Sadly, the contest is closed now, but CBC Canada's
All in a Day radio show asked for people to send in
summaries of their favourite books in four panels in honour of Jeff Lemire, one of five finalists in the
Canada Reads contest. His novel, Essex County, is the first graphic novel to make the finals. The article shows a few entries; I wish they'd had more. My favourite was
The Great Gatsby as rendered by Ian Martin, 17.
The facial expressions are awesome. I love the panel where Gatsby demands Daisy look at the money he earned so as to win her love: "LOOK AT IT". The hand drawing and (lack of) punctuation remind me of
Kate Beaton, whom I apparently pimp out at every opportunity.
LOOK AT IT
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