It is a poignant coming of age story.īeautifully illustrated, Jillian Tamaki is the perfect choice for the graphic novel. The graphic novel centres largely on Skim as she reveals in her diary her growing pains, friendships, death and loss, and infatuation with her teacher. The setting is in an all-girls school and the protagonist is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, aka “Skim”. So I just found out that Kelly Green has put her b.Skim, published by Groundwood Books, is the debut graphic novel written by cousins Mariko (author) and Jillian Tamaki (illustrator).Review: Lost at Sea - Bryan Lee O'Malley.Review: Going Underground - Susan Vaught.Review: The Future of Us - Jay Asher and Carolyn M.Review: Tris & Izzie - Mette Ivie Harrison.Books I am looking forward to next year and Happy.I will say that for both comics, though, my focus was never on the final visuals so even with the script I handed Steve there were lots of changes Steve made throughout the editing process. So with Steve (Rolston) I sent over some very detailed pages. Everything has to be approved, page by page, by several people, which requires a lot of clarification.
Their scripts are VERY descriptive, like movie scripts, with each visual described in great detail. DC Comics, who published Emiko Superstar, had a very formatted version of both their script and editing process. My focus was really on the narration and the dialogue.
Mostly to give a sense of where the scene was taking place, with a few cultural references included - mostly My So Called Life and Degrassi. It was written in scenes and acts, the actual description of the setting was very minimal. I had a background in theatre and so the script is very much a theatre script. So we just sort of did what felt comfortable and familiar. It was also my co-creator and cousin Jillian Tamaki's first.
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