The Twilight Zone: Deaths-Head Revisited - Softcover

Serling, Rod; Kneece, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802797237 ISBN 13: 9780802797230

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2009

Synopsis

Location: Dachau concentration camp, years after World War II. A retired German SS captain returns to reminisce about his days in power―until he finds himself at the mercy of those he tortured, on trial by those who died at his hands. Justice will finally be served . . . in the Twilight Zone.
One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, The Twilight Zone has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation―a generation that has ridden Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorTM ride, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere.

About this title

About the Author:

ROD SERLING (creator) has won the most Emmy awards for dramatic writing in the history of television. He wrote over seventyfive episodes of the Twilight Zone series. for which he won three of his Emmys. He was also the show's creator, host, and narrator.

MARK KNEECE (adapter) has written stories for numerous comics, including Batman: Legends of the Dark. In 1993, he came to Savannah College of Art and Design and helped found the Ssequential Art and Animation Department, where he teaches comics writing.

CHRIS LIE (illustrator) completed his MFA in Sequential Art at Savannah College of Art and Design. He has worked with several comic publishers and founded Caravan Studio, a comic and illustration studio, where he works as art director. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.

From Booklist:

Adapted from Serling’s original television script, this entry in the Twilight Zone series of graphic novels follows former SS captain Gunther Lutze as he returns to Dachau to visit the concentration camp where he murdered hundreds decades earlier. He is soon met with the ghosts of the persecuted, who try him for his crimes. As is expected with the Twilight Zone, it’s not clear whether or not everything is attributable to Lutze’s tortured psyche, but the point is that it’s occasionally powerful and frequently creepy—if seeing hordes of the dead crawl out of ovens doesn’t disturb you, nothing will. The transition to the graphic format is smooth, with a shot/reverse-shot pattern of sweaty close-ups that emulates the feel of the original program. The scope of the imagery is grander than anything Serling could’ve attained (or even wanted), but for newcomers the sweeping scale will adequately replace TV’s inherent claustrophobia. A closing note describes the parallels to real-life Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Warning to purists: the artwork is in full color. Grades 7-10. --Daniel Kraus

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0802797237
• ISBN 13: 9780802797230
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Lie Chris