This is an all-new visual adaptation by artist Sam Shearon, adapted by Mark Miller and Ben Meares, and created specifically for Madefires Motion Books format.
Although most of Clive Barkers Books of Blood stories have previously been adapted for comic books, TV and film, the creative team behind this project believes that the new Motion Books version will be the most faithful adaptation of the Books of Blood stories ever seen.
“What we have done with the Books of Blood is, I assure you, nothing short of astonishing, said Barker in a press release. Prepare yourselves for an experience the likes of which you’ve never seen.”
Motion Books are an immersive audio-visual reading format that is creating a new medium for visual storytelling by combining art, text and sound. Motion Books stories serve as a living storyboard that draws readers in while opening up new levels of creative expression for authors and visual artists.
The Books of Blood stories were adapted for Motion Books format in partnership with Seraphim, Clive Barkers production company.
Clive Barker is directly supervising the adaptations, art and build of each Motion Book to ensure that the adaptation and reading experience is as faithful as possible to the mood and intention of the original stories. The first Clive Barker Books of Blood Motion Book is now available via Madefire and DeviantART, listed as Books of Blood Issue 1.
The first half of the first issue is free, and the rest of the story can be downloaded for 99 cents. Each subsequent issue will be priced at $1.99. Subsequent stories from Books of Blood, Volume 1 will be published as part of a 12-part series of Motion Books. Barkers creative team at Seraphim plans to create Motion Books versions of every story from all six volumes of the Books of Blood, presented in their original order, along with bonus Motion Books adaptations of other more obscure Clive Barker stories. Clive Barker is a longtime comic book fan, visual artist and filmmaker, and he stated that he is intrigued to see his first major series of horror stories adapted to the highly visually interactive and emotionally impactful Madefire Motion Books format.
