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St. Cloud’s Ayomiku “Yomi” Adegbile, a dual-enrolled undergraduate in Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), published his second science fiction graphic novel, “Freedom Colony”. This novel follows his main character Abraham, a traveler that returns to his hometown, inspired by the scenic landscapes and historic cultures within Kissimmee and St. Cloud.

Playwright, director, producer, and writer Jason Neulander has adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s seminal pirate adventure for a new multimedia extravaganza hitting shelves—and the stage—in September. Today, The Beat can exclusively reveal Treasure Island Reimagined: Jane Hawkins and the Pirate’s Gold, a “live-action graphic novel” that combines theatrical performance with timed panel projections to bring each page to life.

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During his lifetime, the Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, arguably the greatest ever Spanish-language writer, considered One Hundred Years of Solitude, his 1967 magnum opus, to be unfilmable. “The novel, unlike film,” he told an interviewer in the 1980s, “leaves the reader room for creativity, allowing them to imagine the characters, settings, and situations as…