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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

A Graphic Novel Adaptation
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Graphic NovelsDystopian
Pages
266
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

A graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's 1993 novel, adapted by Damian Duffy and illustrated by John Jennings, with an introduction by Nalo Hopkinson. It follows the same story as the source novel: in a near-future California collapsing under climate change and social breakdown, teenager Lauren Olamina develops hyperempathy-driven visions and the belief system she calls Earthseed after her community is destroyed. Published by Abrams ComicArts in January 2020, it won the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic and the 2021 Ignyte Award for Best Comics Team.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyTenseHopefulThought-Provoking
SurvivalFound FamilyComing of AgeEpistolary

Genres

Graphic Novels Dystopian Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic

Authors

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Octavia E. Butler

An American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. [Comment by Tricia Sullivan, on The Guardian][1]: Octavia E Butler (1947–2006) > I was teaching in New York when I came across Octavia E Butler's Kindred in a secondary-school catalogue of novels recommended to support diversity. It caught my attention because Butler was described as a science-fiction writer. I thought I was familiar with science fiction, but I'd never heard of her...

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Damian Duffy

Damian Duffy is a writer and artist known for his distinctive graphic novels, including La paràbola del sembrador and Parlamento de Lechuzas / the Witch Owl Parliament. His work often offers fresh perspectives on classic stories and folklore.

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John Jennings

John Jennings is an artist and writer, recognized for his work in speculative arts and graphic novels. He authored The Black Speculative Arts Movement and co-created the graphic adaptation La paràbola del sembrador. His other books include APB and River to the West.

Characters

Lauren OlaminaProtagonist

A minister's daughter with hyperempathy syndrome who founds the Earthseed belief system after her walled community is destroyed.

Taylor Franklin BankoleSupporting

An older doctor Lauren meets on the journey north; they become romantic partners and he provides the land where the Earthseed community of Acorn is founded.

Harry BalterSupporting

A survivor from Lauren's walled community who becomes one of her early companions on the journey north.

Zahra MossSupporting

A survivor from Lauren's community, fleeing a coerced marriage, who joins her group travelling north.

Reverend OlaminaSupporting

Lauren's father, a Baptist minister and leader of the walled community, whose disappearance and presumed death sets Lauren's journey in motion.

All characters in Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation