Fiction
The graphic novel "Crime and Punishment"
by Alexandr Poltorak/ Dimitri Chuhrai
Description
The graphic novel “Crime and Punishment” is one of the largest graphic novels in color in the world and the closest adaptation to the original novel.
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” was created using a technology that has already become traditional, which combines ink and water-color in one image: ink is graphic, and water-color is volume and halftones.
Along with the graphic novel, a video-book has been created. Video book is the full-motion comics based on graphic novel adaptation of classic literature and is a new media format of a literary and artistic work, made in the form of a film and reproduced from any video medium.
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Rights Information
All the rights are held by Granovel, company registred in UAE.
Author Biography
Dmitry Chukhrai and Alexander Poltorak are not only co-authors of the projects, but also siblings.
Dmitry Chukhrai
The artist graduated from the Moscow Art Institute after Surikov. Personal exhibitions of his paintings were held not only in the central halls in Russia, but also in Germany, Belgium, Great Britain and India.
Alexander Poltorak
adaptation of the work, the artist
Author of a series of children's books and graphic novels published in the USA and Russia. From 2000-2010 he was the creator of a number of television and educational films and animation videos.
From 2018 to 2021, Dmitry Chukhrai and Alexander Poltorak were the first in Russia to create a large-scale graphic novel “War and Peace” based on the classic work of Leo Tolstoy, which was released on the world market.
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Granovel
Granovel is a creative association that creates and promotes graphic novels based on classical and modern literature, as well as fully voiced and animated video books (full-motion comics).
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- Publication Date April 2024
- Orginal LanguageRussian
- FormatPaperback
- Publish StatusPublished
