IDW is proud to introduce a new line of graphic novels that adapt some of the best-loved books of all-time. First up is Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. In the Seeonee hills, a camp has just been plundered. The only creatures who are still alive are a naked little boy and Shere Khan, the ruthless tiger. Just as Shere Khan is about to pounce on the man cub, he steps on the embers of a campfire and is rooted to the spot with pain. The child takes advantage of the opportunity to escape and arrives in front of a cave where he is taken in by a family of wolves. Soon Shere Khan arrives to claim his quarry but Father Wolf refuses and declares that he will adopt the man cub and that he will become a member of the Pack. Shere Khan is furious and his life's goal will be to eat the child. Mother Wolf decides to call the latter Mowgli and he is introduced to the Pack. The old Head of the Pack agrees to allow the child to join if two members who are not his parents speak for him. Baloo the Bear volunteers and is soon followed by Bagheera the Black Panther. In the shadows, Shere Khan makes plans to destroy Mowgli. The man cub's new protectors must teach him the way of the jungle and try to keep him out of the claws of his adversary.
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This review is from: The Jungle Book (Idw Graphic Classics) (Hardcover)
I did not know what to expect from IDW's Graphic Classics line. Other reviews on Amazon for other titles in the line have their reviews merged with copies for the ordinary books. I assure you, this is a review of IDW's comic book version of the Jungle Book, with the boy wearing a loincloth on the cover, standing next to a brown bear, a black panther, and a tiger in the background.
I can only judge this book by its own merits, since I am unfamiliar with Kipling's original version, and am certainly not going to judge it by Disney's version of the Jungle Book. Holding it in my hands I am reminded of a child's library book, it's big and thin, and filled with pictures. This art inside by Teiko is great, wolves, bears, and tigers look like real animals, and the human faces are unique and expressive, everything you could ask for from an artist. The writing itself is hard to judge, the animals have a pattern to the way they speak, which sounds stilted and a bit awkward, but I get the feeling it's supposed to sound that way. The story also moves quickly, so it makes me wonder, how much of it was abridged, only someone who has read the real Jungle Book by Kipling could tell you for sure. The story is only forty pages long. The book also contains some extras, such as a short Bio on Rudyard Kipling, a look at his works, details about the world at the time of Jungle Book's printing, and short excerpts from the original novel. There is some blood, but no real gore. And there's also naked baby Mowgli, full frontal for three panels so keep that in mind if you're buying this for young children. It's a nice HARD Hardcover, with good paper quality inside, and nice size print. Maybe I'll get a more of these, and start myself a library.
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