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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 11, 2017 21:24:38 GMT -5
Aside from the Marvel adaptation of the David Lynch movie (appearing a s a2 issue mini and a Super-Special issue), has Dune ever been adapted to comics? I know there is some Moebius designs from the doomed Jodo film adaptaion, but has the novel itself ever been adapted in comics form? -M Nope. Certainly not officially. I can't find any trace of a non-licensed adaptation either.
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Post by berkley on Jul 12, 2017 8:55:45 GMT -5
Aside from the Marvel adaptation of the David Lynch movie (appearing a s a2 issue mini and a Super-Special issue), has Dune ever been adapted to comics? I know there is some Moebius designs from the doomed Jodo film adaptaion, but has the novel itself ever been adapted in comics form? -M I don't think so. But I stumbled upon this in a search: paulpope.com/dune/Too small a sample size for me to really judge but that looks interesting enough that I'd like to see more.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 12, 2017 9:06:21 GMT -5
More interesting material to be found on the daily Dune, or more precisely on this artist's website. Quite a lot of work in that comic, actually!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 10:27:05 GMT -5
Some interesting stuff there. Paul Pope is someone who has gotten on my radar in recent years but I haven't checked out near enough of his stuff. He would be someone whose adaptation would get me to check it out. The stuff by Hartong looks good, and seems to be a work of passion for him. I'll have to keep an eye out for more of it as he posts it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2017 21:06:05 GMT -5
I was always sad that Boom! had announced the Dune Origins book for FCBD 2012 and then it disappeared.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 12, 2017 23:29:47 GMT -5
I can think of few things I'd less like to read than a comic book adaptation of Dune... unless it's the original novel. Once was one time too many.
Cei-U! I summon sci-fi's most overrated epic!
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Post by Confessor on Jul 13, 2017 5:06:49 GMT -5
I can think of few things I'd less like to read than a comic book adaptation of Dune... unless it's the original novel. Once was one time too many. Cei-U! I summon sci-fi's most overrated epic! This is interesting to me because I'm toying with the idea of reading it for the first time. I kinda feel I should, since it's such a sci-fi classic. Can you explain what you disliked about it and, also, do you generally like fantasy or sci-fi epics, such as Lord of the Rings or the Foundation series?
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 13, 2017 7:29:34 GMT -5
I'm not Cei-U, but I can give you my opinion... you should read it. There are some bits in it that will make you go 'Oh, so THAT's where that came from', and the first book is really good space opera... the longer the series goes, it becomes less space opera and more verbal acid trip. Read the original, and maybe Dune Messiah if you're amused, but stay far, far away from the 'modern' prequels.
The Bene Gesserit 'Fear is the mind killer' mantras is one of my favorite passages, ever!
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 13, 2017 7:44:09 GMT -5
I can think of few things I'd less like to read than a comic book adaptation of Dune... unless it's the original novel. Once was one time too many. Cei-U! I summon sci-fi's most overrated epic! This is interesting to me because I'm toying with the idea of reading it for the first time. I kinda feel I should, since it's such a sci-fi classic. Can you explain what you disliked about it and, also, do you generally like fantasy or sci-fi epics, such as Lord of the Rings or the Foundation series? Well, keep in mind that I'm going by 40-year-old memories, but: Frank Herbert is a terrible wordsmith. His writing style is too flat, too limp, too verbose. The book itself is boring, takes forever to advance its byzantine plot, its characters are either profoundly unlikable or total cyphers... I had to force myself to finish it. Admittedly I'm not a huge sci fi/fantasy fan but I do like Tolkein (flawed though he is) and other writers in those genres. Dune, however, was a stone cold drag. Tons of people whose taste in reading material I respect disagree, though, so don't take my word for it BUT you have been warned. Cei-U! I summon the unpopolar opinion!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 13, 2017 7:54:58 GMT -5
I summon sci-fi's most overrated epic! Lord, forgive them, for they know not what they say. Confessor, Dune is like the Moby Dick of science-fiction. Its reputation precedes it, and nowadays it's impossible to just pick it up as we would any old SF novel, but it is absolutely worth reading. At its core, it's a straight story of personal revenge, a vendetta led by the sole surviving members of a great family. If it were just that, it would already be pretty good. But it is also so much more! Dune is a sociological SF novel. It deals not so much with individuals (although they do drive the plot), but rather with how societies evolve, interact, and can be molded. It is fascinating to see the rise of a backwater religion that turns into a jihad; it is scary to see how relatively easily a charismatic leader becomes a messiah, even if it is partly unwillingly. We humans are so eager to find a strong individual who will show us the way... Without indulging in the info-dump that is the plague of too many of today's "extended universes", Herbert's Dune drops hints of a stupendously rich universe where, as in Edward Gibbon's decline and fall of the Roman empire, historical considerations and political agendas all weave a complex web of events that seem to lead ineluctably to a juggernaut-like conclusion. Be it the Jesuit-like shenanigans of the Bene Gesserit, the ecology of the planet Arrakis, the commercial dealings of the CHOAM business conglomerate, the political weight of the Guild of navigators, who physically hold the monopoly on space travel, the strict and quasi-religious ban on computers since the Butlerian jihad, the use of mentats, human calculators, the customs of the desert-dwelling Fremen, the cycle of the spice... Man, there's a TON of stuff in that book! As a Star Wars fan, you will quickly notice how liberally Lucas pilfered from it, be it the context of an imperial structure, the concept of disciplines that allows adepts to attain apparently superhuman abilities, or the uprising against an apparently unbeatable military machine. But those are just cosmetic things; more than simple details, more than the desert planet and the Jedi mind tricks, what makes the original Star Wars feel sort of similar to Dune is the epic sweep, the sense of exhilarating adventure happening on other worlds that feel absolutely real. Dune is a rare instance of a novel that I reread regularly. Each time I am surprised by how actually good the novel is, and not only the idea of the novel. Each time I go in thinking "I must read this hallowed tome with a reverent mindset" and end up thinking "da#%, but this is cool!"
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 13, 2017 10:06:01 GMT -5
I can think of few things I'd less like to read than a comic book adaptation of Dune... unless it's the original novel. Once was one time too many. Cei-U! I summon sci-fi's most overrated epic! This is interesting to me because I'm toying with the idea of reading it for the first time. I kinda feel I should, since it's such a sci-fi classic. Can you explain what you disliked about it and, also, do you generally like fantasy or sci-fi epics, such as Lord of the Rings or the Foundation series? I'm one of the other blasphemers. I've tried at least four or five times to read Dune and I've never gotten more than a hundred pages in to it. I just found it about as enthralling as watching paint dry. I'm guessing that for me it's not necessarily Herbert's writing because I read and enjoyed both The Dragon in the Sea and The Santaroga Barrier at roughly the same time. And it's not the length, because at similar times I'd plow through one of Michener's historical novels that would sink a ship. Dune is just BORING! I wouldn't say to not read it. Because it's an acknowledged classic of SF and I am definitely in the minority. I loved the Foundation series and it's on tap for a re-read sometime fairly soon. I've read The Lord of the Rings probably a half dozen times. But I'm pretty burnt out of high fantasy and couldn't make it through Tom Bombadil last time I sat down with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2017 10:22:10 GMT -5
This is interesting to me because I'm toying with the idea of reading it for the first time. I kinda feel I should, since it's such a sci-fi classic. Can you explain what you disliked about it and, also, do you generally like fantasy or sci-fi epics, such as Lord of the Rings or the Foundation series? Well, keep in mind that I'm going by 40-year-old memories, but: Frank Herbert is a terrible wordsmith. His writing style is too flat, too limp, too verbose. The book itself is boring, takes forever to advance its byzantine plot, its characters are either profoundly unlikable or total cyphers... I had to force myself to finish it. Admittedly I'm not a huge sci fi/fantasy fan but I do like Tolkein (flawed though he is) and other writers in those genres. Dune, however, was a stone cold drag. Tons of people whose taste in reading material I respect disagree, though, so don't take my word for it BUT you have been warned. Cei-U! I summon the unpopolar opinion! Same here. I found it a chore to read. Never read any of the sequels.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 13, 2017 16:47:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the input and opinions on Dune everybody. Talking about it this evening, it turns out that my wife has read it. She thought it was really enjoyable, which is surprising, since she is most definitely NOT a sci-fi fan in any way. I guess ultimately I'll just have to try it for myself, but your thoughts on the book -- both positive and negative -- have certainly piqued my interest.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 13, 2017 17:43:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the input and opinions on Dune everybody. Talking about it this evening, it turns out that my wife has read it. She thought it was really enjoyable, which is surprising, since she is most definitely NOT a sci-fi fan in any way. I guess ultimately I'll just have to try it for myself, but your thoughts on the book -- both positive and negative -- have certainly piqued my interest. Definitely report back and let us know! (feel free to use the book thread if you don't want to de-rail this one)
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Post by Confessor on Jul 13, 2017 20:09:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the input and opinions on Dune everybody. Talking about it this evening, it turns out that my wife has read it. She thought it was really enjoyable, which is surprising, since she is most definitely NOT a sci-fi fan in any way. I guess ultimately I'll just have to try it for myself, but your thoughts on the book -- both positive and negative -- have certainly piqued my interest. Definitely report back and let us know! ( feel free to use the book thread if you don't want to de-rail this one) Oh, I would do. By the way, I noticed the other day that the links on the first post of that thread could do with some updating. There have been a lot of reviews posted by folk that aren't listed.
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