History Main / ComicBookAdaptation

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' now has its "[[LongRunners season 11]]" comics.

!!Examples (by original medium):

[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Creator/BongoComics was founded by Creator/MattGroening and friends in 1993 largely to publish their own adaptations of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Naturally, they've also adapted ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' as well, and have even [[CrisisCrossover crossed the two series over]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' had a short-lived comic by Creator/SlaveLaborGraphics that was written by the cartoon's original creator Creator/GregWeisman, which continued the series by beginning with an adaptation of "The Journey" (the one episode of the third season ''The Goliath Chronicles'' that isn't CanonDiscontinuity) before going on with completely original stories. There was also a comic published by Marvel while the show was still in production. It portrayed Xanatos as an [[ObviouslyEvil over-the-top evil villain]] and featured a romantic subplot between Goliath and a cloned amalgam of ''his own DNA'' combined with Elisa's. Needless to say, this earlier comic wasn't canon at all.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' had a comic series by Archie titled ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'', which started out as a straight adaptation with the original three-issue ''Heroes in a Half-Shell'' miniseries and the first four issues of the ongoing series being adapted from the first seven episodes of the cartoon, before establishing its own continuity.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' had a short-lived comic book adaptation by Dreamwave, which, like the 1987 cartoon comic adaptation before it, initially adapted episodes of the actual show before moving on with original stories.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' had three comic adaptations to its name, one featured in a magazine published by Panini and two by IDW Publishing (''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures'').
** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' had a comic book tie-in by IDW as well, which is intended to be completely canon to the animated series it is based on.
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'': Originally a tie-in book to [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans the 2003 TV show]], had A-name talents like J. Torres, Todd Nauck, and Sean Galloway working on it. After the show ended, the series continued a few of its unresolved story lines. When the 2013 series, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' began showing, it likewise got a comic book adaptation of the shows. As you can imagine this threw some confusion for most fans mistaking the first series based on the 2003 show. DC eventually labeled the '03 based comics as "Vol 1".
* Most Disney movies and cartoons usually have some form of comic book adaptation. This includes ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', which was already an AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/CarlBarks' comic stories.
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' [[ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls had several comic books]] published by DC Comics and IDW Publishing, either based on the [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 1998]] or [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016 2016 series]], with most of the stories being original. Although, four of the 1998 series' episodes directly or indirectly distilled from stories from DC's comic book, with one story also being a direct adaptation of an episode.
** "Squirrely Burly" (issue #1, reprinted in #70) became Season 4 episode "Stray Bullet."
** Issue #7's "Remote Controlled" was initially written as a Season 1 episode, but the staff feared a lawsuit from Fred Rogers (''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''), so they gave the outline to DC to do as the comic. The story would eventually re-surface to the series as one of its last episodes, "Neighbor Hood."
** Issue #21's "Big Fish Story" would be tweaked as the episode "Lying Around the House."
** Issue #46's "See You Later, Narrator" would see TV as "Simian Says," though the episode was produced and screened elsewhere before it aired in the United States and before the comic story was published.
** The adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' was put on sale the same day as the movie release (July 3, 2002).
** An unmade episode, "Deja View", was published as issue #50 of the comic as well.
* Since the original days of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', various Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons have had comic books made based on them, published by different companies over the years (Dell, Gold Key, Whitman, Charlton, Creator/HarveyComics, Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/ArchieComics, and most recently, Creator/DCComics). Currently, though, ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' is the only one that still has a comic running. In the Gold Key run, ''Scooby-Doo'' had the gang going from solving mysteries as a hobby to being ghost breakers for hire. And Scooby Snacks were used only in the first issue.
* During the original run of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', a comic book series was also published by the now defunct NOW Comics that lasted 28 issues. A couple of annual issues also came out after the show ended.
* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had comics featured in ''Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine'', the show's DVD sets and standalone stories in Free Comic Book Day one-shots, all of which were collected along with new stories in the collected volumes ''The Lost Adventures'' and ''Team Avatar Tales''. There were also a series of graphic novel trilogies serving to bridge the gap between the original series and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', consisting of "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]]" (which notably resolves the issue of the whereabouts of Zuko and Azula's mother) "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift The Rift]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow Smoke and Shadow]]", "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSouth North and South]]", and "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance Imbalace]]", in addition to three singular graphic novels in AnachronicOrder consisting of ''Katara and the Pirate's Silver'' (taking place after the show's episode "Bitter Work"), ''Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy'' (set between the graphic novel trilogies ''The Rift'' and ''Smoke and Shadow'') and ''Suki, Alone'' (which is a prequel to the episode "The Boiling Rock").
** ''The Legend of Korra'' had its own comic book tie-ins, once more consisting of Free Comic Book Day one-shots as well as two graphic novel trilogies set after the series titled "[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars Turf Wars]]" and "[[ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraRuinsOfTheEmpire Ruins of the Empire]]".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingChanAndTheChanClan'' had four volumes published by Gold Key and drawn by Warren Tufts. They were adaptations of episodes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 11 plus a new adventure not seen in the cartoon.
* In addition to the above, pretty much every major animated TV series of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s saw comic book adaptations published by Dell Comics, Gold Key Comics, and Charlton Comics (now all defunct), with Marvel Comics taking a stab at Hanna-Barbera's stable of characters in the late 1970s; the H-B characters were also later licensed by Archie Comics and Harvey Comics.
* In TheNineties Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} put out comic books of several shows, including:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' (1992-96, 44 issues)
** ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' (1994-96, 28 issues)
** ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' (1994; 7 issues)
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' had a comic book through DC Comics (1999-2003; 34 issues). After that more stories were made for ''Creator/CartoonNetwork Block Party'' (2004-2009), also from DC.
* Creator/DCComics put out five comics based on ''Creator/CartoonNetwork'':
** From 1997 to 1999, ''Cartoon Network Presents'' had stories based on old Creator/HannaBarbera characters, but included their original series ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', and ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''. Five issues were branded as ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'', which featured stories about the old Creator/HannaBarbera action characters like ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio'' with Moltar commenting in between.
** After two years, it was replaced with ''Cartoon Network Starring'', which dropped the old cartoons and added ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' and ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''. It also dropped the Toonami-themed issues as that block shifted its focus to anime properties DC didn't have the rights to.
** In early 2001 it was replaced with ''Creator/CartoonCartoons'', and added ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/SheepInTheBigCity'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', and ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''.
** In 2004 it was replaced again with ''Cartoon Network Block Party''. It dropped some of the older stuff but added ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'', ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'', ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. Some of those shows continued to have comics long after they were cancelled from the network and taken off regular time-slot. It finally ended in 2009.
** In 2006 another comic, ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'', began. It focused on more action oriented shows like ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''Franchise/Ben10'' (which was subsequently replaced with comics based on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' and ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''), ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''. ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' appeared both here and in ''Block Party''. It ended in 2012.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' was given [[ComicBook/AdventureTime one in 2012]]. Curiously, it acts as a AlternateContinuity to the TV show. There's also ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeSeason11'', which tells events after the GrandFinale of the series. The comics based on fellow Creator/CartoonNetwork shows ''ComicBook/StevenUniverse'' and ''ComicBook/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' also tell side-stories.
* Naturally with its major popularity, ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony Friendship is Magic]]'' was given a comic book. Which later got spin-offs in the form of a Micro-Series (focusing on single characters) and later ''Friends Forever'' which puts the spotlight on two characters from the show interacting with each other.
* ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' is a compilation of four side-stories written by ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' showrunner Creator/AlexHirsch.
* Failed prime-time cartoon ''WesternAnimation/CalvinAndTheColonel'' had two issues put out by Dell in 1962.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' had several comics published in ''Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine'' until it went under. Eventually got its own title in 2011 through its production company, United Plankton Pictures, with Bongo Comics handling the publishing.
* A lot of animated works were adapted for newspaper comics. These include:
** ''ComicBook/{{Mickey Mouse|ComicUniverse}}'' (1930-1994)
** ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' (1939-1990)
** ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'' (1997-1999)
** ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' (1978-1988)
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (1998-2003)
** ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' (1961-1988)
** ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' (2010-2013)
* During the height of his popularity (about the 40s until the 60s)), WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker had a comic series that frequently co-starred other Creator/WalterLantz characters, including WesternAnimation/AndyPanda, WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly, and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'' had a comic book tie-in. Annoyingly, it's titled ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and thus is easily confused with what is now ''[[Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Comics Spider-Man]]''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has [[ComicBook/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes a four-issue miniseries, 12 issues' worth of new stories, and five comics adapting episodes]]. There was also an adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand'' in the nineties.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'' was accompanied by [[ComicBook/{{Ewoks}} a comic book by Star Comics that lasted 14 issues]] and [[{{Prequel}} chronologically took place before the events of the cartoon]], a couple of Spanish two-page comics of somewhat dubious origin and one licensed UK annual. All of that was produced between 1985 and 1988 and these comics (as well as books) are considered to be a prequel to the animated series. Much later, Dark Horse Comics published a graphic novel titled ''Shadows of Endor'' in 2013 that is set in the time after the animated series, but before ''Film/StarWarsEwokAdventures'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. A scene from the latter, where Wicket is poking princess Leia Organa with his spear, appears at the very end of the comic.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Droids}}'' also had comic adaptations; however, they tend to take place in a different time period from the show. The last three issues of the Star Comics adaptation brings things full circle by adapting ''Film/ANewHope'' from the perspective of Threepio and Artoo.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'' had a three issue mini-series published by Creator/DCComics, with each issue focusing on one of the main trio.
* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' had a one-shot adaptation of the show's first three episodes published by DC, then several stories based on the show published in ''Cartoon Network Action Pack''. In 2013 it got a continuation from IDW that lasted 20 issues. IDW published yet another adaptation in 2017 shortly after the Creator/AdultSwim [[SamuraiJack/TropesSeason5 revival]] ended its run, consisting of a five-issue miniseries called ''ComicBook/SamuraiJackQuantumJack''.
* Every Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse series sans ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheZetaProject'' had its own comic book, usually with the word "Adventures" in the title: ''Comicbook/TheBatmanAdventures'', ''Comicbook/TheSupermanAdventures'', ''Justice League Adventures'' and ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond''.
* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' by Harvey Comics, which was based on [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture the animated series]] from the early 1990s.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' has it's own comic book series. Over 200 issues have been produced, including two issues focusing on the movies and three Halloween issues, each contained in a monthly magazine. The first twelve are based directly on the episodes of the first season, while the rest focus on other adventures. Howewer is unclear if the comic is canon or more an AlternateUniverse.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has gotten itself a fair share of comics since the cartoon's debut in 2015. Five comics from Action Labs[[note]] the adapted episode comics, ''Miraculous Adventures'', ''Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug'', ''Miraculous: Tales of Cat Noir'', and ''Tales of Miraculous''[[/note]] and a manga published by Kodansha, which adapts the episodes into a manga-style adventure.
* On July 2015, more than a decade after its cancellation, ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' got [[ComicBook/InvaderZimOni an ongoing continuation comic]] that ran for 50 issues before being rebranded as a quarterly series that didn't go any further than four issues and concluding with a one-shot titled ''The Dookie Loop of Horror''.
* ''ComicBook/LooneyTunes'' had many comics, with the latest title by Warner's sister company Creator/DcComics being an ongoing since 1994.
* ''Comicbook/{{Animaniacs}}'' by DC started just as [[Westernanimation/{{Animaniacs}} the show]] had its ChannelHop to Kids WB, and went on to outlast the cartoon (as well as receiving ''Westernanimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' stories once said spin-off's comic folded).
* ''WesternAnimation/ToxicCrusaders'' had a comic book tie-in published by Creator/MarvelComics that lasted eight issues.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' had its own comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics, which lasted 12 issues.
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' has had several comic book adaptations, the most notable ones being a series loosely based on ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' that lasted ten issues and was published in the early 1990's by Creator/MarvelComics and a five-issue miniseries published by Creator/DynamiteComics in 2017.
* In addition to the aforementioned 7-issue series by Marvel Comics, ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' received another comic book series published by Creator/BoomStudios in 2017 that lasted eight issues, followed by a four-issue miniseries also published by Boom! Studios titled ''Rocko's Modern Afterlife'' that began publication in 2019.
* ''The Buster'' featured a comic strip adapting episodes of ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' that ran from 1994 to 1996.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' had [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Muppet_Babies_(comic_book) its own comic book]] that began publication in 1985 and lasted 26 issues that were released bi-monthly. The first 17 issues were published by the now defunct Star Comics, with Star Comics' parent company Creator/MarvelComics publishing the remaining 9 issues. There was also a version published by Marvel UK that lasted 59 issues and a Summer Special one-shot, which was released weekly.
* While ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' was itself adapted from an underground comic one-shot published by Creator/DarkHorseComics, the animated series had its own comic adaptation published by Topps Comics which lasted five issues in addition to a three-issue miniseries titled ''The Mob Frog Saga''.
* WesternAnimation/BettyBoop had a few comic adaptations including "Betty Boop's Big Break" in 1991 by First Publishing and Creator/DynamiteComics's Betty Boop in 2016.
* Long before Creator/IDWPublishing released [[ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW their own comic adaptation set in its own continuity]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' had a magazine containing comic stories around the time the show originally aired that were published exclusively in the UK by London Editions Magazines, consisting of a series lasting 12 issues and two annual issues.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' animated series had [[ComicBook/{{Beetlejuice}} several comic tie-ins]] by Harvey Comics, consisting of a one-shot billed as the "First Gross-Out Issue", another one-shot titled ''Beetlejuice in the Neitherworld'', a "Horrorday Special" one-shot and a three-issue ''Crimebusters on the Haunt'' miniseries.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' saw three 6-issue miniseries' published by Lion Forge comics made as side-stories to the then-ongoing television show. A fourth miniseries was planned but as per [[WordOfGod WEP President Bob Koplar]], when Lion Forge was purchased by Oni Press, the new owners elected to cancel the series.
* ''WesternAnimation/WildCATs1994'' had a comic tie-in called ''[=WildC.A.T.s=] Adventures'' which retold the first 10 episodes of the show.
* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' had several comic book tie-ins by Boom Studios, consisting of a 2014 one-shot taking place between the second and third episodes, a 2015 miniseries taking place between the third and fourth episodes, an ongoing lasting 20 issues and one annual that had Wirt and Greg go on further adventures in the Unknown with a backup story explaining what happened to the Woodsman's daughter before she reunited with her father as well as standalone stories that were either about Miss Langtree's school or unrelated tales told by Fred the Horse, two more miniseries (''Hollow Town'' and ''Soulful Symphonies'') and three graphic novels (''Distillatoria'', ''Circus Friends'' and ''Benevolent Sisters of Charity'').
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' had a few comic book tie-ins to its name. The first was an ongoing that ran from 1976 to 1981 and lasted 47 issues, after that came three ''Super Powers'' miniseries and the last being an unrelated series also titled ''Super Powers'' by Tom Scioli that served as back-up material for the first six issues of ''Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMansion'' had a comic book tie-in by Titan that lasted two issues.
* Papercutz has published a comic book for ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' since 2017, about a year after the series began airing.
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Comic book adaptations of movies were fairly common in the 1970's and 1980's, before home videos became common. In those days, a comic book was the easiest way to re-experience a movie no longer playing in theatres. But because of AnimationLeadTime the comics were often written and drawn based on earlier scripts than the final draft, and before the movie was edited, which could result in scenes appearing in the comic adaptation that were never in the movie.

** The writer/artist duo known collectively as Akira Himegawa has made [[Manga/TheLegendOfZelda 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.

* ''Literature/TheBible''. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20150512191338/http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-Bible-Adaptations/lm/RP6HJFWU5YV9X Several in fact.]] Even Creator/RobertCrumb did a faithful adaptation of the entire Literature/BookOfGenesis.

* While the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' mainline franchise has a few notable game-derived [[Manga/{{Pokemon}} manga]] in their own rights, ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' is set in a verse heavily influenced by [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the first two seasons of the anime]]. Later seasons and the movies also got their own manga adaptations. Anime adaptations (including ''Electric Tale'') are Type 2, the movie adaptations are Type 1.

* There are several ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' comic and manga adaptations, the most recent being [[Comicbook/StreetFighter the one by Udon]].

* ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' had a comic book tie-in. Annoyingly, it's titled ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and thus is easily confused with what is now ''[[Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Comics Spider-Man]]''.

[[folder:Light Novels]]

* ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''

[[folder:Literature]]
!!!'''By Author:'''
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** "Literature/DoesABeeCare": A PerspectiveFlip comic book adaptation focusing on Thornton Hammer was published by Creator/GoldLeafComics in 1976, appearing in ''Questar: Illustrated Science Fiction Classics'' and issue #4 of ''Starstream: Adventures in Science Fiction''. There are [[AdaptationDeviation differences in plot.]]
** ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'': The Asimov estate authorized a small Japanese company (Creator/SideRanch) to produce this manga-style adaptation of the ''Literature/FoundationSeries''.
** ''Webcomic/FoundationThePsychohistorians'': This work is a [[FanWorks fan-made]] adaptation of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/ThePsychohistorians", using 2x2 panels for the layout.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/JanetAsimov's ''{{ComicBook/Norby}}'': This comic series was created for ''Magazine/BoysLife'', producing full-page comics from ''Literature/NorbyTheMixedUpRobot'' (18 chapters, adapted by [[Creator/ErnestoColonSierra Ernie Colón]]) and ''Literature/NorbysOtherSecret'' (32 chapters, adapted by Creator/TerryTidwell). Each adaptation starts with a two-page spread and each "chapter" after that was a single page, released on a monthly basis.
* Creator/AgathaChristie has over fifteen graphic novel adaptations of her works.
* Quite a few of Creator/NeilGaiman's novels and short stories have been adapted to comic book form.
** ''Literature/{{Neverwhere}}'' had a 9 issue adaptation by ''Creator/MikeCarey'' which was otherwise pretty good but left out a few things (Lamia's not in it).
** ''Literature/{{Coraline}}'' has a graphic novel adaptation by P. Craig Russell that retains every scene and all the dialogue.
*** He's also drawn a two-part adaptation of ''Literature/{{The Graveyard Book}}''.
** ''Creator/DarkHorseComics'' published 3 trade paperbacks adapting his short stories; ''Literature/HarlequinValentine'', ''Literature/MurderMysteries'' and 'Creatures of The Night' (it collects "The Price" and "Daughter of Owls").
** ''Literature/TheSandmanTheDreamHunters'', the only Sandman novel, was turned into a comic book by Vertigo.
** His short story 'Goliath' (the one based on ''Film/TheMatrix'') was illustrated and put in with the Matrix comics.
!!!'''By Work:'''
* ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}'' was adapted into [[ComicBook/{{Animorphs}} a series of graphic novels]] starting in 2020.
* The first four ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' books. They retell the plot accurately and well, the art is quite eye-catching, and the graphic novels are pretty well-liked among casual fans, but the character designs have been criticized. A lot. Among the criticisms are characters who pass as human in the books looking like they couldn't pass for RubberForeheadAliens, Foaly the centaur appearing to have the top half of a baboon rather than a human, and just plain contradictions with the originals — Artemis' eyes not being blue is comparatively minor, but a pet peeve for his fangirls. Captain Holly Short, the heroine, is arguably recognizable only by her role in the story, as other than being female and attractive, the drawings have ''nothing'' in common with the descriptions — among other things, her hair is an ash-brown bob instead of an [[FieryRedhead auburn]] crew cut, and her [[RaceLift skin colour has changed]] from [[StarbucksSkinScale coffee-brown]] to almost exactly the same shade as [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Artemis']].
** The same people also adapted Colfer's ''Literature/TheSupernaturalist''.
** Disney have announced a second adaptation of the original Artemis Fowl novel to coincide with [[Film/ArtemisFowl the movie]].
* ''ComicBook/TheBabySittersClub'' is a series of adaptations of the [[Literature/TheBabySittersClub novels of the same name]].
* ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' has had a manga made. The manga series differs from the novel in three areas. It is far more graphic (not surprising, considering it's in a visual format), spends much more time on developing the whole cast of characters, and ramps up the action as it approaches the conclusion.
* ''Literature/TheBeastPlayer'': Itoe Takemoto faithfully adapted the original novel into a manga series.
* ''Literature/BeautifulCreatures'' received a manga adaptation entitled ''[[TitleTheAdaptation Beautiful Creatures: The Manga]]'', in February 2013 shortly before TheFilmOfTheBook was released.
* ''Literature/TheBible''. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20150512191338/http://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-Bible-Adaptations/lm/RP6HJFWU5YV9X Several in fact.]] Even Creator/RobertCrumb did a faithful adaptation of the entire Literature/BookOfGenesis.
* ''Literature/BillyBunter'' has been adapted into a successful comic strip series too. In the Netherlands, he is probably better known as a comic strip character than as a literary figure.
* ''Literature/TheBookOfTheNamed'' has an adaptation planned for its first novel (''Ratha's Creature''), successfully funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}.
* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': All books of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' have been adapted in graphic novel form. The first two books of ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' have recieved adaptations too, but not the rest of the series (as of now).
* ''Literature/TheCityOfEmber'' received a Graphic Novel adaptation in 2012.
* ''Classics Illustrated'' printed comic versions of classic literature, such as ''Literature/MobyDick'', for 20 years.
** Though a few comic book adaptations of the novels of Creator/JaneAusten existed prior to 2009, they were mostly small press, low profile works, such as the Graphic Classics inclusion of a short, black-and-white ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'' in their "Gothic Classics" anthology. However, in 2009, Creator/MarvelComics revamped the "Marvel Illustrated" line and started adapting the novels. So far, ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'', and ''Literature/{{Emma}}'' have been adapted, with Hugo Petrus, Sonny Liew, and Janet Lee on art, respectively, and Nancy Butler on scripting. ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'' is scheduled to start shipping November 2011, with art again by Lee.
* ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' currently has an ongoing comic adaptation being published by Marvel, both adapting portions of the novels and introducing new material.
* ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' has a manga adaptation to go along with its {{anim|atedAdaptation}}e and VideoGame counterparts, which mostly follow the original story but with a few changes ([[AdaptationDyeJob hair color changes]], changes in story sequences, more battles...). [[NoExportForYou Most of which have yet to come out of]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Japan]].
* Some of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels -- ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', ''Literature/{{Mort}}'', and ''Literature/GuardsGuards'' -- have been adapted into graphic novels.
* A comic-book serial adaptation of Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' ran in the pages of Creator/MarvelComics' ''Comicbook/DraculaLives''. After the book was cancelled, the remaining chapter was released in ''Legion of Monsters''.
* The first three issues of ''ComicBook/TheFrankensteinMonster'' adapt Mary Shelley's ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' in a form of flashbacks. It's also been adapted into a full graphic novel by the illustrator Gris Grimly as well as one by Jason Cobley.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' first had ''Goosebumps Graphix'' which consisted of straight-forward adaptations of certain books by different artists. Then in 2017 Creator/IDWPublishing began publishing a [[ComicBook/{{Goosebumps}} series]] that are original stories featuring certain established villains.
* The first three ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books were adapted by Creator/DCComics.
* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' was adapted by Creator/ChuckDixon and illustrated by David Wenzel in 1989. A revised and expanded edition came out in 2006.
* Creator/RichardMatheson's seminal vampire novel ''Literature/IAmLegend'' (responsible for inspiring both Charlton Heston's ''Film/TheOmegaMan'' and George A. Romero's ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'') was put in graphic novel form a few years ago. It is a great work, all black and white art, and contains virtually all of the original's text. Anyone reading it before reading the original novel could be forgiven for assuming it was a word for word transcription!
* All three books in ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' trilogy have received manga adaptations.
* ''Literature/JamesBond'':
** All fourteen original ''Bond'' books by Creator/IanFleming received adaptations in comic strip form. This also goes for ''Literature/ColonelSun'', the first non-Fleming novel.
** ''Literature/SilverFin'', the first book in the ''Literature/YoungBond'' spin-off series, was adapted into a graphic novel and released by Disney Publishing in 2008.
** From 2015 on, Creator/DynamiteComics has produced several ''ComicBook/{{James Bond|Dynamite}}'' miniseries by different creators telling original stories, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of the novel version of ''Casino Royale'' and Live and Let Die''.
* The ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books have had over a dozen comic adaptations, including Marvel's 2009 miniseries ''ComicBook/{{Oz}}''.
* ''Literature/DeLeeuwVanVlaanderen ("The Lion of Flanders")'' by Belgian author Creator/HendrikConscience was adapted in comic book format by Creator/BobDeMoor. The quality of this adaptation is outstanding!
* The comic version of ''Literature/LeftBehind''. Unfortunately only the first book of the series and ''Tribulation Force'' were adapted.
* ''Manga/MangaClassics'' is a series of comics that adapt works such as ''Literature/GreatExpectations'', ''Literature/TheScarletLetter'', and ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' into an {{animesque}} form.
* ''Literature/MaximumRide'':
** The series has an OELManga adaptation by [=NaRae=] Lee published by Creator/YenPress.
** ''ComicBook/MaxRideFirstFlight'' a 5-part miniseries retelling the first book, written by Marguerite Bennett, drawn by Alex Sanchez and published by Creator/MarvelComics.
* The first book of Robert Asprin's ''Literature/MythAdventures'' series was adapted into comic form by him and Creator/PhilFoglio; [[ComicBook/MythAdventures the adaptation]] was ''mostly'' faithful, but there were some noticeable differences, mostly to do with the motivations and ultimate fate of the BigBad.
* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'', in 2015, got its own [[ComicBook/RiversOfLondon comic book]], co-written by Ben Aaronovitch, author of the novels, and Andrew Cartmel, published by Titan Comics. The comics tell stories not in the books, and although reading the comics is not necessary to understand the books, the stories are fully canon and have been referenced in the novels.
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' has a very faithful manga adaptation.
* ''Literature/SeekerBears'' has two {{animesque}} manga side-stories.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire:'' Subverted. Around the same time as the start of the TV series, Dynamite Comics launched their own adaptation of the novel ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'', to the confusion of some fans. As of 2014, the comics are still adapting the first book while the TV series has reached parts of the fourth and fifth.
* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' has a manga adaptation that is separate from its anime adaptation.
* Sci-fi author Creator/HarryHarrison saw two of ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'' novels adapted into comic form for British serial comic ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD''. The two strips were later released in Graphic Novel format.
* ''Literature/TanteiTeamKZJikenNote'' has its first novel, ''The Missing Bike Knows'', adopted into manga and serialized in ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}''.
* ''Literature/TillEulenspiegel'' was adapted into two comic book stories by Creator/WillyVandersteen. The first one followed the original novel and stories closely. The second one was totally new.
* The ''Literature/{{Uglies}}'' series has a graphic novel trilogy, showing the events of each book from Shay's point of view.
* The ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series has [[Manga/WarriorCatsManga four manga trilogies]] and a standalone volume that tells some side stories, such as a villain's backstory and what happened to a character when he disappeared for several books. The [[ExpandedUniverse Super Editions]], after the first one, also started doing a short manga chapter at the end that shows a brief scene that takes place after the end of the book.
* ''ComicBook/WingsOfFire'' has a series of graphic novel adaptations as part of Scholastic's Graphix line.
* ''Literature/WonderWomanWarbringer'' is a 2017 young adult novel, with a 2020 comic-book adaptation.
* For a while, Creator/DCComics had a line of graphic novels called ''DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel'' that adapted well-known works of science fiction. A total of seven issues were published, and they were:
** ''Hell on Earth'' by Creator/RobertBloch
** ''Nightwings'' by Creator/RobertSilverberg
** ''Frost and Fire'' by Creator/RayBradbury
** ''The Merchants of Venus'' by Creator/FrederikPohl
** ''Demon With A Glass Hand'' by Creator/HarlanEllison
** ''Literature/TheMagicGoesAway'' by Creator/LarryNiven
** ''Sandkings'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin
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** Original 1986 adaptation by Ralph Macchio ([[NamesTheSame no, not]] [[Film/TheKarateKid that one]]) for Creator/MarvelComics. Notable in that not only was it based on an earlier form of the script, but artist Don Perlin had to rely on earlier character models as well.

** ''Film/Dune1984'' by Ralph Macchio ([[NamesTheSame not that one]]) and Bill Sienkiewicz.

** ''Comicbook/TheSandman'': ''The Dream Hunters'', the only Sandman novel, was turned into a comic book by Vertigo.

** Hasbro came back to Marvel to pull together the various transforming toys they'd licensed from Japan (mostly from Takara's Diaclone and Micro Change lines) into one coherent storyline. The [[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel comic]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]] were developed simultaneously, with the latter changing a few details from the former and creating its own continuity (much as had happened with ''G.I. Joe''). In spite of being a completely different continuity from the cartoon, one issue of the comic was an adaptation of the cartoon episode "The Big Broadcast of 2006", which was regarded as non-canon by both the US and UK versions of the comic.
*** 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]] and [[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'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' stories as well.

* ''Film/Supergirl1984'' got a ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl1984 comic-book adaptation]]'' which expands on some elements of the film as writing other stuff -as a superfluous scene where two truckers attempted to harass ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}- off.

%%* Both 80's ''Film/{{Conan the|Barbarian 1982}} [[Film/ConanTheDestroyer Barbarian]]'' movies.
%%* ''Film/{{Alien}}''
%%* The first three ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies.

* An unofficial adaptation of the Music/{{KISS}} album ''Music/MusicFromTheElder'' appeared in a 1998 KISS-related magazine.

** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had comics featured in ''Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine'', the show's DVD sets and standalone stories in Free Comic Book Day one-shots, all of which were collected along with new stories in the collected volumes ''The Lost Adventures'' and ''Team Avatar Tales''. There were also a series of graphic novel trilogies serving to bridge the gap between the original series and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', consisting of "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]] (which notably resolves the issue of the whereabouts of Zuko and Azula's mother)," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift The Rift]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow Smoke and Shadow]]", "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSouth North and South]]", and "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance Imbalace]]", in addition to three singular graphic novels in AnachronicOrder consisting of ''Katara and the Pirate's Silver'' (taking place after the show's episode "Bitter Work"), ''Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy'' (set between the graphic novel trilogies ''The Rift'' and ''Smoke and Shadow'') and ''Suki, Alone'' (which is a prequel to the episode "The Boiling Rock").

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' is an interesting example. The first manga adaptation was based off the light novels; however, it was utterly terrible, and when the anime was released, the author actually [[OldShame disowned his manga out of shame]], and instead gave way for another, much better manga adaptation, this time based off the anime.

** From 2015 on, Creator/DynamiteComics has produced several ''ComicBook/{{James Bond|Dynamite}}'' miniseries by different creators telling original stories, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of the novel version of ''Casino Royale'' and Live and Let Die.

** From 2015 on, Creator/DynamiteComics has produced several Bond miniseries by different creators telling original stories, as well as a graphic novel adaptation of the novel version of ''Casino Royale''.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': The first manga adaptation was based on the original light novels.

* ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''

* ''LightNovel/DoYouLoveYourMomAndHerTwoHitMultiTargetAttacks''

* ''Marvel Super Special'' was a magazine-formatted comic series released by Creator/MarvelComics from 1977 to 1986. While many of its early issues were dedicated to original stories featuring Music/{{KISS}}, ComicBook/ConanTheBarbarian, [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Star-Lord]], and Doug Moench's ''Weirdworld'', film adaptations had been interspersed (the aforementioned ''Close Encounters'' adaptation was issue 3), and became the sole focus of the series with issue 14. One exception was a ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' story released to cash in on the film ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes'', without being a straight adaptation.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''
* ''LightNovel/ReMonster''
* ''LightNovel/ReZero''
* ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil''
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}''
* ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat''
* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' (includes ''Progressive'')
* ''LightNovel/WhenSupernaturalBattlesBecameCommonplace''

* ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' has one, though it's based on the novelization. Justified, seeing as it would be hard to put the musical numbers into a comic book.

* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' received a hardcover graphic novel adaptation in 2021 to mark the Creator/AndrewLloydWebber musical's 35th anniversary. It's extremely faithful to the show, though it does make a few tweaks (most obviously, in this version the confrontation in the graveyard has the Phantom attack Raoul with a sword as in the 2004 film adaptation).

* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' received a hardcover graphic novel adaptation in 2021 to mark the Music/AndrewLloydWebber musical's 35th anniversary.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' had a very impressive American comic book adaptation...that only lasted one issue, reportedly due to being a crowdfunding scam.

* The Creator/{{Nintendo}} third-person shooter ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' and [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 its sequel]] have several, the most popular being a [[Manga/{{Splatoon}} gag manga]] of the same name.

** ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' by Creator/JackKirby. This actually became an ongoing series and introduced concepts to the Franchise/MarvelUniverse that are still around today, including [[ComicBook/{{Nextwave}} Machine Man.]]

* On July 2015, more than a decade after its cancellation, ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' got an ongoing continuation comic.

** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had comics featured in ''Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine'', the show's DVD sets and standalone stories in Free Comic Book Day one-shots, all of which were collected along with new stories in the collected volumes ''The Lost Adventures'' and ''Team Avatar Tales''. There were also a series of graphic novel trilogies serving to bridge the gap between the original series and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', consisting of "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch The Search]] (which notably resolves the issue of the whereabouts of Zuko and Azula's mother)," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheRift The Rift]]," "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderSmokeAndShadow Smoke and Shadow]]", "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderNorthAndSouth North and South]]", and "[[ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderImbalance Imbalace]]", in addition to three singular graphic novels in Anachronic Order consisting of ''Katara and the Pirate's Silver'' (taking place after the show's episode "Bitter Work"), ''Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy'' (set between the graphic novel trilogies ''The Rift'' and ''Smoke and Shadow'') and ''Suki, Alone'' (which is a prequel to the episode "The Boiling Rock").