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The Divine Comedy is a 2004 illustrated adaptation of Dante's classic poem. It consists of Marcus Sanders' translation of the poem into colloquial modern American English and illustrations by Sandow Birk. Birk's illustrations are based on the classics by Gustave Dore, but relocate them to modern urban locations. Sanders' translation often makes references to famous contemporary people, placing them in appropriate places in Heaven and Hell.

The work was published in three volumes: the Inferno, the Purgatorio and the Paradiso. The Inferno is set in Los Angeles, the Purgatorio in San Fransisco, and the Paradiso in New York City and other locations beyond America.