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Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation : A Graphic Novel Adaptation Spiral-Bound | January 28, 2020

Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy (Adapted by), John Jennings (Illustrated by), Nalo Hopkinson (Introduction by)

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The graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower


In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America’s future.

2021 Hugo Award Winner for Best Graphic Story or Comic

In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher’s daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community.

However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.

“The graphic novel is faithful to Butler, yet still fresh in its world building.” —USA Today

“Alarmingly prescient and relevant . . . This accessible adaptation is poised to introduce Butler’s dystopian tale to a new generation of readers.” —Publishers Weekly

Publisher: ABRAMS
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 1419731335
Item Weight: 2.0 lbs
Dimensions: 7.0 x 1.2 x 9.8 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
“…the graphic novel is faithful to Butler, yet still fresh in its world building.”—USA Today

Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) was a renowned African American author who was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her body of work. Since her death, sales of her books have increased enormously as the issues she addressed in her Afro-Futuristic, feminist novels and short fiction have only become more relevant.

Damian Duffy, author of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation and Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, is a cartoonist, scholar, writer, and teacher. He holds a MS and PhD in library and information sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is on the faculty.

John Jennings is the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred and Parable of the Sower. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside.