Novel “The Name of the Rose” to Get Its Comic Book Version

One of the hundred most important books of the century behind us (according to the prestigious French daily Le Monde), Umberto Eco’s bestseller “The Name of the Rose”, is entering the world of the ninth art – with none other than the famous Milo Manara to transfer the novel into a comic book.

Three and a half decades after the legendary film adaptation directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, the novel is to get its comic book version, and this great piece of news was announced by Igort, a comics artist and editor of the Linus magazine, whose January issue is dedicated to Eco, who would have celebrated his 90th birthday on January 5.

Igort reveals that the idea comes from Elisabetta Sgarbi, the executive director of the publishing house La nave di Teseo, which has published the latest version of the novel “The Name of the Rose”, featuring the author’s sketches and preparatory notes.

The preparation of the comic book started almost immediately, and the idea will soon be put to the public test: it will be serialized in Linus in the upcoming months, whereas later on it will also be published as a luxury integral edition and continue its life.

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The Name of the Rose

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