Night Music (comic)

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Night Music
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Night Music is an American comic book anthology created by artist P. Craig Russell, published by Eclipse Comics. It consists of comic adaptations of operas, novels, classical music and poems, and followed an irregular publishing model that changed formats according to the needs of the material.

Publication history

Russell had collaborated with

Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species. A deal was soon struck allowing Russell to publish his plans for a series of experimental adaptations through Eclipse, while retaining ownership of his submissions.[1] A major factor was the high-quality printing method used by Eclipse for Saber.[2]

Graphic novel

The first piece in the series was the graphic novel Night Music 1, containing the stories "Breakdown on the Starship Remembrance" and "La Sonnambula", published in November 1979.

Comic series

In 1984 Russell returned to Eclipse after working for

prestige format limited series.[8]

Issues Date Cover title Contents
1–3 December 1984 – March 1985 P. Craig Russell's Night Music #1–3

Issue 1 (December 1984):

Issue 2 (February 1985):

Issue 3 (March 1985):

4–5 December 1985 Pelleas & Melisande #1–2
6 June 1986 Salome #1
7 February 1988 Red Dog #1
8 1989 Ariane & Bluebeard #1

52-page one-shot.

9–11 August – October 1990 The Magic Flute Book One – Book Three

Three issue "prestige format" limited series, each 52 pages.

Reception

The series received consistent critical acclaim. Night Music was nominated for 'Best Finite Series' at the 1985 Kirby Awards,[9] and Pelleas & Melisande was nominated in the same category the following year,[10] but the works would lose out on both occasions to DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths. The latter also earned Russell a nomination as 'Best Artist', but the award went to Steve Rude for Nexus.[11]

Reviewing Salome for Amazing Heroes, R.A. Jones called Russell "one of the most classically adept artists in all of comics" and called the issue "an artistic tour-de-force". [5] The adaptation was also nominated for 'Best Single Issue' at the 1987 Kirbys.[12][13] John Hartman evaluated Ariane & Bluebeard for Amazing Heroes in 1989, stating "if you have any sense at all, you will buy Ariane & Bluebeard", and declared Russell a "national treasure".[14]

References

  1. ^ Mullaney, Dean (w). "Ten Years After!" Total Eclipse, no. 1 (May 1988). Eclipse Comics.
  2. ^
    Fantagraphics Books
    .
  3. ^ "Newsflashes". Amazing Heroes. No. 64. Redbeard, Inc. February 1, 1985.
  4. Fantagraphics Books
    . October 1, 1985.
  5. ^
    Fantagraphics Books
    .
  6. Fantagraphics Books
    . February 1, 1988.
  7. Fantagraphics Books
    . February 1, 1989.
  8. Fantagraphics Books
    . June 1990.
  9. ^ "1985 Jack Kirby Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
  10. Fantagraphics Books
    . June 1, 1986.
  11. ^ "1986 Jack Kirby Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
  12. Fantagraphics Books
    . June 15, 1987.
  13. ^ "1987 Jack Kirby Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
  14. Fantagraphics Books
    .

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