Those contents, at least on the surface, look like just another pastiche of Arthurian mythos, albeit this time of a more free-wheeling nature and with a decidedly #MeToo cast. Miller here contributes 30 black-and-white illustrations and 8 full-color ones, making this book an item Miller completists will snap up regardless of how they feel about the book’s actual contents.
But Cursed has another and in some quarters much more powerful attraction: it’s copiously illustrated by comics legend Frank Miller, the, let’s just say quirky, genius behind legendary creations like 300, Sin City, and of course Batman: Dark Knight Returns. That’s the dream of nearly every YA author currently out there busily plagiarizing their betters, and it alone would be sufficient reason to garner Wheeler’s book more than what might be seen as its due share of attention. When the little round sticker on the cover of Thomas Wheeler’s new YA novel Cursed says “Soon to be a Netflix original series,” it’s not kidding around: the actors involved were sprung from rehab months ago the publicity stills have already made the rounds, and the whole thing is lumbering to an iPad near you before the year is out.
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