Twilight Zone: The After Hours » (First Edition)

ROD SERLING (creator) has won the most Emmy awards for dramatic writing in the history of television. He wrote over seventyfive episodes of the Twilight Zone series. for which he won three of his Emmys. He was also the show’s creator, host, and narrator.

MARK KNEECE (adapter) has written stories for numerous comics, including Batman: Legends of the Dark. In 1993, he came to Savannah College of Art and Design and helped found the Ssequential Art and Animation Department, where he teaches comics writing.

REBEKAH ISAACS (illustrator, The After Hours) is also the illustrator of The Wright Brothers, which she completed while studying at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she received her BFA in Sequential Art. She currently lives in Dahlonega, Georgia.

One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, The Twilight Zone has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show’s most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation—a generation that has ridden Disney’s Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorTM ride, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere.

Submitted for your approval: Marsha White, a dissatisfied shopper with an unusual problem. This is one shopping trip that is marked final sale, return only to the customer service desk—in the Twilight Zone!

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Adapted from Twilight Zone television show scripts, these new graphic novels recreate the historic series for the next generation of fans. In Walking Distance, while waiting for his car to be fixed, thirty-nine-year-old ad executive Martin finds himself back in his childhood town where everything is still the same. In The After Hours, Marsha White is shopping at a department store to purchase a thimble for her mother. After unusual circumstances involving a brusque attendant and damaged goods, Marsha goes to lodge a complaint, which leads to her being locked in the department store after hours. These graphic novels adequately tell the story. Walking Distance will have little interest to teen readers unless they are already fans of the Twilight Zone. The story line is suited more for adults with Martin searching for his lost childhood. The After Hours story line might have more appeal for teens because there is nothing to hinder teen interest. The colored artwork in both graphic novels is sufficient to add in the storytelling, but it is better executed in The After Hours, whose creepy feeling pervades the story. If your library is looking to add diversity to a graphic novel collection, then these titles, although not likely to be high-circulating items, will serve that need. For nostalgic purposes, they may fit better in an adult collection than a teen one. Reviewer: Kristin Fletcher-Spear