
In the spirit of openness, we approached Renee Nault’s graphic interpretation with a sense of: is this really necessary? That’s where we were.

You might be someone who is looking forward to that sequel, The Testaments, due out later this year. You might be one of those people who got all uppity about Margaret Atwood having the temerity to write a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale.

You might be one of those people who loved The Handmaid’s Tale book, thrilled at season 1 of the TV adaptation and then got all uppity about the bleakness of season 2. You might be someone who has dabbled with a Margaret Atwood graphic novel before ( Angel Catbird, we’re looking at you) and think: never again. You might be all “where do I sign up?” At the other extreme, you might be one of those people who don’t react well to graphic reinterpretations of familiar stories, one of those people who dismiss these kinds of books as books for dummies who can’t stomach reading a book without pictures.

For instance, you might be an Atwood completist or simply a massive fan of The Handmaid’s Tale. It might be that you have a gut level reaction to this book.
