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Fritz Lang's M - Book With DVD
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I suppose this could have gone in the books forum or even the comic book forum, but since I thought it might be of primary interest to DVD fans, I thought I'd post it here. Creators: Jon J. Muth. Description: Jon Muth's four-issue mini-series from 1990, based on Fritz Lang's suspense thriller, M, is collected for the first time in hardcover, and is packaged with a bonus DVD of the original 1931 film starring Peter Lorre! In Fritz Lang's first sound film M (1931), Peter Lorre delivers a haunting performance as a serial killer - a whistling pedophile hunted by the police and brought to trial by the forces of the Berlin underworld. In 1990, a young artist, Jon J. Muth, continued his rise in the comic book industry by adapting the story into four comics published by Eclipse Comics. Long out-of-print, the adaptation has never been collected before. 192 pages. (7x10) I am not sure what edition of the movie it is...if it's the Criterion version or a new transfer or what. I got the first two issues of the graphic novel back in the day. The artwork was AWESOME and it was because of that work I got exposed to the movie in the first place. I am thrilled it's finally being collected. (If I recall right, the first issue of the graphic novel had a flexi disc in it that had the whistling song from the movie.) |
This looks like it could really be neat. I have never heard about this before, though I am a big fan of the film. Thanks for introducing me to the hardcover collection. Anyone else recommend this as a blind buy?
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Here is an image of the cover of the first graphic novel.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...ictures/3f.jpg I can assure you the artwork within is just as amazing. I can't find samples of the pages, but here is a website of samples of Muth's work. http://www.asfa.biz/muth.html |
Neat. I see that he also did Moonshadow... Loved the art in that one.
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Wow, I didn't know this existed. I love the film so I'll have to check this out.
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I have the original books and had forgotten all about them! I will have to dig them out of the basement...!
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Originally Posted by calhoun07
Here is an image of the cover of the first graphic novel.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...ictures/3f.jpg The first issue came with a flexi disc album. I don't remember much else on it other than the whistling. I wonder if I still have that.... Doesn't surprise me that a DVD is coming with it since he obviously likes to package other media in with the release of this story. :lol: I am surprised that this is coming though, I had completely forgotten about these comics. |
Were these the same people that had planned on doing a "metropolis" graphic novel in the mid 90's? Unfortunatly, that never came to pass.
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As much as I enjoy the film, I wonder who actually sat down and said to himself "Gee... let's make a comic from a 75 year old movie about a killer pedophile. That'll be swell!"
It looks pretty cool but seems like an odd choice. Metropolis would make more sense. |
Originally Posted by Living Dead
As much as I enjoy the film, I wonder who actually sat down and said to himself "Gee... let's make a comic from a 75 year old movie about a killer pedophile. That'll be swell!"
It looks pretty cool but seems like an odd choice. Metropolis would make more sense. |
I've been waiting for them to reprint this gorgeous comic book ever since I discovered I could no longer find my old issues. I remember the first one came with a flexi-disc record, too, and in addition to the whistling, I think it had a guitar rendition of "In the Hall of the Mountain King." It's been a while, though...
So, yeah for this! |
Originally Posted by Living Dead
As much as I enjoy the film, I wonder who actually sat down and said to himself "Gee... let's make a comic from a 75 year old movie about a killer pedophile. That'll be swell!"
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