Karrie Fransman's Comics

Or first ‘Tilt Comic’ iPhone/iPad app on sale!

karriefransman — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:16:50 +0000

Hi there,

As we all know the digital era is upon us and Jonathan Plackett and i have been working on some exciting digital projects that use these new technologies to tell beautiful, visual stories. We’ve just finished a short ’Tilt Comic’ application for the iPad and iPhone called ‘The First Witch’. In order to view each frame of the comic, the reader ’tilts’ the iPad up and down, giving the illusion of looking through a window into another world. You can get your own hand-drawn tilt comic for a mear £1.19!

iPhone version: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-first-witch/id386649061
iPad version: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-first-witch-hd/id385259441

Here it is in action on youTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUBeJerD_g

Karrie x

From Clay to Cutting-edge Comics.

karriefransman — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:32:24 +0000

Hello again- i’ve been busy finding lots of new ways to tell stories; from clay comic sculptures to cutting edge digital comic apps for the iPad and iPhone.

Firstly i’ve just finished another comic sculpture as part of my ‘Sequential Art‘ series. It’s called ‘3 in a bed’ and shows the same girl sleeping besides 2 different boys before finally finding happiness with the third. I’ve used dolls-house beds as ‘panels’ to show the sequential narrative.

Secondly i’ve been working with the wonderful Jonathan Plackett (who’s digital work has been covered everywhere from The Wall Street Journal to Wired Magazine) on a short ‘Tilt Comic’ application for the iPad/iPhone called ‘The First Witch’. In order to view each frame of the comic, the reader ’tilts’ the iPad up and down, giving the illusion of looking through a window into another world. You can see a video of the app in use by clicking the image below.

That’s all for now. I hope to be exhibiting my Sequential Art pieces this October and will fill you in with the details. More news to come too! Hope you’re all good.

Karrie x

Interview on The Radio

karriefransman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:52:42 +0000

I’ve been interviewed on the Radio by the lovely Peter Lally. Tune in on Thursday 12th August, 5pm, on Resonance 104.4FM. If you miss it then it gets uploaded here soon afterwards:
http://www.alternativepress.org.uk/radio.html

The interview is followed by some music i chose by the wonderful ‘We are Goose’ (aka Tim and Rich) so listen out. They sing stories and can be heared here:
http://www.myspace.com/wearegoose

I’ve also got some exciting news coming up about a big project so stay tuned! Hope you’re well.

Karrie x

Dolls House Sculpture

karriefransman — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:13:57 +0000

I’ve just finished another comic sculpture entitled Behind The Mirror. It’s my biggest piece in my Sequential Art series to date. I gutted and re-built my childhood dolls house (thanks to my dad and uncle for shlepping it down fom Edinburgh via Derby!). You read the story by looking at the scenes through the windows from top left to bottom right (as you would read a ‘waffle-grid’ comic). It’s all about images of women and is also based on the ‘Bloody Mary’ ghost myth (or the 90’s Candyman horror movie if you’re more into popculture!).

(As it’s difficult to photograph through the window here’s the story: A pretty dolls-house girl looks at herself in the mirror. Behind this one-way mirror is a scary woman called Mary. We see her crouching in the corner of her lair. Next we see the pretty girl reading a magazine. In the lair Mary has covered the walls with drawings of the pretty girl. Finally we see the pretty girl’s room has been smashed up and the mirror has been broken. We look through the last window and Mary is looking straight out at us. On the back wall we can see what terrible fate has befallen the pretty dolls-house girl)

My comics in The Cartoon Museum

karriefransman — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:52:30 +0000

I have a page from my Times story ‘The Night I Lost My Love’ exhibited in The Cartoon Museum. We went along today and checked out their other great exhibits. They have a Viz exhibition on which is worth a visit.

Shortlisted for The Arts Foundation grant and presentation at the ICA.

karriefransman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:50:49 +0000

I was really excited to be shortlisted for a generous grant from The Arts Foundation this month, that would allow me to spend next year working on my first graphic novel. Thanks to Ian Rakoff for nominating me and the judges Posy Simmonds, Pat Mills and Paul Gravett for shortlisting me! I gave a presentation at the Institute of Contemporary Arts the other week and had a wee exhibition of my work. I’ve stuck in some photos by the brilliant Helen Boobis and wonderful Andy Konky Kru (aka Andy Bleck)- a big thanks to them! Hope the rest of you are all well. Karrie x

My story mentioned by director Nicolas Roeg on BBC Radio 4.

karriefransman — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:00:32 +0000

My Times graphic story got a shout-out from the brilliant director Nicolas Roeg (Don’t look Now, Walkabout etc.) on Radio 4 last week. I remember being terrified by ‘Don’t Look Now’ as a kid (although not sure if it was by the ending or the sex scene!). You can hear my (brief) mention here- 21 mins in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mq7nt/Front_Row_23_09_2009/

Comic Sculpture.

karriefransman — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:03:39 +0000

I have just finished building a comic sculpture entitled ‘Death Do Us Part’. It is about a lady who, unable to let go, turns her dead husband into a hat stand. Comic academics Will Eisner and Scott Mccloud defined comics as ‘Seqential Art’, and so i’ve been experimenting with this term and moving comics off the page. I have a few more projects along these lines so keep an eye out!

Secret Garden Party Review

karriefransman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:32:38 +0000

If you’ve not been to the Secret Garden Party festival you really should. I’ve been for the last 4 years. This year the lovely folk that run it were nice enough to give me a ticket in exchange for a comic review. Click here to see the results… or visit it on their website here.

Ooh…and here were the costumes we made.

Wedding Invites

karriefransman — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:02:36 +0000

Love is in the air and i’ve been asked to do a few wedding invitations. These two use the same idea- portraits of the couples with a boarder of flowers entangling personal items that are symbolic to the couple’s relationship….don’t ask about the Viking’s helmet!

If you’d like me to do one then get proposing and then give me an e-mail at karriefransman@hotmail.co.uk