Beowulf GN (1984 First Comics) Adapted by Jerry Bingham #1-1ST

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Beowulf GN (1984 First Comics) Adapted by Jerry Bingham #1-1ST Grade 8 VF near new Price $10.14

1st printing. By Jerry Bingham. it's the exciting adventure that made the hero a legend. Adapted by noted noted artist Jerrty Bingham, known for his work on Marvel Comics, Heavy Metal, and First Comics. Softcover, The original sword-wielding barbarian - in the first faithful & brilliantly illustrated adaption of plete epic saga! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $5.95. The first adaptation that followed the poem’s storyline fairly fully, at least in regards to the major battles, appeared in January of 1984. This is the graphic novel Beowulf, published by First Comics and adapted by Jerry Bingham. Bingham not only wrote the adaptation (“freely,” as the credits list it) but also did the art, including the coloring, which was and still is fairly atypical ics, and the quality of his work on this book was acknowledged by his peers as it led to him winning the Jack Kirby Award for Best Graphic Album in 1984. The specific translation Bingham used in uncertain, his recollection being that he used at least three different sources with the main being from an older volume (he describes it as being “an old book back in the ‘80s”) of an Oxford English pilation. He notes that the changes he made to the wording were intended to make the story easier for younger readers, and his main goal was to get the audience who was ing interested in Conan with the release of the first movie and who had been reigniting interest in the Lord of the Rings trilogy to see “where it all started.” Bingham notes that for the central character, he was trying for “a decidedly Conan, Viking look” which in many ways is similar to both Gustovich and Villamonte’s versions, but his art is greatly enhanced by the oversized nature of its magazine-sized format and the attention to detail that Bingham pays both to the flow of the action and to the details of the poem he is adapting. Here, Beowulf is physically larger than his men but slightly smaller than Grendel and the mother, and is attired with a fur loincloth and chainmail. An obvious omission is the lack of mention of characters such as Unferth and Wealtheow, likely because the emphasis is on the fights themselves, which is also likely the reason there is no use of any of the ideas found in the poem’s digressions. The adaptation ends with the death of Beowulf and avoids details of the burial. Despite any irritation one may have at the details that Bingham omits, this is one of the few that incorporates some smaller details that are found in the poem, such as the boar’s head emblem on Beowulf’s helmet, as well as details that are potentially more important, such as the use of runic language on the hilt of the giant’s sword.

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