Sometimes when I read a book, I can't stop thinking about how to adapt it for comics. Was listening to the audiobook of Kate DiCamillo's "Raymie Nightingale." Sad, funny middle-grade book about 3 girls all dealing w/loss. On film I could almost see the Coen Brothers adapting it.
For comics, my first thought is Carla Speed McNeil. She knows the milieu, draws kids well, is able to depict over-the-top characters in a realistic context, and can handle both humor and tragedy.
The original novel is written in close third-person, with many key moments being purely internal, with characters carried away on big waves of emotion or sudden clarity. Some of these could be communicated visually, but others would need narration.
Not the sort of thing that often works well in comics, but then I thought of Gilbert Hernandez's early Palomar stories. He mostly abandoned captions after his first few issues, but back when he did use them, he really used them well.
There's also a recurring motif of glints of light- sunlight reflecting on a coach's whistle, falling on a nursing home floor- that sort of thing. As much as I love b&w, I think you'd need full color just to give those brief glowing moments the impact they require.
Comics people: do any of you folks do this when you read, or is it just me? It's a deeply weird way to experience stories, but I'm so wired for comics, it's unavoidable.
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