The re-release of the 2018 graphic novel A Blanket of Butterflies is a vivid re-rendering, in full colour, of an already brilliant visual work of Dene storytelling, imagination, and a newly elevated celebration of the contemporary art form that is the graphic novel.
A Blanket of Butterflies was written by Richard Van Camp and Scott B. Henderson, and this new full-colour edition features art by Donovan Yaciuk and Nickolej Villiger. It has been named the first of a trilogy series titled The Spirit of Denendeh to be released over the next two years, with Book Two slated for release in 2023. Van Camp is currently completing Book Three.
Speaking with Van Camp from his home in Edmonton last week, he shared that the pandemic had offered the first time in his career to spend so much time, consistently, at home.
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Book Two of The Spirit of Denendeh Trilogy is out March 2023. Book One was just released this past September.
