This month's titles: After the Rain by John Jennings, Nnedi Okorafor, and David Brame & The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade
Outside the Lines is a graphic novel book club that focuses on graphic novels by or featuring: BIPOC, Women, LGBTQ+, and other religious and ethnic minorities. Recommended for grades 9+
This month we will be discussing After the Rain by John Jennings, Nnedi Okorafor, and David Brame & The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade. Please register and provide your email address and a Zoom link will be sent out before the meeting.
"After the Rain is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s short story “On the Road.” 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." -From the Publisher
"Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. As a result, the avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in Mumbai as twenty-something Laila Starr. Struggling with her newfound mortality, Laila has found a way to be placed in the time and place where the creator of immortality will be born. Will Laila take her chance to stop mankind from permanently altering the cycle of life, or will death really become a thing of the past? A powerful new graphic novel from award-winning writer Ram V (These Savage Shores, Swamp Thing) and Filipe Andrade (Captain Marvel) that explores the fine line between living and dying through the lens of magical realism." -From the Publisher
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