I was raised by biblethumping baptists in virginia beach, va. The stand, published from 2008 to 2012, was a series of comic books by marvel comics based on stephen kings 1978 novel of the same name. Stand tpb 201120 marvel by stephen king comic books. The stand, published from 2008 to 2012, was a series of comic books by marvel comics based on stephen king s 1978 novel of the same name. King intended this as a modernized version of the lord of the rings. On a secret army base in the californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. World fantasy awardwinning writer stephen king, and marvel comics join forces once again to launch a new groundbreaking comic book series adapted from kings apocalyptical novel, the stand. Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily. As i said, the character list in the stand is staggering.
The plot centers on a pandemic of a weaponized strain of influenza that kills almost the entire world population. King even references this at some point toward the end of the book. Set in a virusdecimated us, kings thrilling american fantasy epic, is a classic. Abcs 1994 miniseries of the stand, directed by mick garris from stephen king s screenplay, is a primer on the powerand weaknessof detail. Details about stephen king the stand captain trips comic issue 1. I had started reading the other marvel king spin the dark tower, but i found it was very boring and hard to get into.
A list of stephen king s comics, organized alphabetically. The stand is the sixth book published by stephen king. The deadly super flu captain trips has devastated the country and now the few survivors must pick up the pieces and go on. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of. In part this is because the stand, with its flow of hundreds of brandname products, is a kind of inventory of american culture.
Its thirtyone issues, divided into six story arcs, completed the telling of the unabridged novel. A longer edition of the novel was later released in may of 1990. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. The stand by stephen king meet your next favorite book. Mike perkins, lee bermejo world fantasy awardwinning writer stephen king, and marvel comics join forces once again to launch a new groundbreaking comic book series adapted from kings apocalyptical novel, the stand. Complete five issue adaptation of a portion of stephen kings the stand. Stephen kings the stand gets new book covering novels. The stand is a postapocalyptic dark fantasy novel written by american author stephen king and first published in 1978 by doubleday. Stephen king novels were what made me want to be a writer. The stand marvel stephen king comic strips strips comics. It is also to be said that this is the king of horror himself, stephen kings words, not mine. Whenever i dont know what to read, i pick up a stephen king book and it never disappoints.
Mar 1, 2019 stephen king the stand captain trips comic issue 1 limited. Something that will send charlie campion and his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. A beautiful profile of the entire king family from the new york times. Stephen kings apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by virus and tangled in an elemental struggle between good and evil remains as riveting and eerily plausible as when it was first published. In 1978 stephen king published the stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. The first arc in the stand series from marvel author. But as it was first published, the stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Nice to find a comic book store so far in brooklyn. A mustread for anyone with the slightest interest in writing. Heavyweight comic book publisher marvel envisions stephen kings seminal apocalyptic epic the stand as six fiveissue miniseries, collected here alongside a companion volume of creator interviews, production notes, script pages and original and supporting artwork upon the release of the stands expanded edition in 1990, kirkus suggested kings tale of good versus evil writ large for. But some of stephen kings greatest creations are in this book. Mother abigail is stephen kings christ figure in this version of the apocalypse. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on the part of the author or publisher. Stephen king shares chapter of the stand that chillingly.
The apocalyptic epic battle between good and evil based on the classic bestseller by master of horror stephen king. It expands upon the scenario of his earlier short story night surf and outlines the total breakdown of society after the accidental release of a strain of influenza that had been modified for biological warfare causes an apocalyptic pandemic, which kills off. The prices are pretty fair and the owner is very friendly. If you re a fan of the book, youll love this as much. The stand by stephen king is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel which expands upon his previous short story night surf. For me, it is easily the best stephen king book i have read as it has the familiar ordinary people with. The edict to show, dont tell urges storytellers, including filmmakers and showrunners, to rely on action, sensory details, and contextual meaning rather than exposition to build narrative and theme alike. The quote used for the comic and all the info sourced for the post come from kings fantastic memoirhowto book on writing.
It would hardly surprise anyone that stephen king was influenced by comic books. The stand is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy novel by american author stephen king. This dovetails with how flagg can possess animals and be in many places at once, eg. Stephen king on his comics debut american vampire marks kings comic book arrivalhe talks exclusively to the daily beast about boy toy vampires, loving casper the. The book delves deep into the standsvarious incarnations the unfilmed george a. The few survivors, united in groups, establish a new social system and engage in confrontation with each other. King is definitely one of my favorite authors, even though i havent read everything yet. The stand is a book that has sat on my bookshelf for years, untouched and waiting for that day when im ready to tackle it. This five issue run of comics is the second of five similar comic installations that adapt the stand to the format. Stephen king writes debut comic book books the guardian. The stand has always been one of my all time favorite books, and this adaptation was fantastic. June 1, 2016 new york, ny with my brother catching a comedy show in the city. The stand and here is the bleak new world of the day after.
The book is basically a verbatim retelling of the king novel and the story translates extremely well from an 1100 page tome of a novel to a comic that is significantly shorter. Book talk the stand book vs movie i saw the stand on tv when it first came out, but missed parts and didnt get to see the whole thing straight through, so i didnt really remember much. As the title says, this is the stand complete and uncut editions preface copied verbatim for the sake of all the fans who dont have the book. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. A good rule of thumb is that series have a conventional name and are intentional creations, on. The original version was published in the 1980s, but the version i will being discussing is the complete and uncut edition, published in the 1990s. Captain trips covers probably about the first 8th of the book, if that, but and it manages to show a large chunk of the details and story that happen in that section of the book, and does it in a way that doesnt feel like there are huge gaps.
I just finished reading the book a week ago, it took me about 3 weeks off an on to read but i loved it. I didnt really think much before reading the stand and didnt even expect that i will like it so much,but i did. Striking a far less hysterical tone than in the shining, king has written his most sweeping horror novel in the stand, though it may lack the spinal jingles of salems lot. The stand omnibus, which translates stephen kings epic saga the stand into graphic novel format, is by. To close the loophole where some comic shops were returning their nonreturnable copies through the newsstand channel, a strikethrough was placed over the bar code for direct sold copies the strikethrough meant that copy could not be returned for a. The book was the last of king s novels published by doubleday in september 1978 the novel is a postapocalyptic horrorfantasy story that reworks the scenario of king s earlier short story, night surf. A couple of weeks ago, that day came and do i wish i had read it sooner, laws yes, moon that spells sooner. When procured, hardcovers were hidden under my bed on top of the wooden slats that supported my box springs, and paperbacks were stripped of their covers and glued inside the stripped covers of christian books so i could get away with reading them without. Stephen king s the stand tells the story of a world that is ravaged by a deadly disease, and the dystopian battle between good and evil that erupts thereafter. The stand is stephen king s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. At 108 years of age, mother abigail often reflects on the meaning of her life. The stand and stephen king by josh boone stephen king.
The stand is a book where the epic length works in kings favor, and he uses it not so much for giant set pieces most of the book consists of people either riding motorcycles or. What i learned from rereading stephen kings the stand. If you are a fan of either book the original 1985 version is shorter and i have a special attachment to it, having read it in my youth or even the television miniseries, this is for you. A list of stephen kings comics, organized alphabetically. Having read both the stand and the complete uncut version, i was curious to how a comic book version would work. The stand was the first stephen king novel i read, and ive been reading stephen king novels ever since. An excellent book to comic transfer, looking forward to reading the next set. Graphic novels series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. Rather than the threat being ghosts or vampires, it was a sickness, nicknamed, in the.
This is a truly great villain, and anyone who has read kings dark tower series knows that he is not quite done with humanity at the end of this book. But the best part of the stand omnibus is the actual beauty of the books. Mike perkins, marvel flagg, the stand comic book characters, comic books. This section chronicles the release of stephen kings the stand comic series by. The stand looked at those ordinary people the readers of his book and said.