Essex County Trilogy

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Essex County Trilogy
Essex County cover.jpg
Date2008
Main charactersLester, Lou LeBeuf, Anne Quenneville, Uncle Ken
SeriesTales From the Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse
Publisher Top Shelf Productions
Creative team
Writers Jeff Lemire
ArtistJeff Lemire
Original publication
Published in Top Shelf Productions
Issues"Tales From the Farm" "Ghost Stories" "The Country Nurse"
Date of publication2008, 2009, 2011
LanguageEnglish
ISBN 978-1603090384

Essex County Trilogy is a collection of three graphic short stories set in Essex County, Ontario by Jeff Lemire published in 2011 by Top Shelf Productions. The three short stories are "Tales from the Farm" (2008), "Ghost Stories" (2008), and "The Country Nurse" (2009). Two other shorter stories titled "The Essex County Boxing Club" and "The Sad and Lonely Life of Eddie Elephant Ears" are also included.

Contents

The collection won the Alex Award, the Doug Wright Award, and the Joe Shuster Award. It was also a 2011 selection for Canada Reads: The Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. [1] In addition, Essex County provided Jeff Lemire with a Harvey Award nomination for Best New Talent in 2008. [2]

Publication order

Adaptations

In June 2011, it was announced that visual effects artist John Dykstra would direct an adaptation of Essex County entitled Super Zero. [3]

In December 2015, it was announced that First Generation Films had optioned the rights to Essex County to develop the graphic novel as a television series for Canada's CBC Television. Aaron Martin is set as writer and showrunner, as well as executive producing with Lemire. [4] The television adaptation, Essex County , premiered on CBC Television in March 2023. [5]

Reception

Awards for the Essex County series
AwardYearRecipientResult
CBC Canada Reads for People's Choice [6] [1] 2011SeriesWinner
Joe Shuster Award for Cartoonist [7] 2008Jeff LemireWinner
Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent [8] 2008Jeff LemireWinner
YALSA Alex Awards [9] 2008Volume 1: Tales from the FarmTop Ten

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References

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