The Red Badge of Courage

“Cuzor does an extraordinary job illustrating this in his adaptation. The added details that come in through the line drawing really gives the work a new and exciting perspective.” - Forces of Geek – Lenny Schwartz * Forces of Geek *“The Red Bad of Courage has already cemented its place in American literature. However, it comes alive with Cuzor’s illustrations in this new graphic novel adaptation. Cuzor not only pulls readers into the middle of the hectic and beautifully illustrated battles, but he also offers solemn and unflinching portraits of Civil War soldiers going on their day-to-day.” - Comics Beat – Javier Perez * Comics Beat *“When it comes to the Great American Novel, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more quintessential pick than Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. The book’s unflinching depiction of a soldier’s life during the Civil War made it unique in the literary world upon release, and it also makes it a natural fit to be adapted into a graphic novel. Abrams ComicArts has done just that.” - IGN – Jesse Schedeen * IGN *“Atmospheric…Showcasing Cuzor’s timeless work bringing the classic to comics, and giving new life to Crane’s unforgiving look at the realities of war” - Popverse – Graeme McMillan * Popverse *“Cuzor not only is faithful to the source material and produces a stunning work of art, but he also casts a new lens on how to read the story.” - Freak Sugar – Jed W. Keith * Freak Sugar *“Cuzor’s adaptation brings Crane’s harrowing tale to life with stark, richly detailed illustrations that capture both the chaos of battle and the profound inner turmoil of its protagonist.” - AIPT Comics – David Brooke * AIPT Comics *

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was a groundbreaking and prolific author who began writing at the age of 16. At 24, frustrated by the dry accounts he read of the Civil War, he set out to write a book that focused on the internal conflict of a young Union soldier and changed American literature forever. The Red Badge of Courage won him international praise and radically redefined what a war novel could be. Crane lived in New York and would continue to write until he died of tuberculosis, but none of his subsequent four novels would receive the same critical acclaim.

Steve Cuzor was born in Rennes, France, in 1971. His two great passions are drawing and horses, the latter of which he rode since the age of 13, making him one of the youngest stunt riders ever. Knowing his horse-riding career wouldn’t last forever, he eventually passed the entrance exam for applied arts in Paris. He began to try his hand at comic strips, which he wrote and illustrated himself. This led him to create Black Jack, a series published by Casterman, which tells the story of four kids in New York during Prohibition. He also collaborated on Quintett (Dupuis, 2006) with writer Frank Giroud, and illustrated Black Cotton Star (Pegasus Books, 2020), written by Yves Sente. Cuzor lives and works in France.