![]() We read everything that we could find, attended conferences, and conducted interviews with people who had made the journey as well as aid workers. “Eoin and I did more research for the writing of Illegal than for any other book. We wanted to reach an audience that wouldn’t pick up a broadsheet newspaper. Graphic novel just means a posh comic and it brings a wry smile to the faces of life-long comic readers who remember buying comics on grubby newsprint for five pence when they were a kid. He added: “We knew straight away that we wanted to tell the story of Illegal as a graphic novel. ![]() “What we wanted to do was to ask our readers to see each of those numbers as a human being with a favourite colour and a favourite football team just like them.” Eoin, Giovanni and I decided that we wanted to take one of those numbers and tell their story. ![]() ![]() “When a sinking was mentioned it was just in terms of numbers – no individuals, no personalities, no names. Huge congratulations to et al who have won the special judges award 2018 for a book that judges say ‘will stimulate important conversation & reflection about human rights, inclusion, solidarity & prejudice’ □□ /PaGRa7rod2ĭonkin said the inspiration for the book came from seeing a small news report of a migrants’ boat sinking in the Mediterranean, killing scores of people: “It seemed extraordinary that thousands of people were dying on Europe’s doorstep and there was hardly a mention in mainstream media at the time. ![]()
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