Dynamite has an audio adaptation for one of its headline titles, Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s “The Boys.” Serial Box Relative newcomer Vault Comics has had its series “Wasted Space” by Michael Moreci and Hayden Sherman adapted. Graphic Audio has adapted more than just Marvel and DC, if on a smaller scale. Speaking of Montoya, Greg Cox’s adaptation of “52” is another highlight. The voice highlights are Richard Rohan, who also directs and adapts the DC books, as Batman and Barbara Pinolini as Renee Montoya. One of only a handful of two-part audiobooks, the novel does a great job of adapting a yearlong comic into a manageable length for a novel and audiobook. My favorite of the lot is, not shockingly, a Batman novelization, an adaptation of Greg Rucka’s “No Man’s Land” novel. I’ve picked up a lot of Graphic Audio dramas over the past decade-plus, and there are plenty that are worth listening to. It has a large cast and a sweeping narrative, and is a fun listen. That first book was “JLA: The Exterminators” by Christopher Golden, part of a series of books that featured standalone adventures of the Justice League and its members, and it was a good first example of what Graphic Audio can do. Graphic Audio pitches its products to long-haul truckers, since they have a lot of time on their hands, so if you’re ever travelling and see a truck stop, you might find a selection of these six-to-eight disk audio dramas there, although in recent years, as is the way, Graphic Audio has done less and less physical releasing and more and more sales through its website as digital downloads. I found my first Graphic Audio audio drama at a truck stop convenience store while making the four-and-a-half hour drive to visit my in-laws. These are full cast recordings, with sound effects and the like, and tend to have the same actors playing the same roles across books, so it’s similar to the DC Animated Universe, only in audio drama form. In 2007, Graphic Audio began adapting novels based on DC Comics, and in 2012 they began adapting Marvel novels as well as a few comics series. Founded in 2004, the company’s tagline is “A Movie in Your Mind.” Graphic Audio adapts various series of genre fiction, hitting most of your major genres, from western to sci-fi to superheroes. Graphic Audio is the Russian nesting doll of adaptations. I’ve been a big fan of audio drama since I discovered old-time radio as a teenager, and so I thought I’d visit some of the more interesting comic book-based audio dramas and audiobooks for this week’s Bonus Rea– Listening. And this week, a new audio drama adaptation of “The Sandman” is out through Audible. Both DC and Archie have inked deals with Spotify in recent weeks for their own drama podcasts. Marvel has released two seasons of a “Wolverine” podcast and one of a “Marvels” podcast through Stitcher. In the age of the podcast, the radio drama has seen a resurgence. But even before there were superhero serials on the big screen, comic books were translated to another medium: radio plays, whether it was “The Adventures of Superman” or “Archie Andrews.” But movie adaptations have taught us that comic book stories, whether superhero, crime, biographical or otherwise, can be translated to other media. Comics are a visual medium, a combination of written words and pictures.
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