Deluxe Two Volume Slipcased Set, Signed by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy.

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A two volume slip cased edition is individually SIGNED and NUMBERED by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy from a strictly limited edition of 500 copies. This two-volume slipcased set contains the titles Kidnapped and Creating the Graphic Novel.

Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped is an epic story of adventure, friendship, murder and revenge! Adapted by world-famous comicbook veterans Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy to vividly bring to life the thrilling story of David Balfour's dramatic journey across Scotland to claim his rightful inheritance.

Volume 1 is a new hardback edition of the Kidnapped graphic novel which was first published in 2007. This special edition has a frontispiece numbered and signed by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy, printed endpapers, a ribbon bookmark and is quarter-bound in cloth.

Volume 2 is a hardback specially created for this set 'Creating the Graphic Novel', is illustrated throughout, and reveals the process of the creation of Grant and Kennedy's Kidnapped, with interviews, commentary, pencil drawings, preparatory sketches and detailed studies of individual elements. Alan Grant reveals how he painstakingly distilled Stevenson's classic tale into just 64 pages. This volume also shows how Cam Kennedy works, from his first visions of a scene, experiments with colour, historical and costume research and first pencil sketches, through to final inking and colouring.

You'll also find exclusive pictures and never-before-seen material in this desirable collectors' edition. Each volume 64 pages.

Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Alan Grant
Artist: Cam Kennedy
Publisher: Waverley Books, Jan 2009
Number of pages: 128
Format: Hard Cover in Slipcase; Full Colour illustrations
Size: 7" x 11" (171mm x 267mm)
ISBN: 9781902407555