The Final Problem: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel
By Petr Kopl
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It has been a number of years since I first encountered comics. I cannot even remember the first one. Among these were Foglar’s Fast arrows (Rychlé šípy), which was read with much excitement in old tattered copies of magazines such as Mladý hlasatel or Vpřed. It was much later that the ABC and Čtyřlístek magazines were added to the list. Over time, classic newspaper strips appeared from the USA containing favourite comic book characters such as Peanuts by Charles Schultze, which featured my favourite character, Snoopy. This all happened at some point in the 1970s, by which time I was already deeply engaged with Sherlock Holmes, supported by the various clippings sent to me by fellow Sherlockian and collector from Washington. From then on, my encounters with comics were infrequent, usually only if the genre was of particular interest to me.
However, two years ago, I bought two comics at once - two completely different concepts and adaptations of the same story, probably the best-known detective story in the world today - the Hound of the Baskervilles. In the first case, it was a completely traditional retelling and artistic rendering of the story. Sherlock