Born on 1st August 1819 in New York City, USA, Herman Melville was
a novelist, poet, and short story writer.
From an early age, Melville was fascinated with words and stories.
Even though a bout of scarlet fever left him with impaired
eyesight, he continued to be a voracious reader and writer
throughout his life.
Melville's life was certainly just as full of drama and excitement
as his novels. In 1847, he joined a mutiny on a ship where the crew
were arguing with the owners over their share of the profits. For
this, Melville was thrown into a jail in Tahiti. He escaped from
the prison without too much difficulty and was later able to use
the experience to write the novel entitled Omoo.
In his later years, Melville suffered due to ill-health and the
loss of two sons, he died in April 1891. His life had been a
difficult one and his literary merits had reaped him little profit.
In this slender graphic adaptation of Melville’s magnum opus,
Ishmael, Queequeg and the rest of the uniformly burly, steely-eyed
whalers are strong presences in Singh’s art — at least until their
pale, gargantuan nemesis shows up to scatter them and their ship as
flotsam across the waves. . . . The biographical introduction and
closing pages on whaling ships and sperm whales provide a nice
veneer of historical context. — Kirkus Reviews
"I highly recommend Campfire’s comics. They do what they
are intended to do and do it in a way that excites kids about
classic literature." — Chris Wilson, The Graphic Classroom (a
resource for teachers and librarians)
"Stahlberg and Singh understand that the kids of today don't want
to be talked down to. . . . The comic reads as a
full story; there isn't really much that seems as if it's
missing. Lalit Kumar Singh can stand up to any artist
working in the Big Two today. He has a style reminiscent of Andy
Kubert, or even, dare I say, early Marc Silvestri. The angular,
realistic style expertly captures the dark nature of the story
without going so dark as to possibly turn off younger readers. . .
. If you have a kid whom you'd like to get into reading
comics, and if you have a kid whom you'd like to get into classic
literature, Moby Dick comes highly recommended." — The Comics
Cube!
"Campfire Graphics has condensed [Melville's original work] to a
mere 88 richly illustrated pages. And done quite a decent job
too.... [Condensing] helps the action packed story move along
at a brisk pace." — Emma, No Flying No Tights
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