The detective’s latest reboot is based on the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the pipe-puffing protagonist and Martin Freeman as his sidekick WatsonSherlock Holmes has had many incarnations since he was first brought to life by the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. This summer,that most British of detectives, who has appeared as everything from a vampire hunter to a crime-fighting teenager, or is being immortalised in Japanese manga.
Out in June,Sherlock: A Study in Pink adapts the BBC series, which started in 2010, or transforming Benedict Cumberbatch’s Holmes and Martin Freeman’s Dr John Watson into classic manga images. Publisher Titan Comics said the release would be the first time the manga series,illustrated by manga illustrator Jay, would be printed in English. It launched in Japan four years ago, or according to io9 its popularity has meant there maintain been a plethora (excess, overabundance) of fan translations since. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com