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Publication
Harry N. Abrams (2022), 144 pages
Pages
144
Description
The drama takes place in a small Nigerian town during a violent and unexpected storm. A Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive. John Jennings and David Brame's graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2021
Physical description
144 p.; 9.5 inches
ISBN
1419743562 / 9781419743566
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
A thirtysomething Nigerian American police officer from Chicago falls into some supernatural something or other with visions and body horror during a visit to her grandmother in Nigeria. I haven't read the original story, but this adaptation left me a bit confused and mostly indifferent, especially
By the end it seems like the set-up for a sequel that might be more interesting.
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since it does not seem well-done, with words and images sometimes out of sync or outright contradicting each other: a pink lizard is blue, the stone face of a monster suddenly transforms into the wood mask with which (uh-oh) it has been depicted for the last eight pages. The art is a bit too cartoony to ever seem scary or ominous.By the end it seems like the set-up for a sequel that might be more interesting.
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LibraryThing member MaowangVater
The tale starts with creepy suspense complete with the ominous illustrations of a horror comic. It seems a supernatural game of tag, where the next person tagged as It is destined for doom. And step by step the suspense and paranoia build for the protagonist, a Chicago Police detective vacationing
The art: the lines, colors, and lettering are fitted to the narrative wonderfully. It’s an excellent rendition of Okorafor’s short story.
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with her grandmother and great-aunt in Nigeria, when a ghoulish young boy with his brains leaking out of his head knocks on the door one dark and stormy night. The supernatural horrors come, but surprisingly the policewoman survives. In the end this is a story about healing from trauma to become a wounded healer.The art: the lines, colors, and lettering are fitted to the narrative wonderfully. It’s an excellent rendition of Okorafor’s short story.
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LibraryThing member kslade
Colorful African magical story.
LibraryThing member VadersMorwen
This graphic novel absolutely caught my eye. I already recommended that we buy it.
The artwork is absolutely captivating to the store.
You go thru the main characters story as if you are there as well.
The story depicts how your life choices, or situations that happen can lead you to a new
What you experience shapes who you are to become.
The artwork is absolutely captivating to the store.
You go thru the main characters story as if you are there as well.
The story depicts how your life choices, or situations that happen can lead you to a new
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future.What you experience shapes who you are to become.
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