Dark Calling (23 page)
FLIP YOUR BOOK OVER
TO THE “BACK” TO
ENJOY A PREVIEW OF
PAGES 29-40 OF THE
MANGA ADAPTAION
OF DARREN SHAN’S
CIRQUE DU FREAK!
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DARREN SHAN
TAKAHIRO ARAI
Translation: Stephen Paul • Lettering: AndWorld Design
Original Cover Design: Hitoshi SHIRAYAMA + Bay Bridge Studio
DARREN SHAN Vol. 1 © 2006 by Darren Shan, Takahiro ARAI. All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published in Japan in 2006 by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo. Artworks reproduction rights in U.S.A. and Canada arranged with Shogakukan Inc. through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., Tokyo.
English translation © 2009 Darren Shan
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Cirque Du Freak: The Manga
was originally created and published in Japanese which reads right-to-left as opposed to left-to-right as in English. For the purposes of maintaining the integrity of the art and story flow of the book, that right-to-left orientation is reflected in this English-language edition of
Cirque Du Freak
, giving the impression that the book reads back-to-front.
For someone who has never before read a book this way, it can seem disconcerting at first but is really quite easy. Simply begin reading at the upper right hand corner of the page and move through the word balloons and the panels in a right-to-left progression. The diagram below will help give you a feel for the “movement” of the story:
