Karrie Fransman

Jonathan Plackett

Gender Swapped Fairy Tales

The House That Groaned is a graphic novel that explores bodies and the spaces they inhabit. It is set in an old Victorian tenement housing six lonely individuals who could only have stepped out of the pages of a comic book. There is the retoucher who cannot touch, a grandmother who literally blends into the background and a twenty-something bloke who's sexually attracted to diseased women. Yet, as we learn the stories behind these extreme characters, it becomes apparent that we may share simlar issues - as individuals and as a society.

The House that Groaned

On 13 August 2013 graphic novelist Karrie Fransman invited four old friends from university to an isolated cottage on the misty moors of the Peak District to join her for a week of hedonism and creativity. Like Shelley and Byron before them, they would use the retreat to tell stories. Except these would be comics, collected together in this very book. The theme? The Death of the Artist. None of the five friends realised how appropriate this theme would become. The book weaves a single narrative across watercolour, digital art, photography, collage and illustration, exploring the themes of creation, destruction, and how we kill our inner artists as we grow up. It takes the graphic novel into entirely new realms.

Death of the Artist

MAGINE A WORLD WHERE SEDUCTIVE MALE SIRENS LURE BRAVE HEROINES TO THEIR DEATH, AND WHERE ICARA AND HER MOTHER FLY TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN...

For thousands of years, Greek myths have been told and retold. In these stories, brutality and bravery are reserved for men, while women are wicked witches or helpless maidens. Today, these myths continue to shape our ideas about justice tragedy and what makes a hero's journey. Karrie and Jonathan love these stories, and have found a way to breathe new life into them by making one crucial change...

Following the incredible success of Gender Swapped Fairy Tales, they have taken that same simple step. They haven't rewritten the stories in this book. They haven't reimagined the endings or reinvented characters. What they have done is switch all the genders.

You'll be enchanted by the refreshing world this swap creates - and thunderstruck by the new characters you're about to discover.

Gender Swapped Greek Myths

Robin Furth

Mike Carey

Lauren Beukes

Kieron Gillen

Laurie Penny

Cecil Castellucci

Kelly Sue DeConnick

Gail Simone

Gerard Way

Corinna Bechko

Chuck Brown

Alisa Kwitney

Hope Nicholson

Tee Franklin

Leah Moore

Tini Howard

Matt Wagner

Janet Harvey

Christina Rice

David Barnett

Che Grayson

Kristy Miller

Mags Visaggio

Paula Sevenbergen

Casey Gilly

Magurite Bennet

Dani Coleman

Lauren Moyer

Steven Seagle

Betsy Houlton

Thedy Correa

From astronauts and abolitionists to computer coders and crack journalists, these fearless women have paved the way for equal rights in science, politics and the arts. FEMME MAGNIFIQUE celebrates their achievements in a book that can live on in teenage bedrooms, corporate boardrooms and libraries around the world.Featuring over 100+ astounding writers & artists from around the world united by a deep love and appreciation for the comics medium and its peerless power of graphic storytelling.

A Salute to 50 Magnificent Women

Femme Magnifique

Karrie Fransman

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