A Peek at the ‘Twilight’ Graphic Novel

Published by Jeff Leins on: January 21st, 2010

Entertainment Weekly (via FearNet) has an exclusive first look at the graphic novel version of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight.  As Meyer’s first novel, the first of the saga has sold 17 million copies to date and been translated in 37 different languages.  Not surprisingly, the comic will stay faithful to the series and the author did some “tinkering” of her own.

To the right is a smaller version of the cover (see their piece for the full size image) drawn by Korean artist Young Kim and published by Yen Press.  EW promises a 10-page excerpt in their upcoming issue, but you can take a look at a familair scene below.

The first volume will be available March 16, but it’s only slated for 350,000 copies.  They’re probably going to need more than that.

If this is a hit, and it probably will be knowing those dedicated fans, Kim has plans to illustrate additional volumes, which might continue into New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn depending on how well young kids respond to manga-style versions of the beloved characters.  No Kristen Stewart or Robert Pattinson in those pages.

Then again, fans of the books have already read and possibly memorized them by this point, so why buy the picture book?  Could quickly flipping through the pages be more entertaining than the movie?

Here’s a page from the graphic novel, though the dialogue is different than I remember: