Karrie Fransman
@KarrieFransman
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Comic creator for Penguin Random House, The Guardian, The Times etc. Creative Director @PosNegOrg. ‘Gender Swapped Fairy Tapes/Greek Myths’ (Faber & Faber).
Joined July 2011
Very excited to see this! Thank you @samwollaston. ‘It was exciting to create these beastly, huge, grotesque women’: the authors gender-swapping the Greek myths
theguardian.com
With its heroic female leads and men who long to be fathers, Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett’s new book looks at modern mores through an ancient lens
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@KarrieFransman @guardian FYI that data is based on last year’s annual literacy survey. But the point still stands! We love comics and graphic novels - they are especially useful with engaging reluctant readers and boys. There’s a comic and magazine booklist here (scroll down):
literacytrust.org.uk
Celebrate reading and inspire children with our themed book lists.
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@KarrieFransman @guardian FYI that data is based on last year’s annual literacy survey. But the point still stands! We love comics and graphic novels - they are especially useful with engaging reluctant readers and boys. There’s a comic and magazine booklist here (scroll down):
literacytrust.org.uk
Celebrate reading and inspire children with our themed book lists.
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Young people are much more visually literate than older generations and the publishing world should be responding to that.
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The same @Literacy_Trust research shows that “Nearly twice as many children and young people who read comics in their free time told us that they enjoy reading compared with those who didn’t read comics in their free time (58.6% vs. 33.1%).” It is time to invest in comics/GNs.
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure
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We are shortlisted for two @PPA_Live Independent Publisher Awards 2024! Congratulations to @KarrieFransman for designing our Comic and Graphic Novels issue front cover (Cover of the Year) and to @aliceokbooks (Writer of the Year)⭐️ 🔗 https://t.co/a2MG6D9A2L
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@FarshoreBooks @EmzFinn @Liv_Carson_ @TheQuartoGroup @meg_khf @FairyLoot @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @AliDougal @KatieFr3 @HarperCollinsUK @HarperCollinsCh @TwoHootsBooks @LizScottPR @xigxag5 @wearevoxblock @smallcarla @sofiaakel @BooksCampaign @SyimaAslam @RhiannonTripp @edbookfest @bookshop_org_UK @storiesforspace @SailFestUK @PuffinBooks @KarrieFransman @RuthMKnowles @blackpooltower @_KnightsOf @mollykh @EisharKaur @storymixstudio @JRichardsAuthor @PenguinUKBooks @ZNabagereka @ReadforGoodUK @book_tokens @PublishersAssoc @SweetCherryPub @Literacy_Trust @readingagency @GalwayMr @Debbie_Hicks1 @WorldBookDayUK @cassiechaddrton For our final session of #KidsConf @JamieSmart shared his suggestions for publishers: ✨Find the new talent ✨Once you've found them, stick with them ✨Value the human soul above everything else ✨Let's dispel this myth that comics are somehow lesser reading material
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As young people become more visually literature experiencing storytelling through comics, websites, games and screens we need to adapt to reflect this with better investment in comics. As keynote speaker @jamiesmart said- let's start investing in comics and their creators.
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You can read the @Literacy_Trust report on comics readers here:
literacytrust.org.uk
This report draws on data collected in early 2023 from 64,066 children and young people aged 8 to 18 from across the UK to explore the attitudes and beliefs of comic readers
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Such an interesting day @thebookseller #KidsConf. There's a 'reading for pleasure crisis' amongst children, but not amongst comic readers👀 Nearly 2xs as many kids who read comics enjoy reading compared with those who don't read comics (58.6% vs. 33.1%). @Literacy_Trust report
@FarshoreBooks @EmzFinn @Liv_Carson_ @TheQuartoGroup @meg_khf @FairyLoot @simonschusterUK @simonkids_UK @AliDougal @KatieFr3 @HarperCollinsUK @HarperCollinsCh @TwoHootsBooks @LizScottPR @xigxag5 @wearevoxblock @smallcarla @sofiaakel @BooksCampaign @SyimaAslam @RhiannonTripp @edbookfest @bookshop_org_UK @storiesforspace @SailFestUK A stage full of comic creators, publishers and agents joined us to delve into the success of Graphic Novels and Comic Books and what the industry can do to support this booming format 🖍️#KidsConf
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@KarrieFransman @RuthMKnowles @RamzeeRawkz @PuffinBooks @blackpooltower "Comics are subversive, rebellious, rude... that's part of the attraction" but what can retailers do to help them reach readers? #KidsConf
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Comics offer a unique and evolutionary reading experience - not a lesser one - and enjoyment in reading them has remained inspiringly consistent, says the kick-ass @KarrieFransman. I am HERE for this panel 👇🏻 #kidsconf
Up next we have a panel asking how we can keep the momentum going on the popularity of graphic novels, joining us are @KarrieFransman, @RuthMKnowles @RamzeeRawkz and James Spackman 🎨 See the thread below for insights from this session at #KidsConf 👇
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podcast: in a @cartooncounty Q&A, @frasergeesin chats about his small press #comics: #Pricks & Purple Hate Balloon, + @inksplattery, @KarrieFransman & @mockduck discuss the Comics Cultural Impact Collective's plans to bring new audiences to British comics
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Pricks, and Sea Sick: In an episode on provocation and sequential art, Alex Fitch talks to Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan, the creators of Purple Hate Balloon and Pricks, magical realist tales of t…
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