Zadie Smith, novelistFacebook Twitter Pinterest Zadie Smith: ‘Once I’d read Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan I was obsessed.’ Photograph: Dominique Nabokov/Guardian Design TeamHow did you get into graphic novels? Ethan Hawke, actor, writer, directorFacebook Twitter Pinterest Ethan Hawke: ‘It’s a lot like what acting aspires to be – delivering secret messages.’ Illustration: Craig Barritt/Getty/Guardian Design TeamHow did you get into graphic novels? They used to make these supercool graphic novels of classics, like Moby-Dick, Macbeth, etc. I love that graphic novels can do what film, books and music can’t do: they can express silence and thought and pondering. But with graphic novels you can have a whole page of action with silence and your eye is forced to reckon with that silence.

Source: The Guardian November 05, 2017 07:52 UTC