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Road to perdition graphic novel6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Collins twists elements from the film, while also supplying a familiarity to those picking the book up after having seen it. We also have the older and younger O’Sullivans taking refuge on a farm and bounty hunters chasing them, although the latter pair feature throughout the book, not just the opening chapter. It’s speculated, for instance, that Connor Looney’s behaviour in the original book stemmed from a jealousy of the trust his gang leading father placed in O’Sullivan. Having by this time seen the film before release, or certainly the shooting script, for ‘Oasis’, Collins adapts his own material to the changes made for the movie. ![]() As O’Sullivan and his son crisscrossed the Tri-State area in the original graphic novel there were gaps in the narrative, enabling Collins to set new exploits in the same timeframe. ![]() ‘Oasis’, ‘Sanctuary’ and ‘Detour’, initially released individually under the title On the Road to Perdition, are now combined as Road to Perdition 2. It certainly adapted well to cinema screens, and around the same time creator Max Allan Collins wrote three further short graphic novels featuring Michael O’Sullivan, the 1930s hitman known as the Angel of Death. The original Road to Perdition was a sleeper hit, possibly appreciated more on publication by those less familiar with graphic novels than the comic buying public. ![]()
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