I haven't made much noise about it, because it's a sort of huge undertaking and I didn't know how long it was going to take or when it would be out, but for the last year and a bit P. Craig Russell has been quietly beavering away on a comics adaptation of
Coraline, giving it the same amount of detail and respect and use of the original text as he did when he adapted Kipling stories or grand operas. Right now there are three pages (unlettered) up at
http://www.pcraigrussell.net/. It's lovely stuff, and will be out later this year as a graphic novel from HarperChildrens...
And on the subject of
Coraline, John Hodgman, who plays Coraline's father and other father in Henry Selick's
Coraline movie (but is presently much better known for, among other things, being the PC in
the Get a Mac ads) is giving away, for a limited time, free and clear,
The Areas of My Expertise as an audiobook at iTunes.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/19/the_areas_of_my_expe.html has the iTunes link. You
need this free audiobook. If you think you don't, you are wrong. Trust me. It's funny. Also, it's free.
