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Karrie Fransman

@karriefransman.bsky.social

Created comics for UN, Penguin Random House, Guardian, Times. Creative Director @posnegorg. Gender Swapped Fairy Tales/Greek Myths (Faber & Faber). Member of The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC). https://linktr.ee/karriefransman

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Aw, thank you! I hope to make more like it soon.

12.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social for capturing the moment I entered The Tale Spinner (a 3D β€˜un-AI-able’ performed comic that @karriefransman.bsky.social manually spins around your head) yesterday night @ the @rsliterature.bsky.social ✨

03.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for coming for a spin! Only just read this. β€οΈπŸ™

12.02.2026 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Zara! There’s a lot of education resources around the comics and animations on refugee stories @posnegorg.bsky.social

03.02.2026 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You star! Thank you. πŸ™β€οΈ

14.01.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Broken Frontier Meets PositiveNegatives - Real Stories, Drawn From LifeΒ  – Broken Frontier Broken Frontier chats with PositiveNegatives about their work using comics and visual narrative to support humanitarian causes.

If there are any progressive organisations/charities/events/activist groups out there using comics as a way to spread socially relevant messages we'd love to feature you at BF. In the same way we did with PositiveNegatives a few years back.

www.brokenfrontier.com/positivenega...

12.01.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Aw- we appreciate your shout outs! β€οΈπŸ™

12.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw, thanks! That means a lot. β€οΈπŸ™

19.12.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!

18.12.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

The Comics Cultural Impact Collective is looking into UBI based on the Ireland model for comic creators. We agree it would be the dream for the UK.

18.12.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable and Exhibition

Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page.

Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!

sites.google.com/view/comicsp...

28.11.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I was super lucky to have you as an intern! β€οΈπŸ™

26.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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my minicomic for #thoughtbubble ! i was super lucky to be taken by @karriefransman.bsky.social as an intern for running her Tale Spinner, and got a chance to make this!

25.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @create_180 and Harry Metcalfe for help building it, Richard Hughes for the audio, Dylan Owen and Jenny Robbins for filming, Ellis Benji Bertram for assisting aaaand mostly @artscouncilengland.bsky.social for making it all happen.

21.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀯 Wow. This is the strongest response I’ve ever had to any artwork I’ve made. Thank you everyone who came for a spin in The Tale Spinner @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social I’ve now got to work out how to tour this thing so if you’ve got any tips let me know. πŸ™

21.11.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to @karriefransman.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social and @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social for the extremely insightful chat and thanks to everyone who came out in the characteristically inhospitable weather!

12.11.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dinner by Karrie Fransman is 1 of 25 limited edition comics in the first VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY: MONSTERS @karriefransman.bsky.social

πŸ”΅ Coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on Nov 15 and 16 in a shiny retro gumball machine and a flurry of 22mm (1 inch) comics

🟑 Find it at Bubbleboy Hall, F13

13.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DO NOT MISS The Tale Spinner by @karriefransman.bsky.social, in Bubble Boy Hall at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social. Gentle, warm, concerned, human, graceful, and so so essentially IRL. Actually, I think you just missed it. I'm so sorry!

#thoughtbubblefestival #thoughtbubble #harrogate

16.11.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Aw- so glad you didn’t miss it! Thanks for the lovely feedback. β€οΈπŸ™

18.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sophie holding up a sticker that reads FUND COMICS YOU COWARDS from the CCIC table, with Myf Tristram egging her on

Sophie holding up a sticker that reads FUND COMICS YOU COWARDS from the CCIC table, with Myf Tristram egging her on

An audience eye view of the panel discussion

An audience eye view of the panel discussion

We had a good catch up with CCIC - @karriefransman.bsky.social @myfanwytristram.bsky.social , @streakofpith.bsky.social & @zaraslattery.bsky.social then went to β€˜The Revolution Will Be Sequentialised’ panel which was inspiring and encouraging ✊

16.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A person sits on a stool with their head inside a big circular structure. Karrie, wearing headphones and holding a Walkman style device, gently adjusts bolts and spins the wheel around. She is wearing an embroidered velvet waistcoat, black tutu and yellow trainers.

A person sits on a stool with their head inside a big circular structure. Karrie, wearing headphones and holding a Walkman style device, gently adjusts bolts and spins the wheel around. She is wearing an embroidered velvet waistcoat, black tutu and yellow trainers.

Near our table @karriefransman.bsky.social was working her incredible Tale Spinner machine, an β€œun-AI-able” comic.

18.11.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
RE Burke, me, Joe Sacco and Karrie sitting behind a table

RE Burke, me, Joe Sacco and Karrie sitting behind a table

And then it was time to host the Revolution Will Be Sequentialised panel with @karriefransman.bsky.social Joe Sacco and @reburked.bsky.social. This was such good times! A topic I love to discuss, and people with unique and useful insights to share. We had a full audience and within it were…

18.11.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vol. 1 of our graphic novel SWEENEY'S PROGRESS is finished. An ecological fable set in C7th Ireland, from one of the great medieval poems. Script by me, art by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.

To read the book online & help with the making of Volume 2, visit our Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/sweeneyspr...

17.10.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

I won't be able to make it to this excellent panel discussion with @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and my boy Rik, but some of my art will be part of the exhibition alongsides greats like @nsousanis.bsky.social @kaysohini.bsky.social @cartoonkate.bsky.social !

08.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got a comic that revolves around your head launching @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social if you’re up for it! πŸ‘€

06.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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September 29, 2025 – Panel Borders and other podcasts 1 post published by Alex Fitch on September 29, 2025

repeat broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @karriefransman.bsky.social, @zaraslattery.bsky.social & Sabba Khan re: their comics based on Canterbury Cathedral, & to NormKonyu re: @comicstitan.bsky.social's graphic novel Downlands. 11am Sun 5th Oct, 104.4 Resonance FM panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/09/29

03.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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02.10.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This week’s show: Atmospheric Locations Starting a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a trio of graphic novelists about stained glass inspired strips, and to an animator turned comic creator about his ghostly titles. Sabba …

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @karriefransman.bsky.social, @zaraslattery.bsky.social & Sabba Khan about their comics based on Canterbury Cathedral, and to NormKonyu re: @comicstitan.bsky.social' graphic novel Downlands. 5pm Weds 1st Oct, 104.4 Resonance FM panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/t...

29.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

02.10.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 15

Love it!

25.09.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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