Edginton and D'Israeli had previously worked together to create the comic Scarlet Traces,[2] their comic book sequel to the original The War or the Worlds.[1]Several characters from Scarlet Traces can be seen in this series, and it reuses their designs of the Martians and their machines.[citation needed]
According to Dark Horse, War of the Worlds was reviewed by Comics Buyer's Guide, who said: "Ian Edgington and D'Israeli have taken the high road and interpreted Wars as a late-1800s tale. Scientists still get front-page news and are seen with respect. There is no electricity in common use. Weapons? The mighty cannon, of course. And we can't forget bacteria, either. Art-wise, it is a good job, complete with devastating scenes of destruction, raging Victorian citizens, and a pock-faced hero who lives to see the day of deliverance. All in all, it's a good adaptation of a novel that will always be a classic."[4]
Legal disputesedit
In July 2006, Pendragon Pictures gave legal notice to Dark Horse Comics, claiming that the comic directly replicated hundreds of images from its 2005 film H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Pendragon set up a website that compared frames of the movie to panels from the comic, and included a poll for the public to vote on whether they thought the images were similar.[5] By April 2008, Pendragon had posted on its website that "[it] now agrees that it has no evidence at this time that Dark Horse misappropriated or copied any image, concept or theme from Pendragon's movie. Pendragon Pictures regrets and apologizes to Dark Horse for any misconception its press release or later internet poll may have caused."[6]
See alsoedit
Scarlet Traces, Edgington and D'Israeli's sequel to War of the Worlds
wells, worlds, comics, topic, this, article, meet, wikipedia, notability, guideline, books, please, help, demonstrate, notability, topic, citing, reliable, secondary, sources, that, independent, topic, provide, significant, coverage, beyond, mere, trivial, men. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guideline for books Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources H G Wells The War of the Worlds comics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message H G Wells The War of the Worlds is a 2006 comic adaptation of H G Wells 1898 novel The War of the Worlds written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by D Israeli 1 H G Wells The War of the WorldsPublication informationPublisherDark Horse ComicsFormatGraphic novelGenreScience FictionPublication date2006Creative teamCreated byIan Edginton writer D Israeli illustrator Contents 1 Production 2 Reception 3 Legal disputes 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksProduction editEdginton and D Israeli had previously worked together to create the comic Scarlet Traces 2 their comic book sequel to the original The War or the Worlds 1 Several characters from Scarlet Traces can be seen in this series and it reuses their designs of the Martians and their machines citation needed The comic was released as a webcomic on the Dark Horse Comics website 3 and was published as a graphic novel in 2006 by Dark Horse Comics 72 pages ISBN 1 59307 474 3 1 Reception editAccording to Dark Horse War of the Worlds was reviewed by Comics Buyer s Guide who said Ian Edgington and D Israeli have taken the high road and interpreted Wars as a late 1800s tale Scientists still get front page news and are seen with respect There is no electricity in common use Weapons The mighty cannon of course And we can t forget bacteria either Art wise it is a good job complete with devastating scenes of destruction raging Victorian citizens and a pock faced hero who lives to see the day of deliverance All in all it s a good adaptation of a novel that will always be a classic 4 Legal disputes editIn July 2006 Pendragon Pictures gave legal notice to Dark Horse Comics claiming that the comic directly replicated hundreds of images from its 2005 film H G Wells The War of the Worlds Pendragon set up a website that compared frames of the movie to panels from the comic and included a poll for the public to vote on whether they thought the images were similar 5 By April 2008 Pendragon had posted on its website that it now agrees that it has no evidence at this time that Dark Horse misappropriated or copied any image concept or theme from Pendragon s movie Pendragon Pictures regrets and apologizes to Dark Horse for any misconception its press release or later internet poll may have caused 6 See also editScarlet Traces Edgington and D Israeli s sequel to War of the Worlds The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume II another comic series by Alan Moore and Kevin O Neill which also uses the War of the Worlds setting List of steampunk works List of comics based on fictionReferences edit a b c H G Wells The War of the Worlds HC www darkhorse com Retrieved 2020 10 27 Eisner Award Nominations Overwhelm with Variety ComicCon 2007 Archived from the original on 2007 08 08 Retrieved 2020 10 27 War of the Worlds eComic Archived 2008 09 12 at the Wayback Machine Archived Reviews www darkhorse com June 2006 Retrieved 2020 10 27 Olson Kevin Noel July 31 2006 Pendragon Tries to Start War of the Worlds With Dark Horse Archived from the original on 2010 05 25 Retrieved 2010 08 09 Pendragon Pictures Official Web page Archived from the original on 2008 04 24 Retrieved 2010 08 09 Announcement of settlement on homepage External links editDark Horse page War of the Worlds comic at War of the Worlds co uk Archived 2009 01 20 at the Wayback Machine War of the Worlds comic annotations dead link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title H G Wells 27 The War of the Worlds comics amp oldid 1176243189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
