ouis L'Amour
ventures forth into a new frontier with the release of his FIRST
Graphic Novel, LAW OF THE DESERT BORN!
Over the years, Louis' works have been released in nearly every entertainment format imaginable. First we sailed the South Pacific, battled head hunters, and foiled Nazi spies as his short stories were published in adventure and pulp fiction magazines. Then we rode along, across the vast frontiers of the American West as his words became novels and feature films. He sits beside us as we drive across country, his exciting dramatized audios keeping us on the edge of our seats and his unabridged readings faithfully bringing us every word of his stories. We carry him in our pockets, on our phones and slide our way through his eBooks on our tablet computers, finding him in every Nook, Kindle and iPad. His legend carries on!
And now . . . we are proud to announce
the release of his first graphic novel!
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Law of the Desert Born Louis LâAmour, Charles Santino, Beau LâAmour, Katherine Nolan, and Thomas Yeates. Bantam, $25 (160p) ISBN 978-0-345-52812-4 Revered western writer LâAmour finally gets the graphic novel treatment. At the opening of this engaging tale, a lone rider shoots down two men at a ranch house, then flees into the desert. Flashbacks reveal the killerâs motivations, as a posse follows him and civilized notions of right and wrong are left far behind. LâAmour dashed off the original yarn for a pulp magazine in the mid-1940s, and it has passed through several versionsâan audio play, a screenplay, and comics. This actually may be the storyâs ideal form, since the authorâs son Beau came to realize that the core of the tale was the tense relationship between the murderer, Shad Marone, and Lopez, the Mexican-Apache tracker pursuing him; the graphic novel version provides room to develop this theme. Yeatesâs black-and-white depiction of the rugged landscape and the hard-bitten characters is superb. The result is stunning and richly textured. (Sept.) Reviewed on: 05/27/2013 |
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Law of the Desert Born Louis LâAmour, Charles Santino, Beau LâAmour, Katherine Nolan, and Thomas Yeates. Bantam, $25 (160p) ISBN 978-0-345-52812-4
To say the artwork is breathtaking would be an understatement. This is one of the most beautifully illustrated black and white graphic novels I've read in a long time. The panels are clean and the artist/authors were judicious in avoiding making the story too wordy. Surprisingly so considering this came from an audio version. This is a new way to enjoy L'Amour's work. Not a retread of the short story but a new perspective that is interesting, fresh, full of dimension, but still paying homage to the original. Read the Full Andrea J. Review on Goodreads! Reviewed by Andrea J. - July 15th, 2013 |
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Law of the Desert Born Louis LâAmour, Charles Santino, Beau LâAmour, Katherine Nolan, and Thomas Yeates. Bantam, $25 (160p) ISBN 978-0-345-52812-4
By Anna Russell - October 4th, 2013 |
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Law of the Desert Born Louis LâAmour, Charles Santino, Beau LâAmour, Katherine Nolan, and Thomas Yeates. Bantam, $25 (160p) ISBN 978-0-345-52812-4 VERDICT The action favorites of pulp-Western megascribe LâAmour (1908â88) make ready fodder for comics. Here, the richer plot and characters from LâAmourâs son Beau and collaborator Kathy Nolan add appeal and value in addition to the finely crafted visuals. Reviewed by M.C. - September 15th, 2013 |
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With each turn of the page, Law of the Desert Born takes you on a journey deeper into those incredible desert vistas, and deeper into the conflict between its characters. Thanks to Yeatesâ elegant black-and-white drawings and the superb pacing of Charles Santinoâs adaptation, readers are in for a real treat -- with an amazing level of detail and ambience that breathes new life into Louis LâAmourâs already stunning story. by Steven Phelps. - October 2013 |
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Louis wrote novels and short stories in several different series.
For information on his Sackett novels and short stories go to... http://www.louislamour.com/sackett/index.htm
For information on the Hopalong Cassedy novels go to... http://www.louislamour.com/novels/hopalong4byLouis.htm
For information on the Kilkenny Novels and short stories go to... http://www.louislamour.com/novels/kilkenny_stories.htm
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