Adam and Lisa Murphy
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Biography
Adam and Lisa Murphy are an award-winning husband-and-wife comics-making team. They bring history and folklore to life for readers of all ages through humour, extensive research and an ongoing curiosity about what makes people tick. They are the creators of the comics series CorpseTalk, which originally appeared in The Phoenix, a weekly kids’ comics magazine in the UK. CorpseTalk has since been collected and published as an ongoing series of books which have twice been nominated for the Blue Peter Book Awards (the first comic book ever to do so). They are also the creators of the comics series Lost Tales, which has also been nominated for a Blue Peter Book Award, and was the winner of the British Comics Awards Young People’s category in 2016.
Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Rebels
Discover the incredible stories of rebels throughout history in this hilarious graphic novel that brings the dead famous to life.
Welcome to Corpse Talk, the chat show with a difference – all of the guests are dead! Meet your host, comic book artist Adam Murphy, as he interviews eighteen show-stopping rebels. Want to read the inside story of Sitting Bull, the last chief of the great Sioux nation? Or wondered what led to Martin Luther King Jr becoming such an iconic freedom-fighter? This graphic novel answers all of your questions about the lives of these rancorous rebels with a cause, from the struggles they overcame for their countries to their personal challenges.
Bold and expressive illustrations by Adam and Lisa Murphy bring historical events to life, literally, while humorous text makes learning history fun. Full-page illustrations give more detail on the bigger picture behind the rebels’ stories, with special features on gladiators in Ancient Rome, crime and punishment in medieval times, and an overview of guerrilla warfare. Whether you’re a fan of these adventurous rebels or just love a good story, this graphic novel will not fail to inspire you and make you laugh.
