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My name is Jim Bosomworth, and I have put this site together to provide a resource where anyone who is interested in the 1940's Italian Beowulf adaptation, written by Henry Basari and with art by C. Caesar, can view the original and read it translated into English. The copy that was used for this site is not from the original printing of this adaptation but from a later reprint, and as a result some of the images are not as sharp as I would have liked - this is an issue I will be working on in the future. I have made a concerted effort to translate the work so that it reflects the intent of the original writer, but I will also gratefully accept any input that will make the translation more accurate. Please feel free to contact me. This site is meant to be educational, and all contents from the original text are copyright (c) the creators and their publishers. You can also find information on a wide variety of comic book adaptations of the poem and its characters at beowulfin2d.weebly.com
You may also be interested in the following:
Francesco Giusti's site analyzing this adaptation can be found at
www.academia.edu/1813209/Il_Beowulf_nel_Novecento_il_fumetto_e_il_romanzo
Marijane Osborn's site annotating a wide variety of adaptations can be found at
www.acmrs.org/academic-programs/online-resources/beowulf-list
I have also created a site that focuses on all comic adaptations of the poem and/or that uses characters from or named for those in the poem. You may find this site here: http://beowulfin2d.weebly.com/
Also, for those who find this site to be useful or interesting, please considering supporting Hero Initiative at http://www.heroinitiative.org/
Hero Initiative is an organization dedicated to supporting comic book creators, many of whom spent their entire careers freelance and with no pension or insurance opportunities. In these days where millions of dollars are generated by characters and storylines that first appeared in comics, we often forget that the people responsible for them often get nothing.
My name is Jim Bosomworth, and I have put this site together to provide a resource where anyone who is interested in the 1940's Italian Beowulf adaptation, written by Henry Basari and with art by C. Caesar, can view the original and read it translated into English. The copy that was used for this site is not from the original printing of this adaptation but from a later reprint, and as a result some of the images are not as sharp as I would have liked - this is an issue I will be working on in the future. I have made a concerted effort to translate the work so that it reflects the intent of the original writer, but I will also gratefully accept any input that will make the translation more accurate. Please feel free to contact me. This site is meant to be educational, and all contents from the original text are copyright (c) the creators and their publishers. You can also find information on a wide variety of comic book adaptations of the poem and its characters at beowulfin2d.weebly.com
You may also be interested in the following:
Francesco Giusti's site analyzing this adaptation can be found at
www.academia.edu/1813209/Il_Beowulf_nel_Novecento_il_fumetto_e_il_romanzo
Marijane Osborn's site annotating a wide variety of adaptations can be found at
www.acmrs.org/academic-programs/online-resources/beowulf-list
I have also created a site that focuses on all comic adaptations of the poem and/or that uses characters from or named for those in the poem. You may find this site here: http://beowulfin2d.weebly.com/
Also, for those who find this site to be useful or interesting, please considering supporting Hero Initiative at http://www.heroinitiative.org/
Hero Initiative is an organization dedicated to supporting comic book creators, many of whom spent their entire careers freelance and with no pension or insurance opportunities. In these days where millions of dollars are generated by characters and storylines that first appeared in comics, we often forget that the people responsible for them often get nothing.