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[tortoisegirl]

Does anyone who's more comic-savvy than I know of an comics/graphic novels that have to do with either Arthurian romance, Shakespeare's The Tempest, or Milton's Paradise Lost?

It's for a school project- find some part of pop culture that can be considered a modern interpretation of the aforementioned stories and do some project on them (so far I think I just have to prove the connection between the source material and the modern material). It can also be a movie, song, etc (so other suggestions are welcome) but I'd rather go the comics route. I don't know which topic I'll be assigned yet, but those were my first three choices.

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[slipstreamborne.livejournal.com]

Neil Gaiman's depiction of Hell in the Sandman comics pulls heavily from Paradise Lost, especially his characterization of Lucifer, who's prominent in a few different collections.

Other than that, can't think of any prominent books with those themes atm, but this is some stuff google turned up:

http://www.selfmadehero.com/manga_shakespeare/titles/the_tempest.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_3000

[tortoisegirl.livejournal.com]

Oh good, Sandman! I'd only read the first one, but this would be a good excuse to get into the rest of them. Thanks!

[sandoz-iscariot.livejournal.com]

You might also want to check out Mike Carey's Sandman-spinoff Lucifer, where he gets a starring role.

If manga's okay, there's also Angel Sanctuary, where Lucifer is an anti-hero.

[tortoisegirl.livejournal.com]

As far as I know manga's okay. Thanks for the suggestions!