Kafka Comics

There is a spe­cial place in my heart for Kafka com­ics. If you think you may be sim­il­arly inclined, check out The Meta­morph­osis and The Trial and then check out this abso­lute gem over at The Mod­ern World;

“A Little Fable” (“Kleine Fabel,” in the ori­ginal Ger­man) is a paragraph-long short story mas­ter­piece by Kafka. I ran across a won­der­ful mini-comic adapt­a­tion of it by the Amer­ican comic book artist Vin­cent Stall around 2004. I con­tac­ted Vin­cent, who gra­ciously allowed us to re-publish the comic online here at The Mod­ern Word. I was plan­ning to post it when Vincent’s graphic novel, Brass Tack, was to be pub­lished, but when Brass Tack got delayed this some­how fell through the cracks, as well. Finally, again with Vincent’s bless­ing, we present this adapt­a­tion to you.