Die Autorin

Abstract
Graphic Novel
Coraline
by P. Craig Russel
based on the novel by Neil Gaiman
Kartoniert
185 Seiten
erschienen bei HarperCollins
Auflage 2011 Sch20 Rus
Young Coraline was not happy with her life despite the fact that she was only a kid. The adults around her
acted a little weird sometimes, making her the more mature one in her mind and she felt bored about that. Her
parents worked all day and nobody played with her. The fact that people kept calling her 'Caroline' didn't help
much either, making her felt more that adults were stupid. So when she stepped through a door in her family´s
house, she found another world, with another mother and another father. On that side, she was quite surprised.
The other world was much fun than this original one, and everyone remembered her name as 'Coraline'. Since
what she wished for at her world did happen in this world. But the new parents wanted to change her and never
let her go….
The Author
Philip Craig Russell was born on October 30 th , 1951 in Wellsville, Ohio . He is known primarily for his comic
adaptations of selected works of literature and music history. Russel started his career by Marvel in the mid-
1970s and continued it with adaptions of Richard of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung”and Mozart's"The Magic
flute", Rudyard Kiplings"Jungle Book"and the"Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde. His work has won multiple Harvey
and Eisner Awards. Particularly for the Graphic Novel “Coraline” in 2009.
Review
A virtuoso adaptation…a master of fantastical landscapes, Russell sharpens the realism of his imagery,
preserving the humanity of the characters and heightening the horror, even as Gaiman’s concise storytelling
ratchets up the eeriness."
— BOOKLIST (STARRED REVIEW)
"A deliciously dark graphic adaptation of Gaiman’s modern classic...sure to delight established fans and to
mesmerize newcomers."
— KIRKUS REVIEWS (POINTER)
"This graphic novel is as dark, creepy, and brilliant as anything out there."
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE
3.3.2013