Ian Fleming's literary debut of British Secret Service agent 007 is stylishly adapted to the sequential art medium by Van Jensen and Matt Southworth in the official Casino Royale graphic novel. Writer Van Jensen said, "there's a very obvious reason why I wanted to tackle the adaptation of CR because it's James damned Bond! Also, when I cracked open Ian Fleming's first 007 novel (I had read it years before), it also immediately appealed to me as a great creative challenge."