Review: La Guardia: A Very Modern Story of Immigration

Lucas Fashina

5 years ago

I like it when somebody tells me a story that drives toward a goal growing in a crescendo to a point, and I actually really feel that that“s becoming like a lost art.Â Nnedi Okorafor like Any worthwhile writer from novelist to scriptwriter knows the value of connecting to an audience emotionally and continually strives to do so. Nnedi Okorafor’s ability to capture emotions is powerful.

In La Guardia: A Very Modern Story of Immigration, Okorafor tells the story of a young pregnant woman named Dr. Future, who holds dual citizenship for America and Nigeria.Â She works and lives with the father of her baby in Lagos Nigeria, but she has chosen to travel back to the United States to have the baby during a period of enhanced border Security protocols and Country Travel bans.

The main driving force behind the La Guardia: story is the emotionally driven dialogue . Okorafor really did a good job in delivering dialogue with a purpose that drove the story forward whether that be foreshadowing, character development, or establishing power dynamics.

For La Guardia, A key thing that stood out to me, as it does time and time again with any Okorafor story, is how well it was written. Especially the dialogue. You could see her mind at work with every word that“s said.
I could tell there was a process behind it. There had to be, how else could have created an endless stream of memorable scenes and quotes. Â It“s not all about what is directly being said, you have to peel back the layers and look deeper to see what“s really happening emotionally underneath the seemingly unrelated chatter.

As for the art from(a) Tana Ford and (c) James Devlin, the lines are incredibly detailed with great backgrounds that absolutely served their purpose; however its not necessarily a style that a lot comic book readers may be accustomed. to.

Now despite the fact that Okarafor has established talent, she still hasn’t gotten enough credit in the industry, but that might change soon with some of the projects she has coming up.

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(W) Nnedi Okorafor (A/CA) Tana Ford

“(Nnedi Okarafor’s)WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by HBO and is now in early development as a TV series with George R. R. Martin as executive producer.”