Beowulf in Comic Books and Graphic Novels #[nn]

Richard Scott Nokes brings real scholarly enthusiasm to this survey of how the Old English epic has been reimagined across decades of comics and graphic novels. The cover sets the tone perfectly — a barrel-chested, white-haired warrior strides through a misty forest at amber dusk, round shield raised and sword in hand, with shadowy armed figures lurking in the trees behind him. It's a fitting visual invitation to a book that traces one of literature's great heroes through the wonderfully varied lens of sequential art.