• Novel Dialogue 5.3 It’s on The Illabus: A Discussion with Jean-Christophe Cloutier and John Jennings (SW)

    Author(s):
    Jean-Christophe Cloutier, John Jennings, Sarah Wasserman
    Date:
    2023
    Subject(s):
    Literature, Comics (Graphic works), Criticism
    Item Type:
    Podcast
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/tdgf-rx40
    Abstract:
    John Jennings—Hugo Award winner, New York Times bestselling author, curator, scholar, and Artist—is keenly aware that in adapting novels for the graphic format, his decisions turn what has only been imagined into facts drawn on the page. In this conversation with critic, translator, and teacher of a creative course on the art of making comics, Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Jennings explores how he makes those decisions that range from the design of endpapers to selecting a character’s skin tone with the ultimate aim of championing Black culture and Black comics. Given that Jennings has just entered the Marvel Universe with the debut of Silver Surfer: Ghost Light, the timing is right to reflect on the pressures and pleasures of adapting beloved stories for a contemporary audience. Jennings is both teacher and student of comics’ powerful lessons, and lucky for listeners, his course comes with an illustrated syllabus, aka illabus. In the podcast’s first ever episode about graphic novels, Jennings and Cloutier talk comic book history, the power of collaboration, and the importance of long showers.
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    Pub. URL:
    https://noveldialogue.org/2023/05/04/5-3-its-on-the-illabus-a-discussion-with-jean-christophe-cloutier-and-john-jennings-sw/
    Publisher:
    Society for Novel Studies
    Pub. Date:
    05/04/2023
    Episode:
    5.3
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 months ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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