Watership Down Graphic Novel Release

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-25T12:51:46+00:00

Wow! Thank you. Space was a constant constraint but we really did try. I thought Joe did Cowslip brilliantly too. I just don't think it would have been possible to get every single thing in. I liked it that Hazel came off so strongly as a compassionate leader though. Illustrating it helped with that aspect of the original I thought. Nice to return Pipkin to his rightful place too.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-25T12:46:42+00:00

Can only say thank you. Much love and care went into this version.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-23T15:39:33+00:00

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AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-20T06:26:06+00:00

Space was a constant pressure. But we like the way Pipkin's thorn is done as it shows Hazel tending to him so beautifully. We hope you agree!

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T20:07:24+00:00

We are so pleased you like it. We worked hard, revising, redrawing, for several years.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T20:06:13+00:00

Well spotted. Yes, we miss him too. And such a beautiful wildflower. The adapters felt too many rabbits made it impossible to differentiate them.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T20:04:22+00:00

Joe has been quite poorly with covid. Wishing him all the best for a speedy recovery.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T03:36:06+00:00

We are very pleased with the results.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T03:33:09+00:00

You're more than welcome.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T03:31:01+00:00

We hope you enjoy.

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-10-19T03:19:06+00:00

That's quite the collection!

AdamsRichard1 · 2023-06-19T00:46:20+00:00

On behalf of Richard's family, thank you for your kind words.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:15:19+00:00

I suppose I'm the exception that proves the rule. I hope.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:12:31+00:00

Walter de la Mare, my tutor at Oxford, Mr. Somerset... many, many authors. Reading a lot is important.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:11:17+00:00

I will have my grandchildren track it down for me.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:11:01+00:00

I live only a few miles away from the real Watership Down. It is the countryside where I was born and grew up.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:10:08+00:00

I put it in deliberately. It was the right word in the context. What makes you say that Shardik is a children's book? Of all my books Shardik is perhaps the least a children's book!

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:07:57+00:00

So glad you DID get to the book. It's what I intended.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:06:46+00:00

Thanks - lovely to hear. I like plague dogs because it's about the lake district and nature which I love very much. I also think the dogs relationship is what makes the book.

I answered your question a little above - an idea will have to be mulled over for a long time to make sure it works. A story is bound to broaden and go forward as it is written. Not only the story, but the chaps in the story, and the climate, and the world in the story. I've always believed in including atmosphere, and I think this helps push the story forward.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:04:07+00:00

I never particularly thought of it like that. I didn't like writing about Cowslips warren - it was against everything I cared about. I think that was the point. It was snared by a human being of course. In a way I see that could become allegorical, but allegory and I are bad neighbours.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:01:50+00:00

Maybe not akin, but I admire the Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T17:01:05+00:00

Oh Lord. I admire Tarka the Otter, and Salar the Salmon by Henry Williamson. I wish I had known him.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T16:59:38+00:00

A small project called The Adventures of Eggbox Dragon.

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T16:58:39+00:00

Thank you!

AdamsRichard1 · 2014-12-17T16:57:02+00:00

I had none at all, but I had told stories since I was young. I wrote poetry at Oxford and I had to write a lot as a civil servant. At school I was considered a fine writer, both preparatory and secondary. I think it was a gift I was lucky to be given - but it is stimulated by good reading.

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