On May 22, the first volume will be released of "The Graphic Canon," a three-volume anthology of classic literature adapted into graphic and visual form. The books are edited by Russ Kick and published by Seven Stories, and include everything from the epic of Gilgamesh to Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" to David Foster Wallace.

There will be a launch event for the book at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York on May 23, with editor Kick and contributors Molly Crabapple, Sanya Glisic and Gareth Hinds.

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