An American Poem

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Dear America,Fuck you.Fuck you for your liesOf exceptionalism Of white supremacyOf manifest destinyOf representation Fuck you doublyFor your “All men are created equal” bullshit.Not just for your “3/5 of a human if you’re brown” bullshit Not just for your “Not if you have a vagina” bullshitNot just for your “Not if you don’t conform to the traditional genital-to-feelings …

Videos of Talks on Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

By Damian Duffy on

Here are videos of talks John Jennings and I have given about our latest published work, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation. (Available now from Abrams ComicArts, wherever fine books are sold, support your indie booksellers and local comic shops!) First up, here we are on January 18, in discussion …

Depress Start

By Damian Duffy on

I’ve been working on writing the script for the graphic novel adaptation of Parable of the Sower. I’m about halfway through.* (*Or rather I was when I originally wrote this post. I’ve just now come back to it today, at the point where I’m working on the script for the sequel, Parable of the Talents, and …

31 Days of Kindred: Day 31 “So Be It! See To It!”

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The graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred that I wrote/lettered and John Jennings drew will be released by Abrams ComicArts on January 10, 2017 (available for pre-order now). In recognition of that momentous occasion, I’m writing 31 blog posts about the path from novel to graphic novel. This is 31 Days Of Kindred.  …