Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon chats with Lewis about the shared creative process of adapting the work alongside artist Justin Rentería, what he hopes that readers may take away from the story, and more!

BD: What makes Graphic Mundi the perfect home for this story?

ADL: Graphic Mundi has an academic publisher’s backbone, having originated with Penn State Press. I was already impressed with PSP, particularly its graphic medicine output, so hearing that they were fashioning a trade publishing imprint left me very excited. I tend to favor new and fledgling publishers rather than those who have a house style or established set of expectations. What made Graphic Mundi so attractive was its experience as a scholarly publisher combined with its new goals in the trade market. I liked the ambition this showed but also the know-how it had already acquired. Moreover, I think our aim to make this an adaptation of The Prophet, something that’s rarely been attempted, fit nicely with their varied catalogue; it delighted me to think of it alongside graphic memoirs like Marry Me a Little or comics journalism like Nuking Alaska. These motivated titles were exactly the company I wanted us to be in.

Read the rest of the interview over at the Fanbase Press site.