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The Stand: Captain Trips (Stephen King's The Stand - Graphic Novel series #1)
Exclusive hardcover edition, collects The Stand: Captain Trips series of comics (#1-5) into one Hardcover volume. It all begins here: the epic apocalyptic battle between good and evil. On a secret army base in the Californian desert, something has gone horribly, terribly wrong. Something will send Charlie Campion, his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. U...more
Hardcover, 1st, 160 pages
Published
March 25th 2009
by Marvel Comics
(first published March 11th 2009)
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The first five issues in Marvel's adaptation of Stephen King's famous novel The Stand, are contained within the first collection, Captain Trips. A virus is let loose from a top secret government facility causing people to exhibit symptoms in line with the flu. However, this strain is 100% fatal. Following the lives of a few select individuals who appear to be immune, King lays the groundwork for the ultimate battle between good and evil.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa does a fine job adapting the source...more
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa does a fine job adapting the source...more
Tralasciando il non irrilevante dettaglio che, nella mia disinformazione - ebbene sì, lo confesso -, mi aspettavo qualche cosa di leggermente più gustoso di una semplice trasposizione del romanzo, questa graphic novel alla fine si è rivelata riuscitissima.
Ma andiamo con ordine.
Purtroppo l'ampia gamma di personaggi ed eventi da presentare nello spazio limitato di cinque capitoli, non permettono di approfondire le loro personalità affascinanti e controverse che emergono con prepotenza nel libro, m...more
Ma andiamo con ordine.
Purtroppo l'ampia gamma di personaggi ed eventi da presentare nello spazio limitato di cinque capitoli, non permettono di approfondire le loro personalità affascinanti e controverse che emergono con prepotenza nel libro, m...more
The artwork in this is equal parts stunning and (where appropriate) absolutely gruesome. I actually cringed a couple of times. This being my favourite Stephen King book, I was pretty excited to see it had been turned into a series of graphic novels. Given how long the novel is that struck me as very ambitious.
The most surreal bit was how closely the characters resembled my imagined versions of them, especially considering King doesn't go into a lot of detail about physical characteristics so mu...more
The most surreal bit was how closely the characters resembled my imagined versions of them, especially considering King doesn't go into a lot of detail about physical characteristics so mu...more
Reprints The Stand: Captain Trips #1-5 (November 2008-March 2009). An accident at a military base unleashes a super virus. Now the disease is spreading across the country and the attempts to contain Captain Trips is failing. The military is trying to cover it up, but reports of Captain Trips are popping up faster than they can cover them. With Captain Trips spreading, Randall Flagg, the Walking Man, the Man in Black has returned, and hell is coming. The disease is 99% fatal but for those it does...more
Reason for Reading: I re-read The Stand this year and heard about the comic adaptation, so of course wanted to check it out.
This is a very faithful adaptation of King's The Stand and I enjoyed it immensely. This first book covers the whole superflu leak. The government part of the story is taken care of pretty quickly, giving us enough information and background to know what happened but care has been taken to include the significant small things such as the man whose face is in the tomato soup....more
This is a very faithful adaptation of King's The Stand and I enjoyed it immensely. This first book covers the whole superflu leak. The government part of the story is taken care of pretty quickly, giving us enough information and background to know what happened but care has been taken to include the significant small things such as the man whose face is in the tomato soup....more
I have decided to make today an all Stephen King graphic novel day. After this thriller, I will post later on The Dark Tower /Treachery. I want to right off the bat thank all of you for messages telling me I should start to read King’s full length novels .I will start to do that in 2011. Right now I want to run through the graphic novels and then I will dive into that no problem, so thanks for kind words and encouragement.
The Stand was a pleasant surprised for me. I had no idea prior to picking...more
Today I discovered that one of my all time favorite books is now a graphic novel (GN). WWWEEEE. Since I'm fairly new to the medium, I HAD TO HAVE RIGHT NOW. Taking a 1200 page novel and condensing into the medium felt like the task of a lunatic to me, so I am pleased to report that it works very well. So much of what has to be described on the page can be depicted in a single frame, it's really amazing. The GN hits all the high points I remember from the novel and I was very pleased with the dep...more
The graphic novel medium seems to suit Stephen King's tone and sensibilities with this story in particular. If it was a novel like The Shining or Pet Semetery (his scariest novels in my opinion) that depends much on "ghost story" atmosphere and creepy imagery, then I would say it may not have worked as well. But The Stand is Stephen King's epic American adventure-horror novel. Aside from creatures, demons and devils that populate this book...it's mostly about 1, the characters...and 2, the decim...more
I read this book in a couple hours. And I loved it. This graphic novel talked about the first 200 some pages of the actual book, The Stand, which is the first 26 chapters I think. It was really good. I like how it managed to condense that many pages into a little under 130 pages. They even got much of that part of the story right; even detailing some of the filler information that was in the book. The illustrations in the book are amazing and I give props to whoever drew them. Now, I don't usual...more
If you haven't read Stephen King's The Stand, you should, although if you are daunted by the 1,000+ page novel this is a loyal graphic version. This volume probably covers more of the novel than it seems, knowing how King likes to delve into his characters' backstory. As in the novel, it begins with the accidental release of the virus known to the military as "Project Blue" and becomes known to civilians as "Captain Trips," and how the virus makes its way across America, how the government attem...more
I don't think this book does much justice to the original story it was based on. The cuts are sharp and jarring for those of us who've read the original novel and many of the better scenes from the book are brutally chopped to make it all into digestible chunks for the comic book format.
Unfortunately I also don't think this book does much justice to the comic book medium either. Don't get me wrong the art style is great, even excellent but the story is nowhere nearly well displayed as it has be...more
Unfortunately I also don't think this book does much justice to the comic book medium either. Don't get me wrong the art style is great, even excellent but the story is nowhere nearly well displayed as it has be...more
I loved Stephen King's The Stand, so I thought I'd give this comic book (sorry, "graphic novel") version a try. I'll probably read the next one (I think there are 6 or 7 books in the series) eventually, once I've recovered. It was VERY graphic, much worse than the images in my head when I read the original book. And some of the images were a tad gratuitous--in the book there might be a scene where a guy gets shot, but the comic book picture shows a gigantic fireball ripping the man apart. What k...more
Dans une base militaire américaine se font des tests top secrets sur des virus. Le tout tourne mal lorsqu'un homme se sauve de la base avec ce virus. Peu à peu, ce virus qui sera nommé Captain Trips contaminera toute la population. Dans ce premier tome, comme apprend à découvrir les personnages principaux de la série.
J'ai bien aimé les dessins de cette BD. Certains sont vraiment affreux à regarder. Il y a entre autre celle de la mère et de sont enfant qui sont mort du virus et pleins de morve. C...more
J'ai bien aimé les dessins de cette BD. Certains sont vraiment affreux à regarder. Il y a entre autre celle de la mère et de sont enfant qui sont mort du virus et pleins de morve. C...more
Since I had read Stephen King's The Stand (three times since it first came out) and watched the miniseries that came on TV back in '94, when I found out there were graphic novels of The Stand, naturally I wanted to read them. I was not disappointed.
You don't get the whole story as you would in reading the original novel, or even watching the miniseries, but The Stand: Captain Trips was a good graphic novel. It made me want to pick up the next book. Or, rather, read them all.
I loved how the aut...more
You don't get the whole story as you would in reading the original novel, or even watching the miniseries, but The Stand: Captain Trips was a good graphic novel. It made me want to pick up the next book. Or, rather, read them all.
I loved how the aut...more
The art is a bad sample of a big trend right now: digitally painting photographs and pasting rendered figures onto the image. And that’s just how it looks—pasted. Glad this one was a library borrow.
Jan 17, 2013
Scott
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Stephen King fans
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Found it at the library
The imagery is stunning! The story is pretty heavy on the supernatural, it is Stephen King, after all... I'm just not sure that I'm interested in that portion of the story. I like ghost stories; however, I don't care for demonic portion that seems to come with it. I suppose it is just a metaphor for the dark undercurrents of humanity in a disaster situation...
I got the first three of this five part series from the library. They only have the first three! WTF! So I'm going to wait until I get my...more
I got the first three of this five part series from the library. They only have the first three! WTF! So I'm going to wait until I get my...more
I decided to give this series a shot when I saw it at the library even though I hadn't been that thrilled with the graphic novel adaptations of The Gunslinger. These were done by different authors, and I do love this book more, so I figured it might be worth reading.
I'm glad I picked it up - this was a detailed retelling of the story. This first volume only covers from the original leak of the superflu through meeting most of the main characters and seeing the people around them die. Intercut wi...more
I'm glad I picked it up - this was a detailed retelling of the story. This first volume only covers from the original leak of the superflu through meeting most of the main characters and seeing the people around them die. Intercut wi...more
I have still not had the pleasure to divulge in Stephen King's acclaimed opus The Stand, and so my opinion is not affected by my memory of the novel. I found this graphic novel to be very well drawn, as well as well paced, since it very smoothly covered about what I later gathered to be a quarter of the entire book. I especially enjoyed the depiction of Randall Flagg and found myself wanting to replace my own imagined representation of him from the Dark Tower series with that shown here.
Overall...more
Overall...more
The Stand is one of my favorite Stephen King books, so I had to check out the comic version of it. The first volume contains my favorite part of the book, where it describes how the virus is communicated across the country. I'm not sure if this is an addition of the comic or if I just don't remember the book as well, but I liked the way they compared Flagg to a virus. I think the images of him really add to the story and give the reader a better impression of who--or what--he is. I really really...more
Mar 03, 2013
Alexis Winning
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
comics,
the-end-of-the-world-sans-zombies
All in all, a pretty good adaptation of King's epic novel. Being that my only previous visual reference for this book was the 1994 mini series on TV (which included more mullets than anyone should be exposed to), it was really refreshing to see updated characters.
I'm in love with The Stand, and I love this adaptation. My only complaint is that there is a lot cut out from the beginning of the book. It certainly works here, It's just a personal thing for me.
If you love The Stand, I absolutely re...more
I'm in love with The Stand, and I love this adaptation. My only complaint is that there is a lot cut out from the beginning of the book. It certainly works here, It's just a personal thing for me.
If you love The Stand, I absolutely re...more
Nov 23, 2012
FantasyWereld
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novels
In 1978 kwam De Beproeving uit. In die tijd werd er veel uit Stephen Kings romans geschrapt, terwijl tegenwoordig zijn naam al voor een goede verkoop zorgt. In 1999 verscheen er dan de volledige versie – met de 150.000 geschrapte woorden – maar dan wel met een nieuw begin en einde. Maar ook in 2010 werd De Beproeving weer opgepakt, ditmaal niet voor een nieuwe versie van de roman, maar om het om te zetten tot een vijfdelige graphic novelreeks. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa verzorgt het script, Mike Per...more
May 12, 2012
Luis
added it
Apocalipsis - Stephen King - Libro Primero - (Comic)
Iré escribiendo resúmenes por partes a medida que vaya leyendo la novela y el comic a la par (la película y la serie puede esperar, (el libro que me compete tiene casi 1600 hojas)
He aquí la novela gráfica (toda esta parte a ser citada, ya la leí en el libro original)
Bueno, lo que mas resalto de esta adaptación, es que los de Marvel, llegaron a plasmar perfectamente la novela de SK en un comic, de hecho, es como volver a leer la novela, solo qu...more
Iré escribiendo resúmenes por partes a medida que vaya leyendo la novela y el comic a la par (la película y la serie puede esperar, (el libro que me compete tiene casi 1600 hojas)
He aquí la novela gráfica (toda esta parte a ser citada, ya la leí en el libro original)
Bueno, lo que mas resalto de esta adaptación, es que los de Marvel, llegaron a plasmar perfectamente la novela de SK en un comic, de hecho, es como volver a leer la novela, solo qu...more
Mar 25, 2012
Nicolo Yu
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
summer-reading-2012,
graphic-novels
The Stand: Captain Trips is the first of a set of miniseries that adapts Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand. This review centers on the hardcover collection of the series which include sketchbook material, creator comments and sample scripts. It is should be noted that I haven’t read the original novel and I aim to do when opportunity presents itself, so in order to gauge if this is a faithful adaptation of the source material, I rely on the various synopses available online.
The st...more
The st...more
I have to preface this a little in the hopes that it does some justice to just how (and why) I was so excited to discover that one of my all-time favorite books was to be retooled as a graphic novel. It's been such a thrill to see "The Dark Tower" -- my other favorite King-wrought literary experience -- get the graphic-novel treatment (even though it's a completely different approach) that I just couldn't anticipate anything less than a thoroughly impressive illustrated translation of "The Stand...more
Sep 20, 2010
Alex Telander
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
books-read-in-2009
After the success of the popular graphic novel series of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Marvel has decided to take on the epic story of Stephen King’s The Stand. For those not familiar with the story: a government-made lethal virus gets out of the lab after an accident that has the now infected guard fleeing for the hills with his infected wife and kid. The virus spreads at an alarming rate and soon there’s only a select population left. These people have dreams of two people: Mother Abigail and...more
Nov 28, 2010
Becky
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novels,
stephen-king,
apocalyptic-types,
fantasy,
horror,
owned,
2010,
dark-tower,
reviewed,
challenge-1010
The Stand has always been one of my all time favorite books, and this adaptation was fantastic. "Captain Trips" covers probably about the first 8th of the book, if that, but and it manages to show a large chunk of the details and story that happen in that section of the book, and does it in a way that doesn't feel like there are huge gaps. I was quite impressed. I knew that there would be a lot left out, and I had prepared myself to be disappointed in the way it was done, but obviously, I was fa...more
A pretty good interpretation of Stephen King's "The Stand" in graphic novel form... I enjoyed the moniseries/movie, but as much as that differed from the book, so too does this differ from the movie and book both. I'm really enjoying going through the series (it is contained in several different volumes) and seeing what the artists have done with the characters. How they see them, in thier mind's eye. What part of the book they found more important to showcase vs the miniseries/movie... it's goo...more
Mar 18, 2011
dara
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novel,
read-in-2011
I read Stephen King's The Stand when I was thirteen. Given that it has been eleven years, I'm not about to bitch and moan about the differences between the book and the graphic novel adaptation. It should go without saying that there are going to be limitations--the series isn't going to cover everything that a novel over a thousand pages does. Deal with it. I'm digging the artwork and the character designs so far. The first depiction of the flu victims is gruesome. I approve.
Excellent graphic adaptation of one of my all-time favorite books. Unfortunately this is only the first of five volumes. I really, really ,really want to buy the Omnibus, which contains all five volumes (because the library only carries the first 2... what's up with that!) but it is $90! for what is essentially just a big ass comic book. Big sigh... but I might just do it... or find a cheaper way because this is one I MUST read all the way through!
I adore Stephen King. Not like that's completely revolutionary or anything, but I do. I horde various copies of his works. Why? Because I'm a loon. But I happened upon this at the library. I'm not really a graphic novel aficionado, but I've read and liked a few in my time. Probably because the story is one I know and love, I found myself devouring this. The illustrations are gorgeous and I'd definitely recommend this to anyone.
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