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You can read more about Andrew Donkin’s work at .uk (or on Twitter). The book is available from Ottie and the Bea on Old Dover Road, Blackheath, and online via .uk and .uk. The book has already been translated into 10 different languages – and has also been a hit in France – and is due to be published in the US in August. Hearing the stories of the people that they help was incredibly humbling and also a great motivator for the three of us.” We worked closely with two fantastic charities: Women For Refugee Women and Migrant Voice. “We were determined to get every detail as accurate as we possibly could.

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.

Illegal a graphic novel