Comic book writer takes graphic look at Greek tale

Arlington, Texas-based writer David Hopkins, recently named "Best Local Comic-Book Writer" by the Dallas Observer, is adapting "Antigone" to comic-book format with artist Tom Kurzanski for Silent Devil Press.

Hopkins was inspired to write "Antigone" by Antony Johnston's "Julius," a modern retelling of "Julius Caesar" in comic-book format.

"I wanted to take a story I was familiar with, like 'Antigone,' and give my own spin," Hopkins said in an e-mail interview. "The Oedipus story is a wonderful mythic take on the dysfunctional family, which as a subject has always intrigued me." Hopkins said adapting the work of Sophocles was more difficult than he had originally assumed.

"I wanted something that a hardened Greek scholar could read and give the thumbs-up," Hopkins said.

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