{"product_id":"kindred-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-9781419709470","title":"Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e is a #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and the winner of the Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Frightening, compelling, and richly imagined, \u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unflinching look at our complicated social history, transformed by the graphic novel format into a visually stunning work for a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKindred\u003c\/i\u003e continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butler's mysterious and moving story, which spans racial and gender divides in the antebellum South through the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Butler's most celebrated, critically acclaimed work tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre-Civil War South. As she time-travels between worlds, one in which she is a free woman and one where she is part of her own complicated familial history on a Southern plantation, she becomes frighteningly entangled in the lives of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder and one of Dana's own ancestors, and the many people who are enslaved by him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beloved as an essential work in feminist, science-fiction, and fantasy genres, as well as a cornerstone of the Afrofuturism movement, the intersectionality of race, history, and the treatment of women addressed in the book are critical topics in contemporary dialogue, both in the classroom and in the public sphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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 City 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 won the PEN Lifetime Achievement Award and the Nebula and Hugo Awards, among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e is the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler's \u003ci\u003eKindred \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eParable of the Sower. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, and was awarded the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African \u0026amp; African American Research. He also co-edited the Eisner Award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamian Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e, cartoonist, writer, and comics letterer, is a PhD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and a founder of Eye Trauma Studios (eyetrauma.net). His first published graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hole: Consumer Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, created with artist John Jennings, was released by Front 40 Press in 2008. Along with Jennings, Duffy has curated several comics art shows, including \u003ci\u003eOther Heroes: African American Comic Book Creators, Characters and Archetypes \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, and published the art book \u003ci\u003eBlack Comix: African American Independent Comics Art and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published scholarly essays in comics form on curation, new media, diversity, and critical pedagogy.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612936671506,"sku":"9781419709470","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a7488812-bb45-4bca-a593-52b5f7e2e3b6.jpg?v=1732381472","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kindred-a-graphic-novel-adaptation-9781419709470","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}