DANTE'S INFERNO A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Entirely drawn as a homage to Gustave Dore's well-known illustrations, we're really impressed by the artwork, as if Dore himself had drawn this! It's dark and moody and quite the amazing story -- a journey into Hell itself! Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante crosses the nine circles of Hell to find his beloved, Beatrice. He confronts sinners and demons: Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Paris ( whose loves were famously their downfall), the Greek Furies and Medusa -- and heretics like Epicurus, writhing in a flaming tomb for eternity. Each layer of Hell reveals monsters, gods, historical and mythological kings, philosophers, queens, and hordes of the miserable, faceless damned, all culminating in a confrontation with Lucifer himself. Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi make this famously dense literary classic accessible without distorting it and betraying the spirit of the Italian genius. They deftly translate it into comics while taking care to preserve the heart of the story: a taste for excess, dramatic tension, and inevitable darkness. First published in France in 2023. New translation.