While the images may be black and white, the story lives in the gray areas rooted in opposing perspectives. Together, the story and images depict the tidal wave of emotion trapped behind Steve’s carefully stoic exterior in this Kafkaesque trail. Readers see the accusations and assumptions hurled at Steve as jumbled collages of hate and clear full page depictions of fear and regret. The black and white images capture Steve’s traumatic experiences in the justice system in theatrical detail. His journey takes a vivid look at how identity can be a fragile thing in a court of law.Īdapted from Myers’ novel, Anyabwile’s text and Sims’ illustrations breathe new life into this graphic novel adaptation. Accused of robbery and murder, Steve tries to keep his cool while watching his trial play out like a blockbuster film. He is the author of Living Just a Little: A Novel The Cold Hard Cases of Duke Denim The Kwanzaa Handbook and The Kwanzaa Kids Learn the Seven Principles.How can you change someone’s mind when they’ve already formed an opinion about you? For Steve Harmon in Walter Dean Myers’ Monster, it’s a matter life or death. Sims is a poet and fiction writer as well as the cocreator of Brotherman Comics. Dawud has also worked as a character designer on television productions such as The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats as well as served as a production artist on a variety of music videos, commercials, and game animations.
Dawud anyabwile is an Emmy Award-winning artist and the cocreator and illustrator of the groundbreaking comics series Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline, which is cocreated and written by his brother, Guy A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. Printz Award a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L.
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