Graphic classics

A graphic novel adaptation of Daniel Defoe's classic tale about an adventuring Englishman who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck and washes up on a seemingly deserted island where he must learn to survive.

A graphic novel retelling of Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne.

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy play in which two sets of lovers, lost in the woods outside of Athens, Greece, get caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, along with a group of local thespians.

A graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's dark comedy about a creditor who demands a pound of flesh as payment for a defaulted debt, and a lover who must choose among three caskets in a riddle game to win the hand of a wealthy lady.

A graphic adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," in which Hawkeye, a young frontier scout, and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian, form an unlikely friendship as they guide two sisters in search of their father through hostile country during the French and Indian War.

A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, learns that a mysterious benefactor has ensured that he will be educated and raised as a gentleman.

A graphic novel adaptation of "David Copperfield," about a boy who is sent to work in a dismal factory and runs away to a crotchety old aunt he has never met.

A graphic novel adaptation of the Old English epic poem, "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

Presents graphic novel adaptations of classic science fiction works, including H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops," and other stories by authors such as Jules Verne, Lord Dunsany, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Presents a graphic-novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story of Dr. Henry Jekyll and his alter-ego, the sinister Mr. Hyde.