The Twilight Zone: The Big Tall Wish - Hardcover

Serling, Rod; Kneece, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802797245 ISBN 13: 9780802797247

Publisher: Walker Childrens, 2009

Synopsis

Washed up boxer Bolie Jackson is about to be knocked down and counted out when Henry, a young neighbor with magical powers, makes the biggest, tallest wish he could think of―for Bolie to win the match. But believing in magic doesn't come easily to some people. Rejecting Henry's wish could end Bolie's career and ruin a young boy's faith in magic. They each have to the count of ten to make their choice . . . 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 Terror 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 seventy-five episodes of the Twilight Zone series, for which he won three of his Emmys. He was also the show's host and narrator.

MARK KNEECE (adaptor) has written stories for numerous comics, including Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. He helped found the sequential art department at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and teaches comics writing as a professor of sequential art. He lives in Savannah, Georgia.

CHRIS LIE (illustrator, The Big Tall Wish) has worked with several comic publishers on properties such as GI Joe, Transformers, Return to Labyrinth, and Dungeons and Dragons. He also illustrated Deaths-Head Revisited. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5 Up–Designed to bring the classic television series to a new generation, these graphic novels are adaptations of scripts from original episodes. In Wish, a washed-up prizefighter, is trying to make a comeback. When a young neighbor watches him going down in defeat, he wishes for a different outcome. Bolie finds himself the victor, but with memories of being down for the count. Henry tells Bolie about his wish, and the magic of belief that made it a reality. Bolie, unfortunately, cannot accept Henry's faith in him, or, ultimately, in himself, and he finds himself back in the ring, down and defeated. Lie's art fits the darkness of the subject matter, with muted, rather muddy colors. The illustrations are fairly original, only vaguely resembling the actors who played the original roles. In Martian, two state troopers investigate a call about a downed UFO. They locate the vehicle and follow the tracks in the snow to Haley's Diner, where they find the passengers of a bus and the diner's owner. The troopers question the people and finally have to confess that they are looking for an alien. Tension builds and suspicion flares among the people, the electricity goes out, and the jukebox intermittently plays. The troopers and bus leave, none the wiser about the alien. However, the ending has a typical Twilight Zone twist that will surprise readers. Ellis's illustrations are a bit closer to the original look of the episode as broadcast. The dialogue balloons follow the scripts well, condensing the stories without diluting them. Introductions, afterwords, and production notes from the original televised episodes are included.–Suanne Roush, Osceola High School, Seminole, FL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0802797245
• ISBN 13: 9780802797247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 72
• Illustrator: Lie Chris