Introducing a fresh and utterly original new star in the graphic novel world
Karrie Fransman's autobiographical comic strips 'My Peculiar World' were published in the Guardian's G2, and her graphic story, 'The Night I Lost my Love' was published in the Times in 2010. She also makes Comic Apps and sculptures and her work has been exhibited in London, Belgium and Russia. She runs projects at the London Print Studio and House of Illustration. Born in Edinburgh, Karrie now lives in London in a house not dissimilar to the one in her book. You can see more of her work at www.karriefransman.com
In a world where people know ever less about their neighbours, this
graphic novel is both a fantasy…and a cautionary tale. Anyone who
has ever lain in bed at night listening to the sound of unknown
voices on the other side of the cardboard wall will relish the way
she lets her imagination off its leash…funny…beautiful looking…this
book might almost be alive
*Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month*
An enjoyable tale, dark but full of energy, fascinated by the
private lives and perversity that bulge beneath suburbia's
facade
*Guardian*
A damn fine book; hugely, spectacularly impressive
*ForbiddenPlanet.co.uk*
Karrie Fransmen breaks all the rules of storytelling accumulated
over the past thousands of years. She creates a confusion at first,
then bursts into the obvious and simplest fact; that all the
stories of and in our lives are personal and private.... The only
way this wonderful book could have been written is by
illustration...not by word... rather like the hidden stories drawn
on the walls of caves
*Nicolas Roeg, director of Don't Look Now and Walkabout*
Fransman's dual background as a psychology and sociology student
and a creative advertiser helps underpin her skills at both
characterisation and communication… By its melodramatic finales,
The House That Groaned acknowledges some scars that miss their
chance to heal, but also gives us a kind of happy ending for two
tenants
*Independent*
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