Parable of the Sower: Graphic Novel Adaptation - Damian Duffy & John Jennings

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 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, the author portrays a searing vision of America’s future. 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.

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4/5 stars

I was first introduced to the incredible work of Octavia Butler when I took an African American Literature class in college and after that I was hooked. I'm a bit of a completionist when is comes to the work of some authors and Octavia Butler is one of those authors. She was a master of science fiction and a pioneer of speculative fiction. Of her collected works, I read Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents last, which ended up being very timely as there are many things about Parable of the Sower that reflected and still reflect the current state of the United States despite the fact that these books were originally published in 1993 and 1998 respectively. I mean, there is even a politician whose slogan is "Make America Great Again." 

via GIPHY So, of course, when I saw that Damian Duffy and John Jennings were teaming up again to bring this story into graphic novel format, I could not wait to get my hands on it. It definitely did not disappoint.  I feel like this was a really well-executed and faithful adaption of the story. I am very much looking forward to their adaptation of the second and final novel, Parable of the Talents.