The Great Gatsby

A Graphic Novel Adaptation (GN)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, K. Woodman-Maynard

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Miscellaneous
05 January 2021

Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction; Classic fiction (Children's&YA); General fiction (Children's&YA); Comic strip fiction & graphic novels (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's&YA); Young Adult Galaxy; Fantasy Adaptation

A sumptuously illustrated adaptation casts the powerful imagery of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel in a vivid new format.

From the green light across the bay to the billboard with spectacled eyes, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 American masterpiece roars to life in K. Woodman-Maynard’s exquisite graphic novel—among the first adaptations of the book in this genre. Painted in lush watercolors, the inventive interpretation emphasizes both the extravagance and mystery of the characters, as well as the fluidity of Nick Carraway’s unreliable narration. Excerpts from the original text wend through the illustrations, and imagery and metaphors are taken to literal, and often whimsical, extremes, such as when a beautiful partygoer blooms into an orchid and Daisy Buchanan pushes Gatsby across the sky on a cloud.

This faithful yet modern adaptation will appeal to fans with deep knowledge of the classic, while the graphic novel format makes it an ideal teaching tool to engage students. With its timeless critique of class, power, and obsession, The Great Gatsby Graphic Novel captures the energy of an era and the enduring resonance of one of the world’s most beloved books.

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illustrated by: K. Woodman-Maynard
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781536216769
ISBN 10: 1536216763
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

K. Woodman-Maynard is a graphic novelist and graphic designer who works in a combination of digital and traditional mediums. She is co-creator of TKAMI: Talk to Kids About Mental Illness (TKAMI.org), a free resource for helping adults talk to kids about mental illness through comics. She studied animation at Harvard and worked as an animator in San Francisco before moving into comics and design. K. Woodman-Maynard is a native of Minnesota. She loves to experiment in the kitchen and hit the trails by ski or foot.

Reviews for The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (GN)

Debut graphic novelist Katharine Woodman-Maynard has done an admirable job of adapting and illustrating F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel of love lost...This adaptation of the book would be fantastic to use with a class as an imaginative overview to introduce the novel or as means to differentiate reading options. Used either way, it should generate lively discussion! --School Library Connection Synesthetes will delight as the Roaring Twenties come alive in mellifluous watercolors informed by both period ephemera and pure imagination. As visual metaphors wash over the page, fascinating experiments with figure and ground toggle between surrealism and pitiless reality. Snippets of text blend paraphrase and direct quotation, and key lines--the sort found in study guides-- appear verbatim. Like other graphic novelizations of canonical works, this adaptation explicitly intended to serve an auxiliary role stands as its own immersive accomplishment. --School Library Journal