Standish the Graphic Novel

[erastes]

The marvellous yaoi artist Chris Smith has honoured me by taking my humble book, and with a skill I can only compare to Alan Moore, has done – entirely without me asking for it – a graphic novel of Standish.

To save your bandwidth – it’s under the cut.  SPOILERS. If you haven’t read the book. beware.

 

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Isn’t it GREAT?  *DIES LAUGHING*

Comments

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Great Yaoi artist indeed. :P

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I love the dresses they are wearing before they go to Venice.

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

Totally bloody adorable *squishes and irons it flat again*

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

LOL! Awww! That's so cute, and I love spiky haired Fleury in his stripey convict suit :)

[jl_merrow]

Oh, that's fab! :D

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Very evocative, and the little red heart is so poignant. Srsly, I think she hit all the high points...

[katecotoner.livejournal.com]

Many men try to make friends with Ambrose
The illustration for this panel is particular ace, I laughed out loud XD

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

You are too brilliant for words. Fleury is just as I imagined him.

[crossthebar.livejournal.com]

so well done :) hehehehe

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

i think i just watched a gay historical drama series, not quite sure, homoerotic beyond belief but only one moment of overt slash, sorry, 2, but medieval japan - no one gave a crap so....
it also might have been the best thing I've seen in a long time (not quite sure yet....) what remains of brain - blown away by sheer wtf! - suggests comparison to Visconti's wonderful Ludwig (very gay historical) but with samurai
did enjoy very much just no idea wtf happened, felt like half of it was missing
not necessarily a bad thing....

oh, it's called Shigurui (Death frenzy) by the way and is the "war" between two students at the same dojo
not as overt as the live action Gohatto (by gum that boy was pretty) but probably actually more gay....
thought you'd like it
it's a series so it's quite long (only just longer than Vischonti's ludwig though) and very beautiful (violent too - but with a title like death frenzy) anyways, thought you'd like it, although it is left VERY wide open

[ammonite7.livejournal.com]

Awww.

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

Why couldn't you have written the story like this to begin with? It could have been a board book. Or a bath book. Then I wouldn't have had to strain my IQ.

CHRIS SMITH: I DEMAND STICK!ALVISI! Do it, or I will, and who wants that?

[taylorbooks.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious! Chris is a genius. When are you going to start organizing a graphic novel anthology?

[cassiopaya.livejournal.com]

I wish people would draw comics of books I've written.

...

I wish I had books written.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

I will show their frilly petticoats on the "director's cut" version.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Small, spikey, and built like shaun edwards?

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Why thank you. *grin*

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

He's my favourite picture too. I hope you appreciated the years of study that went into my portrayal of a gondola!

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

*grin*

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Yes. To be quite honest I'm not sure why erastes didn't just submit this to the publishers. The rest of the story is just filler.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

YAY! Am glad you liked it.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Yes. Tell E to stop drivling with words and such-like and start making laminated board-books for those one-handed moments!

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

The tentative title of the illustrated anthology is: "Vampire Werewolf Cheese in the Time of Cholera with Emily Bronte and Mr. Darcy."

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Write books. Drawings come.

[katecotoner.livejournal.com]

You should work for Disney!

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Yep. And bit like Dennis the Menace.

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

Sorry, you can't use that title. I've just been contracted to write a book of that name. You may design the cover.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

LOL! you are both mad. But I see your point. Internally I think he is the eternal Dennis.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

I take umbrage. If I am mad, I am very mad!

[mylodon.livejournal.com]

*nods* Or would Beryl the Peril be more apt?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

not with that hair. and he'd rather die than be seen in a beret.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

I was thinking Darcy and Bronte kissing in the background, overlaid with Vibrio cholerae wriggling appealingly, and a giant Brie in the foreground. The Brie would have "Luciously, by Charlie Cochrane" branded into it.

[charliecochrane.livejournal.com]

That sounds suitably understated. In sepia tones, please.

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

I can tell by the draught of the beam that it's an 1811 gondola and not an 1812 overture. Masterly!

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

I felt quite emotional picturing the tender scene in my mind's eye. Evocative.

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

I heart u. Sono molio evallllzz!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*sings*

Jus' wanna Vampiroso....

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Minimum word count. Each picture worth 1000...

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

It's a horrible world isn't it? Personally I've decided to strip all the words out of DRM and just do one of the book-pages-flipping-things that will look like an artist shagging a fat monk and then an aristocrat. I'm sure that Harper Collins is just looking for something like that.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Unsure if Disney would animate Standish. Though OMG that would be hilarious!

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

You is possibly eviler than alvisi. Thoughts?