{"id":30084,"date":"2026-05-02T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=30084"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:24:53","slug":"graphic-novel-george-orwells-animal-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/graphic-novel-george-orwells-animal-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"George Orwell&#8217;s Animal Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-4223\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/graphicnovel_georgeorwellsanimalfarm.png?fit=250%2C381&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"George Orwell&#039;s Animal Farm\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> George Orwell's Animal Farm<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/christina-dumalasova\/\">Christina Dumalasova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/katerina-horakova\/\">Katerina Horakova<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/michael-purmensky\/\">Michael Purmensky<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2026-03-03\">March 3, 2026<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/gemini-gift-books-limited\/\">Gemini Gift Books Limited<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 112<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/classics\/\">Classics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/earc\/\">eARC<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/2.5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star-half-alt\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/247279151-george-orwell-s-animal-farm\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>\u201cAll animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning, ruthless elite among them \u2013 masterminded by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball \u2013 starts to take control.<\/p>\n<p>Soon the other animals discover that they are not all as equal as they thought and find themselves hopelessly ensnared as one form of tyranny is replaced with another. Orwell's chilling \u201cfairy story\u201d is a timeless and devastating satire of idealism betrayed by power and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>This powerfully and beautifully drawn graphic novel adaptation is destined to become the classic illustrated edition of this celebrated work.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4vWRG7f\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2026-05-02T05:00:49+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"George Orwell's Animal Farm\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/graphic-novel-george-orwells-animal-farm\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"George Orwell's Animal Farm\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Christina Dumalasova\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/christina-dumalasova\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Katerina Horakova\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/katerina-horakova\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Michael Purmensky\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/michael-purmensky\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 112,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Gemini Gift Books Limited\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/graphicnovel_georgeorwellsanimalfarm.png?fit=250%2C381&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/247279151-george-orwell-s-animal-farm\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Classics\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 2.5,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p><em>Animal Farm<\/em> is one of the great novels of the 20th century and one of the few classics I read as a teenager that capture my attention and admiration. I was initially excited to find a graphic novel adaptation but unfortunately ended up feeling lukewarm after reading it. The graphic novel sprints through the plot and important characters are barely given any time. The narrative is a bare bones version of the story that doesn&#8217;t flow well, much of the text is simplified to compress the work.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t expect adaptations to be perfect, and while I can understand why this occurred given the format, I felt like I was reading a cliff notes version of the main events of the book rather than a proper adaptation. There are also several lines in the graphic novel that are not found in the original text, and instead were written to explain scenes or characters. These instances were very obvious, as there is a noticeable change in writing style that I clocked despite reading Orwell&#8217;s classic over a decade ago. As for the art itself, the star of the show for graphic novels, the art was okay but not my favorite style.<\/p>\n<p>I digress, this version might be a decent way to get readers new to classics interested in the work. The simplified format will make it easier to approach, though it loses some of the nuance and characterization that made the original novella so memorable.<\/p>\n<h4>Quote<\/h4>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h4>Content Warnings<\/h4>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Animal Abuse, Animal Death, Exploitation, Manipulation, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Authors<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Christina Dumalasova<\/h3>\n<p>Christina Dumalasova (b. 1976) has worked for several magazines as a graphic designer. For the past fifteen years, she has been freelancing for various publishing houses. Comic books &#8211; and graphic novels in particular &#8211; have been her lifelong passion (as well as cinematography). Together with Kate\u0159ina Horakova and Michael Purmensk\u00fd, she is the author of the graphic novel, Quentin Tarantino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/55552520.Christina_Dumalasova\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4tFQJ1V\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Katerina Horakova<\/h3>\n<p>Katerina Horakova (b. 1990) studied Czech language and literature at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. For a long time, her professional life revolved around the field of media &#8211; whether in print, radio or television. At present, she focuses on editorial work and teaching Czech. She is the editor of the award-winning graphic novel Chernobyl and collaborates on many others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/55552523.Katerina_Horakova\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/421i7v4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Michael Purmensky<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Purmensky studied graphic design and drawing at the Secondary Technical School in Hodonin. Since 2009 he has worked at WildCat studios producing comic strips, colouring graphic novels and has just completed his first graphic novels about Czech soldiers in WWII.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/57115648.Michael_Purmensky\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cRcu7I\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Animal Farm is one of the great novels of the 20th century and one of the few classics I read as a teenager that capture my attention and admiration.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[70,5696,581,5695],"book-author":[5692,5693,5694],"book-illustrator":[],"book-series":[],"book-publisher":[],"book-genre":[],"book-source":[],"book-format":[],"class_list":["post-30084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic-novel-review","tag-american-literature","tag-animal-farm-retelling","tag-book-to-graphic-novel-adaptation","tag-social-death","book-author-christina-dumalasova","book-author-katerina-horakova","book-author-michael-purmensky"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/graphicnovel_georgeorwellsanimalfarm-header.png?fit=1080%2C540&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30084"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33837,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30084\/revisions\/33837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-author?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-illustrator","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-illustrator?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-series?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-publisher?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-genre?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-source?post=30084"},{"taxonomy":"book-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book-format?post=30084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}