Can a graphic novel successfully make the transition to a live action feature film?

We here at DCist want to send a public congratulatory note to our colleagues in London who are currently celebrating the awarding of the 2012 Olympics to the British capital. In the end it came down to London and Paris. And Londonist couldn’t help injecting some cross-Straits of Dover (or is it Pas de Calais?) jabs into the celebration. From Londonist: “Napoleon, Francois Mitterand, Charles de Gaulle, Eric Cantona, Serge Gainsbourg, Gustave Eiffel, Johnny Halliday!!!…