Images: Artistic Interpretations of Literary Figures

Dostoevsky crosses his legs
credit to Farel Dalrymple, artist


This site has an archive of literary figures as portrayed by comic book artists. It includes characters and scenes from literature, as well as the authors themselves. Interesting insight into the reimagination of the past, especially going from a textual medium to a graphic one. One last picture, to compare against the earlier daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson:

credit to Andy Bennett, artist
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