To me, it looked like pencil drawings or charcoal, I am not an artist at all so I can’t be sure. The art in Monster: A Graphic Novel was all done by Dawud Anyabwile. I also felt more sympathetic to Harmon on this go around. There was quite a bit that I did not really remember. I also liked how this graphic novel refreshed me with the story. For that alone, I think that this adaptation was worth making. I think that maybe this format will make the story more appealing to people who might struggle with literacy – given all the pictures, and that it is a graphic novel.
However, I do think that this adaptation makes the story accessible to a new group of people. I do not think that this book added anything new to the story - it wasn’t quite like a movie where you walking away maybe taking in the story in a new light. I liked seeing the story in a whole new form. I thought that Monster: A Graphic Novel was an okay adaptation of the book.
How Did I Like This Adaptation of Monster? It certainly challenged a few of my perceptions. If you like stories about the justice system and are engaged when it comes to very important issues the system faces, well this is a good one to read. So, the novel goes over the trial, but also how the Steven is a filmmaker and he seems almost like a passive viewer in the biggest event of his life so far. He is alleged to be an accomplice, because he acted as a look out. More specifically it is about this Black teenager named Steven Harmon. Monster: A Graphic Novel is what it sounds like – a graphic novel adaptation of the book with the same title by Walter Dean Myers. This is the sort of book you can definitely read in an hour. Also – my 2016 reading goal is 250 books and anything that can be read super quickly, shallow as that sounds, is prioritized. Further, with listening to Serial, watching Making Murderer and reading All American Boys, I cannot get enough of media that explores the American justice system, flaws and all. Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile is a book that I decided to read in the beginning of 2016 because it is an adaptation of Myers’s book by the same title, and because I am someone who cannot get enough of graphic novels. Monster: A Graphic Novel by Walter Dean Myers, adapted by Guy A.
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