Scheherazade Comics about Love, Treachery, Mothers, and Monsters |
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| Editor:
| Kelso, Megan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-932360-54-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint Press
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| Imprint: | Soft Skull Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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A few years ago Megan Kelso noticed an explosion,of young female cartoonists who were really,ambitious and promising and got together with them,as a very active, hands-on editor to produce,Scheherazade. In Queen Scheherazade Kelso found a,role model: the archetypal (female) storyteller,cheating death by enthralling her royal captor,with new instalments of a vast, interconnected,story. The tales in this book,take on the broad human spectrum and herald a new,era in the genre of the graphic novel.
A few years ago Megan Kelso noticed an explosion,of young female cartoonists who were really,ambitious and promising and got together with them,as a very active, hands-on editor to produce,Scheherazade. In Queen Scheherazade Kelso found a,role model: the archetypal (female) storyteller,cheating death by enthralling her royal captor,with new instalments of a vast, interconnected,story. The tales in this book,take on the broad human spectrum and herald a new,era in the genre of the graphic novel.