Matthew Dow Smith

I'm extreemely happy that they chose to write a graphic novel about John Winchester rather than Sam and Dean. The brothers may be the main characters of the series, but the regular novels are already expansions of their adventures in the tv series, and I fear that a graphic novel adaptation would be much of the same. Saturating the market with every medium in which a story can be published can be a very effective marketting technique, but it has to be done in a way that fans do not feel like they are being overwhelmed with material that is all the same.

I have to mention my disappointment with the artwork style though. The series (both the tv series and the graphic novel medium) may be marketted towards men/boys, but that does not mean that they will not respond positively to aesthetically pleasing artwork. Sure, Supernatural is gritty and grim, but cinematic qualities of the tv series are always exceptional, and the artwork of the graphic novel should reflect that. Artistic unity is important in keeping your readers happy (it created symbiosis between genres and storylines), but the artwork is so simplistic that it could definitely be considered sloppy, and causes nothing but disgruntledness from this series fan!… (plus d'informations)