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ANNA + ELENA BALBUSSO: BEOWULF

May 20, 2013

Anna + Elena Balbusso’s latest picture book is a retelling of the epic poem "Beowulf," produced by Black Cat Publishing. Anna and Elena created the cover, 12 full-page color illustrations and ten chapter header spots. 

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Set in Scandinavia, the Old English heroic verse is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the help of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall (in Heorot) has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel…

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