Metaphrog

Sandra Marrs (art) + John Chalmers (words) aka Metaphrog. Award-winning graphic novelists

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‘Slowly, I brought the little bird back to health.’ Extract from our Bluebeard graphic novel.

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'There was something frightening about the forest itself.' Extract from our Bluebeard graphic novel.

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The endpapers for our Bluebeard graphic novel.

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A page of artwork from Bluebeard: Growing up in the shadow of Bluebeard's castle. Out May 12th from Papercutz.

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Here is the 1st page of our Bluebeard graphic novel.

"The summer I turned eighteen was a strange summer.

It was the summer that would decide my fate."

Out May 5th from Papercutz​.

It took us over two years to make this book. Little did we know it would come out in the middle of a pandemic! Not great timing but we'll try to make the best of it.

If you want to support us, you can do so by pre-ordering the book now. Our website http://metaphrog.com/graphicnovels/ has several links to stores for pre-orders and an eBook version on ComiXology.

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Just received advance review copies for our Bluebeard graphic novel from @papercutzgraphicnovels !The actual book will be hardback but it's starting to look like the real thing! 

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Trailer for our Bluebeard graphic novel, out in May 2020 from Papercutz.

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Dead Frida. Pastel pencils and soft pastels on board

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Strawberry Witch. Pastel on board.

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Vampyre Girl. Pastel pencils on board.

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That’s us turned in BLUEBEARD to our publisher (Papercutz)! And now comes the excruciating 7 month wait for it to come out. But we can already tell you that the amazing Denise Mina, Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Nate Powell (March), Philip Ardagh & Frank Quitely are all blurbing it! Big thanks to them!

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Androgynous Joker. Pastel pencils on board.

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Frida Kahlo. Pastel pencils on paper. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Metaphrog

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Bluebeard is now finished! That's 173 pages of full colour digitally painted art. Now in the very final stages: proofreading and editing. It's been a long road!

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Early sketches for the cover design of our upcoming graphic novel, Bluebeard: A Feminist Fairy Tale.  

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Announcing our new graphic novel, BLUEBEARD: A Feminist Fairy Tale. Out May 2020. We worked really hard for 2 years transforming the classic tale. Hope you'll find it as thrilling to read as it was to make. Expect scary! May contain cuteness 

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The Little Mermaid graphic novel.