The gothic fairy tale is published by small press publishers Improper Books, a company that specializes on fairy tales with focus on gothic and the macabre. Porcelain was created by two of said publishing company’s founders: writer Benjamin Read (True Grit and Super 8 comic adaptations, films Armistice and 500 miles North) and illustrator Chris Wildgoose (True Grit, Super 8). The book, which has been recommended for young adults and above, follows a poor child who is coaxed to climb over the wall guarding the porcelain maker’s garden to steal from the “wizard”. She meets the man, who lives alone after losing his wife, he invites her to be his ward after she makes him laugh and her life is forever changed. (more…)
London Comic Culture 