Tamara Drewe is a loose, contemporary re-staging of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, and Simmonds does a smooth job translating it to a modern-day setting. I love the look and feel of Posy Simmonds' work, a hybrid of a graphic novel and typeset prose. Her pictures integrate with the story and characters in a remarkably seamless way/5(80). · As she walks the red carpet at the Gala screening of the new film, Tamara Drewe, in Bridport in September, writer and illustrator, Posy Simmonds MBE, will be treading the pavements of her forebears. Her grandfather was a vicar in bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins. Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds MBE is a British newspaper cartoonist and writer and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels. She is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she has drawn the series Gemma Bovery () and Tamara Drewe (–06), both later published as books/5.
Review by Frank Plowright. As she'd done with her previous Gemma Bovery, Posy Simmonds first serialised Tamara Drewe in the Guardian, and when complete she picked it apart, tinkered, added, re-formatted and stitched together an improved version for book publication.. It's not referenced in the title this time, but Simmonds again took a 19 th century novel as her inspiration, Thomas Hardy. Posy Simmonds Close Up. — British cartoonist, comics artist and children's book author Posy Simmonds (b. ) has attracted attention internationally with the three graphic novels Gemma Bovery (), Tamara Drewe () and Cassandra Darke (), and their headstrong titular female characters. Posy Simmonds is the author of many books for adults and children, including Gemma Bovery, Lulu and the Flying Babies and Fred, the film of which was nominated for an Oscar. She has won international awards for her work, including the Grand Prix de la Critique Bande Dessine for Tamara Drewe.
In interviews Posy Simmonds has noted working on another graphic novel, again based on a 19 th century work, for several years. If Tamara Drewe is to be her final graphic novel it’s a crowning testament to a career that started strongly, but has never wilted, with each work topping the last. Posy Simmonds in her studio. praised the book version of Tamara Drewe in the TLS saying the combination of detailed illustration and texts ensures it takes "as long to 'read' as many an. Tamara Drewe is a loose, contemporary re-staging of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, and Simmonds does a smooth job translating it to a modern-day setting. I love the look and feel of Posy Simmonds' work, a hybrid of a graphic novel and typeset prose. Her pictures integrate with the story and characters in a remarkably seamless way.
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