La lotteria

i read this at the peak of graphic novel season: the end of the year. shoutout reading challenges. this is beautiful and eerie but it's impossible for anyone to pack the same punch (and build the same dread) shirley jackson can. also weird content. bottom line: see you next december, graphic novels! Leggi tutto

In a Nutshell: Recommended ONLY if you wish to see great sketches. Reading the original short story is a must before you attempt this. If you have not read Shirley Jackson ’s The Lottery , stop reading this review and go to it pronto! It is one heck of a horror short. Horror not with paranormal or sca Leggi tutto

"Tradition!" Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof Hyman is Jackson's grandson. He was three when she died. The main thing he knows about her is her writing, chief among which is one high school freshman English staple for the past few decades, "The Lottery," which illustrator Hyman did not illustrate for more Leggi tutto

This GN adaptation of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is done by her grandson, Miles Hyman. Very happy to have found this GN; The Lottery is one of the most important and impactful short stories in America literature. Would be happy to see more adaptations by Miles Hyman - his art is wonderfully shar Leggi tutto

I randomly stumbled across this graphic novel in an airport and read the whole thing in the store, standing up, between flights. I first read 'The Lottery' back in high school and was completely taken with the story, so I was excited to experience it in this new way many years later. I thought the ar Leggi tutto

Leí el relato de Shirley en la universidad y, a pesar de haber conocido muchas obras posteriores que beben de ella antes de leer la "original", por así decirlo, me sorprendió igualmente al llegar al final. La dureza de la historia y la crítica al concepto de "tradición" y todo lo que comporta me dej Leggi tutto

"No use making a fuss about something that don't need fixin'." The Lottery is considered by most to be Shirley Jackson's masterpiece, and I think most people are familiar with it from assigned reading in school, but this story was actually brand new to me—in a sense. I read the short story in a c