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===Comics=== [[File:Conan the Barbarian 14.jpg|right|thumb|''Conan the Barbarian'' No. 14 (March 1972), Elric's second appearance in comics. Cover art by [[Barry Windsor-Smith]].]] The Elric saga has also been adapted for comics and graphic novels several times: * In 1968, the French artist [[Philippe Druillet]] drew the first comics version of ''Elric'' in ''Spirits #1'', written by [[Michel Demuth]], which was published as a book the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/BD-AUT-Druillet-La-Saga-d-Elric-le-Necromancien-119584.html|title=La Saga d'Elric le Nécromancien|website=Bedetheque}}</ref> * In the early 70s [[James Cawthorn (artist)|James Cawthorn]] published his oversized graphic novel ''Stormbringer'' with Savoy Books.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.savoy.abel.co.uk/HTML/storm.html|title=Stormbringer|website=Savoy Book Store}}</ref> * Elric first appeared in large-circulation comics in America in ''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' issues 14–15 (1972), in an adventure in two parts entitled "A Sword Called Stormbringer!" and "The Green Empress of Melniboné". The comic was written by [[Roy Thomas]] and illustrated by [[Barry Windsor-Smith]], based on a story plotted by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn.<ref>{{Cite comic | writer=[[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]] | penciller=[[Barry Windsor-Smith|Windsor-Smith, Barry]] | story=A Sword Called Stormbringer!", "The Green Empress of Melniboné | title=[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]] | volume=1 | issue=14, No. 15 | date=March 1972 | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]}}</ref> * [[Star Reach]] comics published Elric stories in the late 1970s. [[First Comics]] published several ''Elric'' mini-series in the 1980s as well. * [[P. Craig Russell]] has drawn comics adaptations of several Moorcock stories: ''Elric of Melniboné'' (with [[Roy Thomas]] and [[Michael T. Gilbert]], 6-issue mini-series, [[Pacific Comics]], 1983–1984), ''The Dreaming City'' and ''While the Gods Laugh'' (with [[Roy Thomas]], [[Epic Comics]], tpb, [[Marvel Graphic Novel]] No. 2, [[Marvel Comics]], 1982), and ''Stormbringer'' (7-issue [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], 1997, [[trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]], [[Dark Horse Comics]], 224 pages, 1998, {{ISBN|1-56971-336-7}}).<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=47-798 Stormbringer profile and preview]</ref> The character has also been adapted by Walter Simonson, [[Frank Brunner]], [[George Freeman (comics)|George Freeman]], and others in the long-running Elric series at Pacific which Russell had co-created (reportedly tensions between him and Thomas were the reason for his departure). * 2011 marked the launch of another Elric-based comic, ''Elric: The Balance Lost'' by [[BOOM! Studios]]. The series, written by [[Chris Roberson (author)|Chris Roberson]] and drawn by Francesco Biagini, is available in both traditional hard copy and for digital download. * In 2014, ''The Ruby Throne'', the first volume of a new four-volume adaptation of ''Elric of Melniboné'' written by Julien Blondel and illustrated by Didier Poli, Jean Bastide, and Robin Recht, was published by Glenat in France and titan in UK. The second volume, ''Stormbringer'', was published in March 2015 by the same team and publisher. The third volume, entitled ''The White Wolf'', was released in September 2017.<ref name="ElricBD">{{cite web|title=Elric BD Facebook Page|url=https://www.facebook.com/ElriclaBD/photos/a.327741404004656.64860.326773474101449/1048816828563773/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/326773474101449/1048816828563773 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=Elric BD Facebook|publisher=Glénat BD|access-date=15 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The fourth volume, ''The Dreaming City'', was released in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elric: The Dreaming City @ Titan Comics|url=https://titan-comics.com/c/1695-elric-the-dreaming-city/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=titan-comics.com}}</ref> A second cycle of four tomes is beginning in 2024 with the release by GLÉNAT of ELRIC TOME 5 - LE NÉCROMANCIEN (The Necromancer), an adaptation of THE WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF by Julien Blondel and Jean-Luc Carradines Cano, with art by Valentin Sécher.
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