Product Description

This is Bo Hampton's 1993 Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a faithful adaptation of Washington Irving's tale surrounding the ghostly inhabitants of Tarrytown, New York around the time of the American Revolution. The cast of characters is headed up by the Headless Horseman himself! This edition boasts new covers and 16 pages of new material, including numerous preliminary sketches of scenes and characters.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #999417 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gorgeously illustrated, this is the entire version of Sleepy Hollow, made much more entertaining. It makes a great gift.

so so .. at best.. and NO diaologue.. NONE
i was quite bummed when i opened this book only to find out that there is NO SPEECH BUBBLES. theres no diaologue or how ever you spell it. only the narrator describing what is happening. the art is nice and dark and is appropriate. it follows the original story as best as i know. but like i said the whole comic is voicec overed so to speak. hope this helps.

It didn't go beyond cute
Yes, I love Ichabod Crane. He is cute and quirky and Washington Irving does an efficient job in garnering sympathy for the plot's protagonist. And I hoped for his best as he tried desperately to escape the woes of the Headless Hessian and win the heart of Katrina. But that's the only positive I saw in this short story.

The whole plot never went beyond lethargic and boring. And this wasn't because of the time period as this time period inspired future horror writer Edgar Allen Poe. The town's name is a good representation of what goes on in this town. And the grand jerk of the story, Brom Bones, wasn't depicted as the truly evil and seductive man out to ruin everyone and benefit only himself. He wasn't the fun guy everyone loves to hate. In fact, if I were him, I would have at least been feeling the same feelings he was. The writing style wasn't impressive and I really wasn't at the edge of my seat. I honestly wanted effective suspense with short syntax and frigtening diction, as Poe and Hawthorne do so effectively in their works. I haven't seen the movie yet, but it must be an improvement since it has Johnny Depp and special effects to replace the lacking substance within the plot.