A long way down graphic novel6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() The graphic novel version features hundreds of watercolour illustrations by Novgorodoff. As the lift descends, Will is joined by friends he has lost to shootings, prompting him to ask if he really knows what he’s doing. Reynolds’ original book, published in 2017, is about Will, who gets in a lift with a gun to exact revenge after his brother is shot in a gang crime. “I think it’s important to open up the conversation around gun violence and the fact that it’s people of colour who are most impacted by it, and that the US really fails to address a lot of the root causes of the violence that victimises Black and brown people”, she said.Īfter 20 years of making graphic novels, Novgorodoff added that it was “validating to win this award, and to understand that readers have connected with this book in particular and graphic novels in general”. The illustrator said that while it deals with the “heavy” subject of gun violence, she hopes her win will mean that more people are able to connect with the book. ![]() Novgorodoff, a writer, graphic designer and horse wrangler from Kentucky, has created a number of graphic novels, but Long Way Down was her first children’s book published in the UK. ![]()
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