i. How it all began…

i. How it all began…

What better way to explain Graphic Dead Man Walking’s beginning than by telling the story in images…

ii. Historic Meeting

ii. Historic Meeting

The search for an illustrator turns up a gem when we come across a copy of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, illustrated by Catherine Anyango Grünewald.

iii. Immersing in graphic novels

iii. Immersing in graphic novels

When you immerse in graphic novels, you immediately enter a world where words and pictures work together to build layers of meaning.

iv. Discovering Catherine

iv. Discovering Catherine

The search for an illustrator turns up a gem when we come across a copy of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, illustrated by Catherine Anyango Grünewald.

v. Why a graphic Dead Man Walking?

v. Why a graphic Dead Man Walking?

Since Sister Helen Prejean’s Dead Man Walking was published in 1993, it has been transformed into an Academy Award-winning film, a play, and a hugely popular opera. What were our reasons for adding to this list of adaptations?

vi. A little bit about timelines

vi. A little bit about timelines

These posts about Graphic Dead Man Walking have, to date, been a catch-up journal, reaching back to when the book was a spark in Sister Helen Prejean’s eye. It might help, as you read them, to have a timeline of the book’s journey.