A Confederacy of Dunces Graphic Novel Hits Shelves Today
Albert Monteys adapts John Kennedy Toole's Pulitzer-winning novel as a graphic novel, out now from Boom! Studios and Archaia Entertainment.
A graphic novel adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces, written and illustrated by Albert Monteys, is released today by Boom! Studios and its imprint Archaia Entertainment.
The adaptation brings John Kennedy Toole's novel to comics for the first time. The book won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Toole took his own life in 1969 at age thirty-one. The novel was published in 1980 after his mother campaigned to get it released.
Hollywood has circled the book for decades. As early as 1982, a film adaptation was in development, with John Belushi considered for the lead role of Ignatius before his death. John Goodman and Will Ferrell were among actors later linked to the part, but no film was made.
More than a decade ago, Nick Offerman starred in a stage adaptation of the novel. The new graphic novel arrives via Boom! Studios and Archaia Entertainment, as reported by screenrant.com.
Quick answers
Who adapted A Confederacy of Dunces as a graphic novel?
Albert Monteys wrote and illustrated the adaptation.
When is the graphic novel released?
It is released today by Boom! Studios and Archaia Entertainment.
Has A Confederacy of Dunces been adapted before?
No film was made despite development as early as 1982, though Nick Offerman starred in a stage adaptation over a decade ago.