![]() ![]() ![]() Lettering is by Nate Powell and Chris Ross. This is the Houston-based cartoonist’s first graphic novel and she showed herself up to the task of bringing the history to life in the medium of comics. Fury took up the reins from March illustrator Nate Powell (who drew the cover and the introductory material in Run) after Lewis saw her work and liked how she depicted the subtleties of his emotions and expression. That is not a problem with Run, which shows the experience of Aydin and his team as visual storytellers and the strength of Abrams ComicArts as a “comics-native” literary imprint in supporting this kind of work. ![]() We’re creating a new methodology, a new academic standard for how these books are done.”īecause non-fiction graphic novels for middle grade and young adult readers are such a hot category in publishing, some publishers shortchange the artwork in the name of getting the book out quickly, or because they lack the editorial experience of working in the comics medium. “It’s difficult because you have to work in multiple dimensions, and having to do this as a team with other people rather than just sitting in a room collecting information to put words on a page. “Doing non-fiction graphic novels requires a different kind of scholarship,” said Aydin. ![]()
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