Death of the Artist

(Paperback)

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Five Artists. Five Styles. All Written by One Author Five Artists. Five Styles. All Written by One Author 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.

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A playful metatextual layering -- Paul Gravett * The Times Literary Supplement *
'Blown away by Death of the Artist by Karrie Fransman. A unique work of art - [a] sublimely funny and moving graphic novel. -- Sam Bain
Genre-busting. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *

Author Bio

Karrie Fransman studied Psychology and Sociology at university and began writing her first graphic stories after reading Ghost World. She's created comics for the Guardian, The Times, the Telegraph, New Statesman, Time Out and Psychologies Magazine. Her first book, The House that Groaned, was published by Square Peg in 2012. www.karriefransman.com