![]() At times the colors blend together, so everything develops a murky brown tone. Harsh shades and jagged linework reflect the grim violence of the world. Using mainly primary colors, panels go from burnt reds to sharp blues to lurid yellows. Jennings’s illustrations highlight this persistent sense of internal and external tumult through his palette choice. Yet its heavy tone, which bounces between Lauren’s attempts to process and her moments of clarity, retains Butler’s cadence. ![]() The adaptation occasionally produces an overwhelming effect, as it takes a while to strike a balance between Duffy’s dense text and Jennings’s artwork. Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, and illustrated by John Jennings © Abrams ComicArts, 2020ĭuffy maintains the first person perspective used in the novel, via Lauren’s diary entries, documenting day-to-day life in her gated community as well as her conflicted thoughts on God and religion. ![]() ![]() The cover of Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. ![]()
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