It’s always nice when graphic novels get the recognition they deserve. The Unwritten Vol. 3: Dead Man’s Knock topped the NY Times’ Paperback Graphic Book Best Seller list at #1 this week. The prolific series by Mike Carey and Peter Gross has garnered critical acclaim for mixing classic literature with comic book style. This combination of high brow lit and comic panel flair has been done before by Carey and Gross; their Vertigo series Lucifer borrowed heavily from the Devil’s characterization in John Milton’s Paradise Lost.

The Unwritten follows the story of Tom Taylor whose father wrote a series of hugely popular children’s novels in the vein of Harry Potter and used his son as the inspiration for its main character, Tommy Taylor. Embittered at dad for basing his character on him, Tom lives a jaded existence that is turned upside down when a series of events leads him to the discovery that he and his fictional counterpart are more closely linked than Tom could ever have imagined. The series deals with themes such as unwanted celebrity and the relationship between fiction and the human consciousness.

The Unwritten: Vol. 3: Dead Man’s Knock is in stores now.

[Source] Vertigo

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And check out Volumes 1 and 2 of The Unwritten.

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