Best Seller After the Rain

After the Rainis a graphic novel adaptation of Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s short story “On the Road.”

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During a violent and unexpected storm in a small Nigerian town, the destiny of a Nigerian American woman named Chioma is revealed . . . and her life is changed forever. She 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.

“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)

Nnedi Okoraforis an award-winning,New York Times-bestselling writer of mostly science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. Her debut novel,Zahrah the Windseeker,won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Nnedi has since won World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, Eisner, Hugo, Lodestar, and Nommo Awards, amongst others, for her work. Nnedi has also written comics for Marvel, includingBlack Panther: Long Live the Kingand the Shuri series. She holds a PhD in literature, master’s degrees in journalism and literature, and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her daughter, Anyaugo. Learn more atnnedi.com.

John Jenningsis the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler’sKindredandParable of the Sower.He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, and was awarded the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. He also coedited the Eisner Award-winning anthologyThe Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art.

David Brameis the Eisner-nominated comic artist ofAfter the Rain, whose art for the graphic novel was hailed as “bold and arresting” byPublishers Weekly. He was also a contributor to the graphic novel anthologyYoung Men In Love: A Queer Romance Anthology, which earned the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Anthology and the American Library Association’s award for Great Graphic Novel for Teens. David lives in Alaska with his three dogs. For more information, visit his Instagram @amazingdavidbrame.

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publish Date: December 08, 2020
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 6.0 X 8.9 X 0.6 inches | 1.05 pounds
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9781419743566
• BISAC Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels – Superheroes