{"product_id":"parable-of-the-talents-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-hardcover","title":"Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOctavia E. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamian Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis powerful graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel stands beside the acclaimed previous graphic novel adaptations, \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e, a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hugo Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set against a background of a war-torn continent under the control of a Christian fundamentalist fascist state, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Talents \u003c\/i\u003eis a modern masterpiece that resonates powerfully. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This graphic novel adaptation is brought to life thrillingly by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the creative team behind the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling adaptation of \u003ci\u003eKindred. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter, Asha Vere--from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life--interspersed with sections in the form of Lauren's own journals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Asha searches for answers about her past while struggling to reconcile with her mother's legacy--caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future among the stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpieces are essential works in feminist, Afrofuturist, and fantasy genres, and this compelling graphic novel adaptation of \u003ci\u003eParable of the Talents\u003c\/i\u003e is a major event.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctavia Estelle Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (1947-2006), often referred to as the \"grand dame of science fiction,\" was born in Pasadena, California, on June 22, 1947. She received an associate of arts degree in 1968 from Pasadena Community College and also attended California State University in Los Angeles and the University of California, Los Angeles. Butler was the first science-fiction writer to win a MacArthur Fellowship (\"genius\" grant). She is widely considered the best science-fiction writer of her generation and is beloved in feminist literary circles, and her many works are widely included in women's studies syllabi. She won the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award and the Nebula and Hugo Awards, among others. \u003cb\u003eDamian Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, curator, lecturer, teacher, and a Glyph Comics, Eisner Comics, Bram Stoker, and Hugo Award-winning, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling graphic novelist. He holds a MS and PhD in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he teaches courses on computers and culture, and social media and global change. His many publications range from academic essays (in comics form) on new media and learning, to art books about underrepresentation in comics culture. \u003ci\u003eKindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel, and the 2018 Eisner Comics Award for Best Adaptation From Another Medium. The follow-up, \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2021 Ignyte Award for Best Comics Team, and the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic. He lives in Champaign, Ilinois. \u003cb\u003eJohn Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor, author, graphic novelist, curator, Harvard Fellow, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, 2018 Eisner Award-winner, and all-around champion of Black culture. As professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California at Riverside (UCR), Jennings examines the visual culture of race in various media forms, including film, illustrated fiction, and comics and graphic novels. He is the illustrator of #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eKindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e and the Hugo Award-winning \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the director of the ComicArts imprint Megascope, which publishes graphic novels focused on the experiences of people of color. His research interests include the visual culture of hip-hop, Afrofuturism and politics, visual literacy, horror, and the ethnoGgthic, and speculative design and its applications to visual rhetoric. He lives in Riverside, California. \u003cb\u003eDavid Brame \u003c\/b\u003eis blackity Black and Afrofuturist and refuses to comb his hair (he'd rather spend that time making comics). He's worked on titles such as the Hugo and Eisner Award-nominated graphic novel adaptation of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Rain \u003c\/i\u003efrom Abrams ComicArts Megascope, \u003ci\u003eIs'Nana The Werespider, Medisin, Baaaad Muthaz, Box of Bones, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNecromancer Bill\u003c\/i\u003e. 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