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Two girls, one story.
I'll start with the easy introduction:
The Artist in this venture is Natalie Jaworski - a comic and cartoon lover from birth (or very nearly) Natalie's work is something of a full platter from a buffet table of eastern and western, old and modern techniques and styles.
Natalie has had me smiling since we met (in the art wing of the high school - naturally) with her drawings that oozed personality and emotion, and even after all her fancy-smancy training with the bees-knees she hasn't lost her love of what she does.
Then there's me, Roslyn - the Writer. I grew up on Folktales and Mythology and as far as I remember spent every waking moment either up a tree or exploring wrecked ships and lonely beaches.
Not much has changed - though over the years the shelves have grown bigger and more bowed with the weight of my books on legends and fairytales (I will be in serious danger if they ever collapse...I may even break my glasses or snag my lace top!)
I'm terribly well known for my mary-janes and spur-of-the-moment nonsensical false histories or urban legend-esque tales.
And I don't mind at all. After all without my reputation for such I'd not get involved in lovely oppertunities like this project.
The project is deceptively simple on the page, three words in fact - "Modern Fantasy Comic"...but the modern fantasy has such a terrible reputation these days (with exceptions of course)...
Trite storylines, romantic disgustingly perfect characters, pretty and helpful fairies, ugly dumb monsters with no reason or motivation....it's ingrained in our Disneyised memory. "Creepy" goth/skater girls in black with chips on their shoulders that are about as 'different' as beige paint.
We aim to mischief this.
We have the whole deal - vampires, mosters, Faeries (and Fairies...), magicians - but all in a way you've not seen before.
So stay close and we'll give you a window into the world we're creating under your nose - along with commentary and tidbits on modern fantasy, comics and other topics of interest.
~Roslyn
