The graphic novel format lends itself exceptionally well to conveying this intersection of past and present, enabling readers to see it visualized on the page. Wake utilizes visuals–illustrated by comics artist Hugo Martinez–to full effect, and it behooves the reader to spend time studying what goes on in the background. In telling these stories about which there are often gaps in the written record, the graphic component of the book becomes all the more important.
Far from playing a marginal role, Hall’s work reveals women who were at the heart of organizing and leading revolts across the vast and pernicious expanse of the slave trade.
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