I asked Philip Pullman about this adaptation and the importance of comics in his literary world. Flashbacks rendered as newspaper articles or cut aways to sudden breathless action sequences all help make this a hugely satisfying experience. Writer Stéphane Melchior and illustrator Clément Oubrerie stick close to the original novel but make effective use of devices made possible by the visual form. If that’s not enough there’s also this comic book adaptation to feast your eyes on… Northern Lights has also spawned a movie adaptation, stage play and now a magnificent BBC television series. Since then the books have become classics and are partly responsible for kickstarting the current boom in children’s publishing. It’s been nearly 25 years since Philip Pullman published Northern Lights, the first part of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
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