Introduction from Sexual Textual Tennis,
Copyright © 2015 by
Carolyn Gage and Rachel J. Fenton
Back in January, I connected with playwright Carolyn Gage on LinkedIn. A few years previously, I'd asked Carolyn for permission to quote from her play The Second Coming of Joan of Arc and use her as a character in one of my stories, which she agreed to, so I was pleased when she messaged me the following:
"If you're ever looking to illustrate a graphic novel, esp. a lesbian one... I've got some!"
Although I was too busy with the NZ Book Council's Graphic Exchange Residency, and the subsequent graphic work that went into Island to Island, and Three Words, and I wasn't able to take on a large unpaid project, I still wanted to collaborate, so I suggested we take the text from one of the essays on her blog and turn it into a comic. Sexual Textual Tennis is the result. Also available in paperback and as downloadable pdf.
What a fabulous mixture of genius!
ReplyDeleteAh, thank you, Kass! xx
ReplyDeleteLooks great, Rae - You must have put a lot of work into it. Love the title!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love it! It's beautifully (not to mention very imaginatively) drawn and the message is so important! Congratulation! Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Valerie! Drawing always takes me a lot longer than writing, but it was a joint effort and Carolyn is lovely to work with.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lori! The idea for the visuals came directly out of Carolyn's essay, so it's all credit to her. I'm really glad you like it!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fantastic - well done Rae and Carolyn.
ReplyDelete- Happy new year, Rae - hope you're well - we had a bit of rain here - peace and joy to you for for 2016 -
Cheers, Teresa - happy new year to you, too - sorry you got so much rain and flooding - it seems nowhere was free of the crazy weather xx
ReplyDeleteMeant to get back to you, Rae. I read it and thought your visuals were brilliant and echoed the theme so well
ReplyDeleteAh, Valerie, thank you so much, love! xx
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