Essex County Trilogy
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.
Also recorded as Essex County · The Collected Essex County
Essex County Trilogy
- Date
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Genre
- graphic novel
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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.
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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. In addition, Essex County provided Jeff Lemire with a Harvey Award nomination for Best New Talent in 2008.
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Key facts
• Title — Essex County Trilogy • Publisher — Top Shelf Productions • Date — 2008 • Series — Tales From the Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse • Main Char Team — Lester, Lou LeBeuf, Anne Quenneville, Uncle Ken • Origpublication — Top Shelf Productions • Origissues — "Tales From the Farm" "Ghost Stories" "The Country Nurse" • Origdate — 2008, 2009, 2011 • Origlanguage — English • Origisbn — 978-1603090384 • Writers — Jeff Lemire • Artist — Jeff Lemire
Publication order
Publication order
• Vol 1: Tales From the Farm (2008) • Vol 2: Ghost Stories (2008) • "Essex County Boxing Club" (short) (2008) • Vol 3: The Country Nurse (2009) • "The Sad and Lonely Life of Eddie Elephant-Ears" (2011) • Essex County (Hardcover) (2011) • Essex County (Paperback) (2011)
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In June 2011, it was announced that visual effects artist John Dykstra would direct an adaptation of Essex County entitled Super Zero. 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. The television adaptation, Essex County, premiered on CBC Television in March 2023.
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Awards for the Essex County series • Award — Year — Recipient — Result • CBC Canada Reads for People's Choice — 2011 — Series — Winner • Joe Shuster Award for Cartoonist — 2008 — Jeff Lemire — Winner • Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent — 2008 — Jeff Lemire — Winner • YALSA Alex Awards — 2008 — Volume 1: Tales from the Farm — Top Ten
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- 1.Quin, Sara. "Essex County". CBC Books. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
- 2."2008 Harvey Awards" . Harvey Awards.
- 3.Jeff Lemire's 'Essex County' in Motion Picture Development as 'Super Zero'. ComicsAlliance. 7 June 2011.
- 4.Jeff Lemire's 'Essex County' Comic Headed to Television. The Hollywood Reporter. 14 December 2015.
- 5.'Lost in Space' Star Molly Parker, 'Treadstone's' Brian J. Smith to Lead Canadian ITV Studios Drama 'Essex County'. Variety. 13 October 2022.
- 6.CBC Books. Past Canada Reads contenders and winners. Canadian Broadcast Company (CBC). March 11, 2021.
- 7.2008 Nominees and Winners. Joe Schuster Award. 2008-12-30.
- 8.Past Winners and Nominees. Doug Wright Awards.
- 9.2008 Alex Awards. Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2008-01-14.
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