I have become an unconditional fan of Neil Gaiman ever since I first read American Gods. Neverwhere is the second of his novels I have savored. I have a special fondness for any fantasy book that uses the theme of Alice in Wonderland. Neverwhere is among the best of them. Other similar books I highly recommend: John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things, China Miéville's Un Lun Dun, and Peter David's Tigerheart.

Mike Carey did a great job adopting Neil Gaiman's work into comic book narrative style and Glenn Fabry's artwork is simply gorgeous.



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Excerpt from the review at Blog Critics:

Author Mike Carey and illustrator Glenn Fabry have done an amazing job in both telling the story and creating a visual representation of the world it takes place in. While they have had to streamline and leave out some bits from the original novel to accommodate the medium, they have done so without sacrificing any of the elements essential to the tale. What I found especially powerful was their willingness to let the illustrations speak for themselves and tell the story pictorially in places.

There are some truly wonderful moments, where they have elected to use large panels that succeed in both setting the scene and generating the atmosphere of the moment without any dialogue. It's times like these when you realize what makes this media so special and how potent great visuals can be. With one or two panels, they are able to accomplish what would take an author three to four pages to describe.

To my mind, Glenn Fabry's illustrations captured the world Neil Gaiman described in his book perfectly. While I had never developed any clear idea of what individual characters would look like, I had an image in mind of what I thought the world should look and feel like. Fabry was able to capture the essence and atmosphere of this world, a sort of 19th century England gone to seed, with a strong sense of the exotic and fantastic thrown in for good measure.

For those of you who are fans of Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere and are looking for a visual adaptation of the novel, Vertigo's presentation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is the perfect solution. It's as exciting as the original story and superbly illustrated. What more could you ask for?


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