He aims his satiric eye at bureaucracies, politics and society as a whole as well as wizards, warlocks, and barbarians.Īs you can imagine, the Discworld novels are tricky ones to adapt into any form, yet beg - almost scream - to make the jump to comic books. Pratchett’s writing is laugh-out-loud funny and he uses these novels to poke fun not only at sci-fi/fantasy conventions but also the world in general. If Monty Python wrote The Lord of the Rings, you might get similar results.

If that last description sounds a little weird or wacky to you, well, welcome to Pratchett’s Discworld. The Discworld that all the characters live on is a disc is supported by four elephants who stand on the back of a giant turtle that swims through space. It takes place in a shared universe where the hero of one novel might be a supporting character in the next and the villain in the one after. And in celebration of Discworld’s 25th anniversary, Harper Collins reprinted these comics in a special hardcover edition.įor those of you unfamiliar with Discworld, the series is a mixture of science-fiction, fantasy, and comedy. Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series has been around for over 25 years, spawned 36 novels and has been adapted into movies, plays and, yes, even comics.

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