Michael did some very interesting character sketches, no question, and I would have enjoyed seeing what he did with the art, but I just couldn't agree to how much Scholastic wanted to compress and simplify the story. Kaluta, with me scripting, but it never got off the ground. The art was going to be done by Michael Wm. Eventually he wants to see everything of mine available in graphic form, and he felt it made sense to start with "The Last Unicorn." Our first attempt was a one-volume deal with Scholastic's Graphix line.
The idea of a comic adaptation actually started with my business manager/agent/editor friend Connor Cochran, who worked in the comics field back in the '70s and '80s. I certainly want people to know about my other books and stories, of course, but if "The Last Unicorn" is destined to be the best known, then let it be known as widely as possible, so long as the different versions are done well. Beagle: When "The Last Unicorn" first came out in 1968, I was warned by a fellow writer that "this is going to be the book that people know, who don't know you ever wrote anything else." Well, if that's the way it is, then that's the way it is. The fortieth anniversary edition of Beagle's "The Last Unicorn" Peter S.
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