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Sat 09 Sep 2009The Rising: now with speech bubbles
A landmark Irish graphic novel brings the events of Easter 1916 to life, condensed into 46 pages. If it paints the rebels as heroes, says the book’s creator, that is because his extensive research brought him to that conclusion
A YOUNG WOMAN makes her way through the dark corridors of Kilmainham Gaol, a bunch of blood-red roses in her hands. As she reaches the prison chapel, we get a close up of her intended, his hands manacled, forehead bloody. He approaches the young woman . . . It’s time to turn the page.
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