Production Group
On the basis of classic and contemporary literature we create:
Graphic novels
Video books (full-motion comics)
GraNovel
«Why talk when you can't express in words what you feel?»
L.N. Tolstoy
Video games
Granovel is a project that has brought together:
Authors and creators of graphic novels
ABOUT PROJECT
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Experts of book market
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Professional television producers
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Project objective:
Our project is dedicated to bringing classic and contemporary literature to life through the art of graphic novels and full-motion comics. By merging timeless stories with stunning visuals, we aim to make these works more engaging and accessible to modern audiences. Whether through beautifully illustrated pages or immersive animated experiences, we strive to preserve the essence of these stories while offering a fresh, creative perspective.
Our project is dedicated to bringing classic and contemporary literature to life through the art of graphic novels and full-motion comics. By merging timeless stories with stunning visuals, we aim to make these works more engaging and accessible to modern audiences. Whether through beautifully illustrated pages or immersive animated experiences, we strive to preserve the essence of these stories while offering a fresh, creative perspective.
«The greatest truth is the most simple one»
L.N. Tolstoy
We aspire to:
OUR MISSION
Give a new lease of life to classical works through original adaptations
Make graphic novels a part of a world mass culture
Develop a new line in contemporary art: a video book (full-motion comics)
Cinematize good quality graphic adaptations
Involve youth in creating media formats for time-tested literary works
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«It's amazing what one ray of sunshine can do to a person's soul!»
F.M. Dostoyevsky
Graphic adaptations help to:
GRAPHIC NOVELS
discover a classic novel through the eyes of contemporary artists
remember and revive a book you have read
percept complex classical images
immerse deeper into the historical era
interpret famous works in a new format
encourage creativity and imagination
War and Peace
The novel “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy has been recreated using the technology of modern graphic art: a drawing made in ink and water-color, assembled into one composition and digitized.
The signature volume of graphics inherent in the genre and turning the novel into a real work of art is achieved exclusively with live water-colors and the skill of the creators.
The graphic novel “War and Peace” was released in English in September 2022 and just 3 months after the start of global sales, it entered the “Top 10 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature” in the United States according to Screen Rant. After another 3 months, the project entered the “Top 10 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature” in the United Kingdom.
The signature volume of graphics inherent in the genre and turning the novel into a real work of art is achieved exclusively with live water-colors and the skill of the creators.
The graphic novel “War and Peace” was released in English in September 2022 and just 3 months after the start of global sales, it entered the “Top 10 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature” in the United States according to Screen Rant. After another 3 months, the project entered the “Top 10 Best Graphic Adaptations of Classic Literature” in the United Kingdom.
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” was created using a technology that has already become traditional, which combines ink and water-color in one image: ink is graphic, and water-color is volume and halftones.
The graphic novel “Crime and Punishment” is one of the largest graphic novels in color in the world and the closest adaptation to the original novel.
The graphic novel “Crime and Punishment” is one of the largest graphic novels in color in the world and the closest adaptation to the original novel.
«Am I a trembling creature or do I have the right?»
F.M. Dostoyevsky
Video adaptation of a graphic novel or full-motion comic strip
VIDEOBOOKS
Video book is the full-motion comics based on graphic novel adaptation of classic literature and is a new media format of a literary and artistic work, made in the form of a film and reproduced from any video medium.
Video book as an alternative channel for getting acquainted with classical literature.
Go to the cinema, watch a book!
Video book as an alternative channel for getting acquainted with classical literature.
Go to the cinema, watch a book!
«It is better to know a little about truly good and necessary things than a lot of mediocre and unnecessary stuff»
L.N. Tolstoy
Videobook
SOON
«War and Peace»
Videobook
SOON
«Crime and Punishment»
Dmitry Chukhrai and Alexander Poltorak are not only co-authors of the projects, but also siblings.
AUTHORS
Dmitry Chukhrai
main artist
The artist graduated from the Moscow Art Institute after Surikov. Personal exhibitions of his paintings were held not only in the central halls in Russia, but also in Germany, Belgium, Great Britain and India.
Alexander Poltorak
adaptation of the work, the artist
Author of a series of children's books and graphic novels published in the USA and Russia. From 2000-2010 he was the creator of a number of television and educational films and animation videos.
From 2018 to 2021, Dmitry Chukhrai and Alexander Poltorak were the first in Russia to create a large-scale graphic novel “War and Peace” based on the classic work of Leo Tolstoy, which was released on the world market.
«Knowledge is only knowledge when it is acquired through the efforts of one’s thoughts, and not through memory»
L.N. Tolstoy
What the press says:
MEDIA
«Pass us by and forgive us our happiness!»
F.M. Dostoyevsky