History Main / ComicbookAdaptation

*** Later license-holders include Creator/DarkHorseComics (the short-lived ''G.I. Joe Extreme'' series), Creator/ImageComics imprint Devil's Due, and currently Creator/IDWPublishing.

*** The ''Transformers'' comic license has gone through several companies since, as well as various manga adaptations in Japan (though those are usually closely tied to their related anime series). Dreamwave revived the ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]]'' franchise and provided its own adaptation of the Anime/UnicronTrilogy, at least until the company went bankrupt. Creator/IDWPublishing has had the license since 2005, creating its own G1 universe, as well as tie-ins to the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries live-action film series]], ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'', and the [[Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse Aligned Universe]]. Fun Publications, meanwhile, produces comics based on the Collector's Club and [[FanConvention BotCon]] exclusive toys, and have published ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated]]'' stories as well.

* Space Goat Publishing has published a number of comic continuations of horror films including ''ComicBook/EvilDead2'' and ''Film/TheHowling''.

** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E5WalkingDistance Walking Distance]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E27TheBigTallWish The Big Tall Wish]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E34TheAfterHours The After Hours]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E18TheOdysseyOfFlight33 The Odyssey of Flight 33]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E28WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E9DeathsHeadRevisited Deaths-Head Revisited]]" and "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E10TheMidnightSun The Midnight Sun]]" were all adapted as graphic novels by Walker Paperback from 2008 to 2009.

** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E5WalkingDistance Walking Distance]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E27TheBigTallWish The Big Tall Wish]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E34TheAfterHours The After Hours]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E54TheOdysseyOfFlight33 The Odyssey of Flight 33]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E64WillTheRealMartianPleaseStandUp Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?]]", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E74DeathsHeadRevisited Deaths-Head Revisited]]" and "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E75TheMidnightSun The Midnight Sun]]" were all adapted as graphic novels by Walker Paperback from 2008 to 2009.

** ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' (Creator/{{Charlton|Comics}}, 1969-76)

* Writer/artist Benimaru Itoh made an [[ComicStrip/StarFox official comic]] based on the original ''VideoGame/StarFox'' game than ran in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' for several issues. It was released before the game was available anywhere in the world, making it the first introduction to the Lylat System, ever. It follows the game's plot exactly, even going so far as using the hidden elements in the game as plot devices, and introduced many elements that were later altered and used in the franchise reboot, ''Videogame/StarFox64''.

* * ''Film/BlackDynamite'' was adapted in 2011 into a [[ComicBook/BlackDynamite comic of the same name]].

* The ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' films ''[[WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown Daisy Town]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons Ballad of the Daltons]]'' were later adapted as official albums in the [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke comic book canon]].

* The ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' films ''[[WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown Daisy Town]]'' and ''WesternAnimation/LaBalladeDesDalton'' were later adapted as official albums in the comic book canon.

* ''WesternAnimation/DaisyTown'' and ''WesternAnimation/LaBalladeDesDalton'' were later adapted as an official comic strip album in the ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' canon.

* Harold Whitaker [[AdaptationSequence adapted the 1954 animated adaptation]] of ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' into a newspaper comic strip.

* In Great Britain there have been numerous long-running publications featuring licensed comic strips based upon TV series. ''TV Comic'' ran for some 1,700 issues starting in 1952, and there was also ''TV Action'',[[note]]with the likes of ''Series/{{Cannon}}'' and ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' getting the comic treatment[[/note]] ''Countdown'', ''TV Century 21'' (aka ''TV 21'') - based on Gerry Anderson's puppet series primarily - ''Look-In'', ''Beeb'' and ''Fast Forward'' (which in addition to strips based on ''Series/EastEnders'', Series/AlloAllo and ''Series/GrangeHill'' had a comedy strip about celebs hanging out at TV Centre) as well as a handful of series-specific publications such as ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (formerly ''Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly'') which has featured an original comic strip based upon the TV series since 1979.

* There's 50+ years' worth of ''[[Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse Doctor Who]]'' comics across various publishers. The style of later (1990s to present) comics have strongly influenced the 2005 television revival; Creator/RussellTDavies is an avowed fan of the comics, even writing into Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine to praise a particular character development.

* In Great Britain there have been numerous long-running publications featuring licensed comic strips based upon TV series. ''TV Comic'' ran for some 1,700 issues starting in 1952, and there was also ''TV Action'',[[note]]with the likes of Series/{{Cannon}}'' and ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' getting the comic treatment[[/note]] ''Countdown'', ''TV Century 21'' (aka ''TV 21'') - based on Gerry Anderson's puppet series primarily, and ''Look-In'', as well as a handful of series-specific publications such as ''Doctor Who Magazine'' (formerly ''Doctor Who Weekly/Doctor Who Monthly'') which has featured an original comic strip based upon the TV series since 1979.

** [[Film/{{Transformers}} The original 2007 film]] had several miniseries that served as prequels to the films, a miniseries that adapted the actual film and a sequel miniseries titled ''The Reign of Starscream''.

* ''Literature/TheCityOfEmber'' received a Graphic Novel adaptation in 2012.

** ''Demon With A Glass Hand'' by Creator/HarlanEllison

* Harold Whitaker adapted ''WesternAnimation/AnimalFarm'' into a newspaper comic strip.

* ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar''

* ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}''

** There have been other ''Zelda'' manga adaptations as well, including ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' by Creator/ShotaroIshinomori that was featured in ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' and ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' by Yuu Mishouzaki.

** The writer/artist duo known collectively as Akira Himegawa has made [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa official manga]] based off of several ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' titles: ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''Majora's Mask'', ''Oracle of Seasons'', ''Oracle of Ages'', ''[[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004 Four Swords Adventures]]'', ''The Minish Cap'', and ''Phantom Hourglass''. They ''usually'', though not always, follow the plot pretty well.

* ''LightNovel/DeathMarchToTheParallelWorldRhapsody''

* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer''
* ''LightNovel/GoldenTime''

* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012''

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''

* ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''

* The ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'' films ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndMrFreezeSubZero'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' each received a one-shot adapting the animated film into a comic book format.