John McDonnell- writer/adapter for Macbeth Graphic Novel
The first visiting artist I saw was for my Graphic Shakespeare class. Ester invited John McDonnell to come speak with us about the experience writing Macbeth. He at first seemed a little put out- I did not expect him to be British- but he warmed up to us as we continued. My prepared question was
"How did you approach the creative process when interpreting for the graphic novel format?"
He was really informative even though he chalked up his role as a writer/adapter to be not that important. It is however, and we all found it interesting how he arranged certain blocks of text and how he worked with the artist, turns out they didn't work closely at all!
He mainly talked about how it was to work under a contract for a company that wanted a very specific piece of work and how that experience differed from his personal work.
Lisa Kristine- Humanitarian Photographer
This was one of the most powerful lectures we've ever gotten. Lisa's work is moving and I was in tears by the end. As a social photographer commenting on human rights she risked her life all around the world to photograph struggle and unjust treatment from poverty, slavery, prostitution, and child labour.
27 million in slavery in 2009
40 million enslaved today
"Its not the work. Its the fear and lack of human rights"
Shine a Light- slaveryfootprint.com
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