While doing some research on the short stories (The Oval Portrait in particular), I came across a graphic adaptation of many of Poe's short stories. The book includes adaptations of The Raven, The Black Cat, The Oval Portrait, and The Tell-Tale Heart. There is also brief illustrated biography of Poe (which is, perhaps, not the most educational).
I thought it would be interesting to explore as potential inspiration, and it was. Somewhat. As I mentioned, the stories are all adaptations, but some are more loose than others. The Oval Portrait, for instance, is set in 1968 Hollywood where the painter has become a photographer and his wife, some random girl. Even though it's pretty cheesy and retains little of Poe's pseudo-supernatural style, we did like one idead it presented. The adaptation showed the "painter" going through many, many drafts. We think this may be a great fit for our piece! Oh, and the character of the "wife" was named Lily. We though that was pretty great too.
I'll bring it to class on Thursday for everyone to take a look at. Some of the other stories are even more... obscure. Like The Black Cat, where the black cat is a panther in a travelling circus. I never say they were good adaptations!
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