Paul Brizzi – illustratör

Acclaimed animators Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi adapt Dante’s literary classic Inferno in the sweeping, dramatic style that brought The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Fantasia 2000 to lifeIn this powerful graphic novel adaptation, each layer of Hell reveals monsters, gods, historical and mythological kings, philosophers, queens, and hordes of the miserable, faceless damned, all culminating in a confrontation with Lucifer himself.Literary aficionados will appreciate this decadent graphic novel adaptation, which does not seek to sand down the source material.And adults whose imaginations were fueled by films like Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame as children, which the Brizzi brothers animated sequences for, will be swept up in this lushly illustrated adult fable, unfettered by the demands of corporate animation studios.Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi make this famously dense literary classic accessible without distorting it and betraying the spirit of the Italian genius. They deftly translate it into comics while taking care to preserve the heart of the story: a taste for excess, dramatic tension, and the inevitable darkness of the subject matter.Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante crosses the nine circles of Hell to find his beloved, Beatrice, in Paradise. Along the way, he must recognize and reject each of the incarnations of sin.In each circle of Hell, Dante confronts both sinners and demons, from Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Paris, whose loves were famously their downfall, to the Greek Furies and Medusa, to heretics like Epicurus, whose teachings claimed that the soul died with the body, now forced to writhe in a flaming tomb for eternity.

Following graphic novel adaptations of Dante’s Inferno and Don Quixote, and timed with the upcoming film and anime adaptations of The Phantom of the Opera, comes an all-new graphic novel retelling by Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi, the legendary Disney animators who brought The Hunchback of Notre Dame to the silver screenPerfectly timed for a revival of interest in The Phantom of the Opera, this graphic novel adaptation brings the story away from the stage and back to the page in the style of the lushly illustrated, dramatic graphic novel adaptations that the famed animator and author siblings Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi are known for.The 1986 Andrew Lloyd Weber musical adaptation of the novel is a modern-day pop culture phenomenon, a production that is synonymous with musical theater with over 10,000 performances, it is the longest running Broadway musical of all time. The musical has also been adapted to the screen, with a 2004 film starring Gerard Butler and an upcoming remake is in the works.This Brizzi brothers’ adaptation of the famous novel brings some of the visual magic behind Disney’s gothic masterpiece The Hunchback of Notre Dame to The Phantom of the Opera, making it a unique interpretation and a must-read graphic novel for fans of gothic horror, romance, animation, and musical theater.

Legendary Disney animator siblings Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi present a spectacular new graphic novel adaptation of Don Quixote, sure to be embraced by the many fans of their bestselling version of Dante’s Inferno.Perfect for fans of art history, classic literature, and animation, this Brizzi brothers’ adaptation of Don Quixote leaps off the page and brings the man of La Mancha to life for a new generation of readers.Don Quixote, first published in 1605, is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish-language novel of all time, and has been published in every major language across 700 editions. A satire of the chivalric romance, it was the first Spanish novel to use everyday language and observations.Upon publication, it became an overnight success, reaching such a frenzy of popularity that by April of the same year, people dressed as its main characters in masquerades held to celebrate the birth of Philip IV of Spain.More than 400 years later, Don Quixote is as popular as ever, having been adapted to nearly every medium, and continuously referenced in pop culture. Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi bring their historically influenced Disney animator style and prestige to this adaptation, elevating it into an instant graphic novel classic.