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...a phenomenal and haunting story... -- Comic Book Resources ...the story is best experienced rather than described, since its force is in its lush visuals and destabilizing twists. Okorafor's original language gets heavily employed in swathes of text boxes and Damian Duffy's kinetic lettering. That text from Okorafor's story conveys the fearsome uncertainty in being carried into this frightening sequence of otherworldly trials. -- Multiversity Comics After the Rain explores the boundaries we draw within ourselves, the way we seek to compartmentalize to fit in, and the remarkable people we find within ourselves when we break those barriers down. -- Book Riot Brame's bold and arresting use of color and shading lends an unnerving atmosphere to the setting, while his attention to facial expressions injects the panels with emotion. This mostly faithful adaptation honors Okorafor's voice and paints a potent portrait of Nigeria and its folklore. -- Publishers Weekly This exploration of trauma and family history through the body is perfectly adapted to the graphic medium. -- Booklist After the Rain is far more than a well-rendered tribute to a trailblazing black female writer. In this case, it's also a kind of visual incarnation of the story's theme... You don't simply observe Chioma's unwilling confrontation with the world her ancestors mythologized, you experience it. -- NPR Books After The Rain is an intense realization of Okorafor's short story and uses the horror elements to thematic effect in a visceral and important way, and as a statement of intention for what will follow at Megascope, it hints at exciting work to come. -- Comics Beat Jennings paints an initially terrifying reality, highlighting the vulnerability of self-discovery and the tension of being from two different worlds and cultures. Part horror, part magical realism, this #OwnVoices story is a worthwhile addition to any collection. -- School Library Journal STARRED review

"""...a phenomenal and haunting story...""-- ""Comic Book Resources"" ""...the story is best experienced rather than described, since its force is in its lush visuals and destabilizing twists. Okorafor's original language gets heavily employed in swathes of text boxes and Damian Duffy's kinetic lettering. That text from Okorafor's story conveys the fearsome uncertainty in being carried into this frightening sequence of otherworldly trials.""-- ""Multiversity Comics"" ""After the Rain explores the boundaries we draw within ourselves, the way we seek to compartmentalize to fit in, and the remarkable people we find within ourselves when we break those barriers down.""-- ""Book Riot"" ""Brame's bold and arresting use of color and shading lends an unnerving atmosphere to the setting, while his attention to facial expressions injects the panels with emotion. This mostly faithful adaptation honors Okorafor's voice and paints a potent portrait of Nigeria and its folklore.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""This exploration of trauma and family history through the body is perfectly adapted to the graphic medium.""-- ""Booklist"" ""After the Rain is far more than a well-rendered tribute to a trailblazing black female writer. In this case, it's also a kind of visual incarnation of the story's theme... You don't simply observe Chioma's unwilling confrontation with the world her ancestors mythologized, you experience it.""-- ""NPR Books"" ""After The Rain is an intense realization of Okorafor's short story and uses the horror elements to thematic effect in a visceral and important way, and as a statement of intention for what will follow at Megascope, it hints at exciting work to come.""-- ""Comics Beat"" ""Jennings paints an initially terrifying reality, highlighting the vulnerability of self-discovery and the tension of being from two different worlds and cultures. Part horror, part magical realism, this #OwnVoices story is a worthwhile addition to any collection."" -- ""School Library Journal STARRED review"""

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD, is a novelist of Nigerian descent known for weaving African culture into creative, evocative settings and memorable characters. Her novels include Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), The Shadow Speaker (winner of the CBS Parallax Award), and Long Juju Man (winner of the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa). Okorafor lives in Illinois with her daughter, Anyaugo, and family. Okorafor’s recent work includes the graphic novel LaGuardia, the miniseries Antar from IDW Comics, and Wakanda Forever and the Shuri series for Marvel Comics. John Jennings is the curator of the Abrams ComicArts Megascope list as well as the illustrator of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation and Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California at Riverside and has written several works on African American comics creators. He lives in Riverside, California. David Brame is blackity Black, and Afrofuturist, and refuses to comb his hair. He’d rather spend that time making comics. He’s worked on titles such as Is’Nana the Were-Spider, Medisin, Baaaad Muthaz, Box of Bones, and Necromancer Bill. He lives in Mexico.

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