The monkey God / adapted by Jean David Morvan and Yann Le Gal, script ; Jian Yi, art.
By: Chengten, Wu [author]
Contributor(s): Gal, Yann Le | Morvan, Jean David | Yi, Jian
Series: Classics illustrated deluxe, 12Publisher: New York : Papercutz Printing / 2014Description: 74 leaves : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781629910611Subject(s): Demonology -- Comic books, strips, etc | Hunters -- Comic books, strips, etc | Adventure graphic novels | Fantasy graphic novels | China -- Comic books, strips, etcDDC classification: 741.5973 Summary: Excerpted from "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature, comes the supernatural adventure story of the Monkey God. 500 years after being imprisoned by the Buddha, Sun Wukong, the Monkey God, has been freed. The Bodhisattva Guanyin (a Buddhist who has reached Enlightenment) is on a pilgrimage from China to India to retrieve an ancient Buddhist text, and has enlisted Sun Wukong to protect him on his journey in exchange for his freedom. Guanyin's safety on the journey will be under constant threat from bandits, demons, and other supernatural beings.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY - JHS | HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY - JHS SUBJECT REFERENCE | 741.5973 C4218 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | CITU-HS-JHS6460 |
Includes a preview of Classics Illustrated #19 "The adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Excerpted from "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classic Novels in Chinese literature, comes the supernatural adventure story of the Monkey God. 500 years after being imprisoned by the Buddha, Sun Wukong, the Monkey God, has been freed. The Bodhisattva Guanyin (a Buddhist who has reached Enlightenment) is on a pilgrimage from China to India to retrieve an ancient Buddhist text, and has enlisted Sun Wukong to protect him on his journey in exchange for his freedom. Guanyin's safety on the journey will be under constant threat from bandits, demons, and other supernatural beings.
700-799 741.5
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