Review: Jane
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Review: Jane

By Dustin Cabeal

On paper, I’m the wrong demographic for Jane. It’s a modern day adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, which I have never read. I could go either way on modern day adaptations as well; sometimes it’s interesting to see how they pan out other times they’re this weird hybrid of old and new that doesn’t quite make it. If we explore further, I’m not a fan of screen writers or TV writers writing comics. Archaia’s owner BOOM! has produced more than a few stories by Hollywood writers that I have outright loathed.

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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Co-Creator Reimagines "Jane Eyre" at BOOM!
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Co-Creator Reimagines "Jane Eyre" at BOOM!

By Dustin Cabeal

Don't get me wrong, I'm curious about this graphic novel. Here's the but, BOOM! has been announcing a lot of Hollywood writers on their comics and that's disheartening. Even when I didn't love something the publisher published I always respected the fact that they were still heavy on the comic book development side of the business. The broke in new writers and artists yearly, but now... from the writer of Legally Blonde, from the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. It's like they're patrolling the back lots of Fox looking for writers. I'm not excited by this because it's starting to look like a trend. We'll see, ECCC is just around the corner.

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