lovable-if-eccentric family, as they navigate through tricky British social circles. Will Lizzy’s father manage to marry off her five daughters, despite his wife’s incessant nagging? And will Lizzy’s beautiful sister Jane marry the handsome, wealthy Mr. Bingley, or will his brooding friend Mr. Darcy stand between their happiness? Collects Pride & Prejudice #1-5.

Here are a few examples of the Art Work

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Book Give-a-Way, Marvel Comics, Pride & Prejudice, Trade Paperback

There’s No Place Like Home!!!

October 20th, 2009

That was BRILLIANT!

Ok, maybe brilliant is going a tad overboard, and maybe I’m a tad bit biased since “Pride and Prejudice” is my favorite book, but to take two things I love (P&P and Vampires) and shove them into one makes me just happy as a clam.

“Mr. Darcy, Vampyre” begins where P&P ended, and to a much dazed and confused Lizzy, it’s not exactly the type of hunky dory lovey dovey beginning of a marriage that she had planned.

For starters, their honeymoon plans are immediately changed from happy romp at the beach to intercontinental travel. Then… there are the odd, tortured looks that keep flashing across Darcy’s face.

There are pirates who decided in the last 30 seconds NOT to take over their ship, there are creepy wolves, even creepier castles, a set of very flamboyant Italians (who keep slipping up and revealing things that they shouldn’t) there is a rash of very disturbing dreams, and one very unsatisfied bride.

The writing was, for the most part, fluent with the earlier language of “Austen” (it starts to falter a little at the end, but the action picks up at the same time and so it’s a little harder to notice.) There are a few parts where “Amanda Grange” started to get excessively detailed, especially in their initial arrival to Italy, but again, it’s not intolerable.

I have read several P&P spin-offs (“Pride & Prejudice and Zombies, Fitzwilliam Darcy Gentleman Series…etc) and to date this is probably my favorite. How often do we get to experience a clashing of the times, a fluid meshing of classic and fantasy? Not often I tell you, so when it’s good it’s great, and when it’s great it’s worth the read. (hint hint)

Enjoy my fellow Austenites this one is for you, and just remember, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, unless of course that tunnel leads to the middle of a dark forest, then you’re just screwed.

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(4.5/5)