After the Rain

After the Rain is a graphic novel adaptation of Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Nnedi Okorafor’s short story “On the Road.”

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During a violent and unexpected storm in a small Nigerian town, the destiny of a Nigerian American woman named Chioma is revealed . . . and her life is changed forever. She answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing at her doorstep. He reaches for her, and his touch burns like fire. Something is very wrong. Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive.

John Jennings and David Brame’s graphic novel collaboration uses bold art and colors to powerfully tell this tale of identity and destiny.
“Jennings paints an initially terrifying reality, highlighting the vulnerability of self-discovery and the tension of being from two different worlds and cultures. Part horror, part magical realism, this #OwnVoices story is a worthwhile addition to any collection.” —School Library Journal (Starred Review)

Nnedi Okorafor, PhD is a novelist of Nigerian descent known for weaving African culture into creative, evocative settings and memorable characters. Her novels include Zahrah the Windseeker (winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for African Literature), The Shadow Speaker (winner of the CBS Parallax Award), and Long Juju Man (winner of the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa). Okorafor lives in Illinois with her daughter Anyaugo and family. Okorafor currently has a new graphic novel, LaGuardia, coming out from Dark Horse Comics; a mini-series Antar from IDW Comics, and has written Wakanda Forever and Shuri for Marvel Comics. Her novel Who Fears Death is now in development for a new HBO series. John Jennings is the curator of the Abrams ComicArts Megascope list as well as the illustrator of Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation and Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation. He is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside and has written several works on African American comics creators. He lives in Riverside, California. David Brame is blackity Black, and Afrofuturist, and refuses to comb his hair. He’d rather spend that time making comics. He’s worked on titles such as Is’Nana The Werespider, Medisin, Baaaad Muthaz, Box of Bones, and Necromancer Bill. He lives in Mexico. You can follow him on graphicpoetics.biz or on Instagram @amazingdavidbrame.