John Jennings

John Jennings is the curator of the Megascope list and illustrator of the graphic novel adaptations of Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred and Parable of the Sower. He is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of California, Riverside, and was awarded the Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. He also coedited the Eisner Award-winning anthology The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art.

John Jennings's Titles

Parable of the Talents A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Parable of the Talents

This powerful graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel stands beside the acclaimed previous graphic novel...


Amazing Adventures (Marvel Super Stories Book #2)

Amazing Adventures (Marvel Super Stories Book #2)

The second volume of the first-ever middle-grade anthology series, featuring all-new Marvel comics stories by 15 all-star cartoonists The second...


Marvel Super Stories (Book One) All-New Comics from All-Star Cartoonists

Marvel Super Stories (Book One)

Marvel Super Stories is the first-ever middle-grade anthology from Marvel Comics, featuring all-new comics stories by 15 all-star cartoonists....


After the Rain A Graphic Novel

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."Features bonus...


Parable of the Sower A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Parable of the Sower

The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that...


Kindred A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Kindred

Kindred, Octavia Butler's literary science-fiction masterpiece, tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and mysteriously...