BunniculaIs Back, in Graphic Novel Form

If you turn up in a time when book fair were a thing , you almost for certain be intimate Bunnicula . Every kid in the eighties and nineties had Bunnicula . Written and created by James and Deborah Howe , it followsa pet rabbit foundin a movietheater play Draculawhich leads the family dog to believe it ’s a “ vampire bunny rabbit . ” The book for young readers spawned multiple sequelsas well as TV showand now it ’s getting a whole new re - imagination .

Out this workweek is Bunnicula : The Graphic Novel written by James Howe and Andrew Donkin , with illustrations by Stephen Gilpin . “ The key to a practiced adaptation is when the adapter really gets the voice and style of the original generator , ” Howe toldPublisher ’s Weekly . “ When that happens , the original author — in this vitrine , me — feels comfortable turn over the reins . ”

Donkin has expanded the story , flesh out the backstories of some character for example — but he knew that to make the record work , it had to keep its essence . “ The musical theme of something being cunning and baleful , furry and frightening at the same time has a brilliant , ageless invoke to kids and adult alike , ” he tell .

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As for the representative , Gilpin knew it had to be new and fresh but also recognisable to fans of the original ledger . “ We want to keep it timeless , so we add stuff that did n’t exactly ‘ date ’ it , ” Gilpin read . “ Old boxy television band would have done that , but the figurer [ Harold writes on in the book ] could be 15 years honest-to-goodness . ”

So what exactly does that all search like ? Well , io9 has 10 undivided varlet for you to see out by clicking through the slideshow . Check them out and get Bunnicula : The Graphic Novelin computer storage now .

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