53: Adapting Tuck Everlasting Into a Graphic Novel - Interview with K. Woodman-Maynard

20/09/2025 31 min
53: Adapting Tuck Everlasting Into a Graphic Novel - Interview with K. Woodman-Maynard

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K. Woodman-Maynard and I discuss what it was like for her to adapt the classic middle grade book Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel. We also explore the Tuck Everlasting themes of grief and death. Find author, illustrator, graphic novelist, comic coach K. Woodman-Maynardhttps://www.woodmanmaynard.com/https://www.instagram.com/woodmanmaynard/https://woodmanmaynard.substack.com/linkedin.com/in/katharine-woodman-maynard-06508460/https://www.tiktok.com/ ⁨@woodmanmaynard⁩  Tuck Everlasting The Graphic Novel by Natalie Babbitt adapted to graphic novel by K. Woodman-Maynard https://www.amazon.com/Tuck-Everlasting-Graphic-K-Woodman-Maynard/dp/0374391866/Flip Side the graphic novel by Jason Walz https://www.amazon.com/Flip-Side-Graphic-Novel/dp/0593617991/Chapters00:00 Meet graphic novelists and comic coach K. Woodman Maynard03:04 What is Tuck Everlasting about?03:55 How did K Woodman Maynard get into adapting classic novels into graphic novels?06:15 The first time you ever read Tuck Everlasting.07:30 The steps of adapting the classic novel Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel.10:48 The most difficult part of adapting Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel?11:55 Most enjoyable or most rewarding part of adapting Tuck Everlasting into a graphic novel?12:50 Using images in Tuck Everlasting graphic novel to convey themes?15:58 Which character do you most resonate with or which character do you feel a special connection to?17:50 The theme of grief in Tuck Everlasting25:07 What is next for graphic novel author K. Woodman Maynard?26:30 Books K. Woodman Maynard recommends (fiction and graphic novels)

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