Oscar Wilde’s Gothic Fantasy Masterpiece Gets a Darkly Gorgeous Reimagining [Exclusive]

What is better than Oscar Wilde's novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray? Not much, but Enrique Corominas' fresh take on the classic story is set to level up the classic tale. The new graphic novel adapts Wilde's story of beauty, youth, and the terrifying portrait hiding in the attic. Today, Collider is thrilled to bring you an exclusive look at the story, with the cover and several pages from Corominas' graphic novel. Corominas' Dorian Gray is available now for pre-order on sites like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Forbidden Planet for the UK and Europe.

This adaptation of Dorian Gray is described as follows: "How easy it is for innocence to be corrupted. This is the crux of the story of Dorian Gray, a young handsome man from London who gets seduced by the hedonism of the upper class and the ultra-wealthy. When eccentric artist Basil Hallward paints Dorian Gray, Basil and his wealthy friends are encapsulated with his beauty. Lord Wotton, a hedonistic aristocrat and one of Basil’s friends, introduces Dorian to a life of luxury and debauchery. A life without consequence. But realizing that his fleeting beauty is the only reason for his inclusion, Dorian Gray sells his soul and attains eternal youth. However, the famed portrait now ages, injures, and damages. But how far can a man go without his humanity?"

In Corominas' version of the story, the illustrations are long and almost inhuman, as the portrait eventually becomes in Wilde's novel. Corominas' hauntingly beautiful style works incredibly well within the world. In our sneak peek below, we get to see a panel about the attic, one of Dorian in his room, and more, with a cool tone to the panels as a whole. The cover art that Corominas did is evocative, with Dorian pressed against the grotesque portrait that haunts him after selling his soul.

The scores below reveal your true character. Your highest number is your match. Even a tie tells a story — the Fellowship was never made of simple people.

You carry something heavy — and you carry it alone, even when you don't have to. You were not born for greatness, and that is precisely why greatness chose you. Your courage is not the roaring, sword-swinging kind; it is quiet, stubborn, and terrifying in its refusal to quit. The Ring weighs on you more than anyone can see, and still you walk toward the fire. That is not weakness. That is the rarest kind of strength there is.

You are, without question, the best of them. Not the most powerful, not the most celebrated — but the most essential. Your loyalty is not a trait; it is a force of nature. You would carry the person you love up the slopes of Mount Doom if it came to that, and we both know you'd do it without being asked. The world needs more people like you, and the world is lucky it has even one.

You were born to lead, and you have spent years running from it. The crown is yours by right, but you know better than anyone that right means nothing without the will and the worthiness to back it up. You are tempered by loss, shaped by long roads, and defined by a code of honour you hold to even when no one is watching. When you finally step forward, the world shifts. Because it was always waiting for you.

You have seen more than you let on, and you say less than you know — which is exactly as it should be. You are a catalyst: you do not fight the battles yourself, you ignite the people who can. Your wisdom comes not from books but from an age of watching what happens when it is ignored. You arrive precisely when you mean to, and your presence alone changes what is possible. A wizard is never late.

Graceful, perceptive, and almost preternaturally calm under pressure — you see things others miss and act before others react. You do not need to make a scene to be remarkable; your presence speaks for itself. You are loyal to those you choose to stand beside, and that choice is not made lightly. You have lived long enough to know that the most beautiful things in this world are also the most fragile, and that is why you fight to protect them.

You are loud, proud, and absolutely formidable — and beneath all of that is one of the most fiercely loyal hearts in Middle-earth. You don't do anything by half measures. Your friendships are forged like iron, your grudges run as deep as mines, and your courage in battle is the kind that makes legends. You came into this fellowship suspicious of everyone and ended it willing to die for an elf. That is not a small thing. That is everything.

You think in centuries and act in absolutes. Order, dominion, control — not because you are cruel by nature, but because you have decided that the world left to itself always falls apart, and you are the only one with the vision and the will to hold it together. You were not always this. Something was lost, or taken, or betrayed, and the version of you that stands now is the answer to that wound. The tragedy is that you're not entirely wrong — just entirely too far gone to course-correct.

You are a study in contradiction — pitiable and dangerous, cunning and broken, capable of both cruelty and something that once resembled love. You are defined by loss: of innocence, of self, of the one thing that gave your existence meaning. Two voices war inside you constantly, and the tragedy is that the better one sometimes wins, just not often enough, and never at the right moment. You are a warning, yes — but also a mirror. We are all a little Gollum, given the right ring and enough time.

The story of Dorian Gray is one that people often go back to. Most recently, Succession star Sarah Snook did a one-woman show of the story, playing Basil, Dorian, and everyone in between. The use of pre-recorded video helped her to act against herself in some moments. Then, there are the movie adaptations, including the 1945 film starring Angela Lansbury, as well as the 2009 version, which featured Westworld and Shadow & Bone star Ben Barnes as Dorian himself. Many have taken to Wilde's work, and now new fans can experience its allure with Corominas' breathtaking illustrated version.

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