Sherlock: A Study in Pink

Sherlock: A Study in Pink is the manga adaptation of the first episode of BBC's Sherlock.  I don't know about the few people who read this blog, but I'm a huge fan of Sherlock, and while I've never read any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original work, I've seen each episode, most more than once.  It should come as no surprise that I love this adaptation by the manga artist, Jay.  "A Study in Pink" is the first Sherlock episode, where he meets Dr. Watson in the 21st century, they become roommates, and they solve a "serial suicide" case.

I do read a fair amount of manga, although I'm far from an expert.  I don't draw anymore, and I never drew faces, although I studied a touch of art in college.  What impresses me about this comic is the way Jay creates such expressive faces and the way he creates action.  The dialogue is taken pretty much directly from Steven Moffat's and Mark Gatiss's scripts.  Nothing silly has been done like translating into Japanese and back into English again.  That certainly wouldn't do.