Bloggers Jared and Sean begin an epic discussion of Stephen King’s The Stand
Above: Mike Perkins’ take on The Stand for the new Marvel Comics adaptation (left), versus Bernie Wrightson’s illustrations in the original book. Click to see larger image.

Last week marked the release of the first installment of a thirty-part comic book treatment of Stephen King’s The Stand, published by Marvel. Along with our new comics blogger, Sean Rogers, I’ll be reviewing each installment as it hits the shelves; hopefully our conversation will offer some sort of insight into the both the comic and the novel, and into the way in which our ideas about stories form and change. It’s a big undertaking, and we’re sure to be frequently late; forgive us.

The Stand: A Conversation will take place on The Shelf and Four-Colour Words, alternating between them with each monthly installment.

Before we begin the review in earnest with next week’s consideration of part one, we talked about our expectations. (more…)