I love seeing how a writer takes an old story and gives it a new twist.  Melissa Sweet, author/illustrator of Carmine, A Little More Red, gives several twists to her picture book.  Not only is an updated story, but it also is a unique alphabet book, with some comic book style additions.  This book was published by Houghton Mifflin (2005).

Read more about Melissa at her website:  http://www.melissasweet.net/index2.php