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Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, that has attained a cult status over the years, will be available in the form of a graphic novel. The celebrated novel is hailed for portraying racism and the injustices meted to people of colour. It is often considered to be a must-read by many. According to a report in The Telegraph, British artist Fred Fordham, who has been commissioned for the project, was quite “daunted” when approached. “It’s almost considered more than a novel – it’s a cultural event,” he said. According to the same report, Fordham was convinced to take the plunge after he went for a a 10-day trip to Lee’s Alabama hometown Monroeville on which the novel is based upon.
Fordham also opined that the graphic novel should not be read as a substitute to the original work and neither should be read as a reductive alternative. “I read it at school and then again at University,” he said and added, “To try and do a graphic adaptation of something solely to make it easier to read is almost certainly going to do a disservice to the original novel, and it does also to the graphic novel too in a way because it’s treating it as kind of kid gloves version. This should be read as well as, not instead of.”
Lee’s novel still sells more than a million copies worldwide every year.
