Look Here, Read: Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony,” adapted for comics by Leo Duranona

From the out-of-print collection Kafka: The Execution by Leopoldo Duranona (Fantagraphics Books, 1989), here’s the title story, “The Execution,” which is based on Kafka’s original short story, “In the Penal Colony“:

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To view all of the stories with art (or art and script) by Duranona that I’ve posted thus far (including two more of the artist’s Kafka adaptations), click here.

One thought on “Look Here, Read: Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony,” adapted for comics by Leo Duranona

  1. I never pictured Der Führer as the principal character when reading “In the Penal Colony,” but I suppose Duranona wanted to make an additional statement to Kafka’s story.

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