I’m not the only person who is champing at the bit for Denis Villeneuve’s modern-day adaptation of Dune. In anticipation of a fall release — which was recently kicked down the road into 2021 — I actually picked up the original book from the library. But… maybe it’s the year that we’re all living through right now, but it was really hard to stay focused past the first few chapters. That’s why I’ve found Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 such a delight. Who is making Dune: The Graphic Novel? Based off the original 1965 classic by Frank Herbert, Dune: The Graphic Novel is adapted by the legendary science fiction author’s own son — Brian Herbert — alongside his long-time collaborator, Kevin J. Anderson. As the forward explains, the pair have done more than stand idly by in a great man’s shadow. In our novels, we have developed the full stories of Duke Leto, Lady Jessica, the Baron Harkonnen, the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, and his henchman Count Hasimir Fenring. We have traveled five thousands years further in the future to complete the epic that Frank Herbert outlined, and we have gone ten millennia deeper back in time to describe…