‘Such, Such Were The Joys’ Book Launch

In this week’s joint Orwell Society and Pluto Press online event Sean Michael Wilson and Jaime Huxtable, the two authors behind the new graphic adaptation of George Orwell’s contentious memoir ‘Such, Such Were The Joys’, describe how they approached the work initially, the premises of their thinking, and how professionals bring such a project to fruition. We have the video of the event.

Adaptor Sean Michael Wilson describes how he conceived the work, and how he broke down his vision into instructions as to each page, and part of page.

Using research from original sources, illustrator Jaime Huxtable, following Sean’s specifications, created maquettes, “thumbnails”, to ensure that everything would fit the page intended.

The result of their year’s work was:

Our video, approximately 70 minutes long, can be viewed here:

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Such, Such Were the Joys: A Graphic Novel
by George Orwell

Adapted by Sean Michael Wilson, Illustrated by Jaime Huxtable

is published by Pluto Press, and can be purchased online

and from all good booksellers.

Paperback ISBN: 9780745345925
eBook ISBN: 9780745345932

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