Kindred

A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Paperback, 256 pages

Published July 24, 2018 by Harry N. Abrams.

ISBN:
978-1-4197-2855-6
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4 stars (3 reviews)

The book is the first-person account of a young African-American woman writer, Dana, who finds herself being shunted in time between her Los Angeles, California home in 1976 and a pre-Civil War Maryland plantation. (This is the comic adaptation of the original novel written by Olivia E. Bulter)

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A bit of a slow read initially because I just finished the original version of Kindred and I generally do not reread things, especially not twice in a row.

As far as layout goes, this adaption could have used a bit more fluidity. Combined with the emphasis on straight lines throughout it just felt kind of rigid despite its exuberant colour palette. Personally, I also felt like there was too much drawn detail in the mono-coloured sections so the contrast was also a bit lacking. That said, compared to a lot of novel to graphic novel adaptions I have read, this one was positively genius. The A lot of the time they seem like pretty soulless cash grabs by people who don't really know who the heck they are hiring.

In rereading this I was also struck by how compassionate Octavia Butler is being to slaves, particularly the ones who …

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