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i'd be willing to bet that if there was a graphic novel, it came long after ...
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The books did come first as shown in the second paragraph
Bond In Books
Titan Books will be presenting their latest reprints of classic James Bond comic strip adventures. First published as daily newspaper strips in the 1960's, Titan have lovingly collected and remastered the strips as graphic novels. Enter the prize draw at the show for your chance to win a complete set of Titan Classics! Penguin USA will be making the trip across the pond to show off their latest Ian Fleming novels with retro artwork specially commissioned for the series.
In 1956 Fleming started selling his novels to be adapted for a comic strip. He was asked to contribute to a series of articles for London's Sunday Times on diamond smuggling. The articles appeared in book form in 1957. Fleming published A successful children's book about a magical car, CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG. "But some motorcars - mine, for instance, and perhaps yours - are different. If you get to like them and understand them, if you are kind to them and don't scratch their paint and bang their doors, if you fill them up and pump them up when they need it, of you keep them clean and polish and out the rain and snow as much as possible, you will find, you MAY find, that they become almost like persons - MORE than just ordinary persons - MAGICAL PERSONS!!!" The story was adapted into a musical film in 1968. Fleming wrote the book for his son, Caspar, who committed suicide at the age of 23.
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