Publishers Weekly reports BOOM! Studios will publish a graphic novel based on Kurt Vonnegut’s classic sci-fi/antiwar novel Slaughterhouse-Five in September. The comic book version of the story was scripted by Ryan North (“The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl”), and illustrated by Albert Monteys (El Jueves magazine) with colorist Ricard Zapala.
Published in 1969, Slaughterhouse-Five (or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death) told the story of Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier and prisoner-of-war who survives the carpet bombing of Dresden in 1945 – and whose experiences only become more surreal from there. North, who described the source material as “a deeply funny and deeply moving book,” said “Kurt Vonnegut has been one of my favorite writers since I first read his books decades ago, and it’s been such an honor — and challenge — to adapt his most famous work for a new medium.”
This is the first Vonnegut book to be adapted into a comic. BOOM! Studios executive editor Sierra Hahn said, “The trust and support shown by the Vonnegut family [in the production of this adaptation] is gratifying for everyone who poured their hearts into ensuring we could best represent Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal work while creating something new in the graphic novel space. We believe we’ve created a gateway book for new Vonnegut readers and a book any longtime fan will admire and want on their shelves.”
Head on over to Publishers Weekly for more from the adaptation before its September release.
