The Scholarly Banana by Karly West
I’m Karly, and I use handmade miniature figurines and sets to illustrate my graphic novel series, The Scholarly Banana!
The Scholarly Banana retells old, gruesome fairy tales and tricks you into learning fun facts about them. Think dark fairy tales meets Cliffs-Notes meets Adult Swim claymation…meets a Banana! He’s a Scholarly Banana, though. You can tell by his glasses.
The Backstory:
Several years ago, I realized there were no new takes on fairy tales for teens and general audiences. I was looking for something that covered the traditional, uncensored fairy tales but in a more playful, easy-to-read format with attention-grabbing artwork. After years of searching, I realized that I was the perfect person to bring the concept to life!
The Scholarly Banana takes old, creepy fairy tales and collegiate-level research and presents them in an irreverently wacky and artistic way. Typically, fairy tale books are either research-forward for adults or simple entertainment for children. I designed The Scholarly Banana to be the best of both worlds and introduce fun-loving, general audiences to the magical world of folklore studies!
There are currently three books in the series (I independently released Little Red Riding Hood in early February!), and I’m currently working on the fourth book about the history of Rapunzel. You can check out The Scholarly Banana’s unique art style and read sample pages at http://thescholarlybanana.com.
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