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Metaphrog are John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs, an award-winning author and illustrator duo, creators of children’s graphic novels and kids comics. You can read more about them here, check out their graphic novels, see their portfolio, or book them for an author visit.

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Great to see a wee mention of our exhibition at Ca

Great to see a wee mention of our exhibition at Carnegie Library in Ayr in today’s Herald Magazine. @southayrshirecouncilculture #exhibitions #graphicnovelart #scotland #scotlandart

Had a really fab #BookWeekScotland week doing auth

Had a really fab #BookWeekScotland week doing author visits every day! We visited Cumbernauld library for a fun session with primary and secondary school kids, Westerton Primary in Glasgow for a big assembly talk (the kids got really fired up!), and Forth Valley College in both Falkirk and Stirling where we talked to students about how we got into comics, our creative process, sharing what it’s like to be an author/illustrator working in publishing (things we wished we could have heard about when we were their age!). Last week we also did a virtual visit on Zoom with a primary school in Fort Augustus (yes, virtual visits are still a thing). It was a real injection of enthusiasm, talking to so many people about comics and creativity. #authorlife #authorvisit #schoolvisits #scotland #sharingcreativevibes

Our exhibition at Carnegie Library in Ayr is open!

Our exhibition at Carnegie Library in Ayr is open! Here’s a quick walk-through. The Graphic Novel World of Metaphrog is on from Nov 11th 2023 until Feb 4th 2024 @southayrshirecouncilculture . We love that it’s being shown in a new part of Scotland (after Callendar House in Falkirk and the Mitchell Library in Glasgow) and that people who would not normally have access to art can see it. Graphic novel exhibitions are few and far between, so we hope there will be more. We’ve re-opened our Etsy shop for the occasion, prints are available to purchase for the duration of the exhibition (link in bio). Limited availability. #bookweekscotland #bookweekscotland2023 #scotland #scotlandart #scottishart #scotlandexplore #exhibitionscotland #graphicnovelart #kidlitart #scottishartist

Our exhibition The Graphic Novel World of Metaphro

Our exhibition The Graphic Novel World of Metaphrog is now going to Carnegie Library in Ayr, to coincide with #bookweekscotland Come and join us on Friday 10th Nov 2-3pm for the launch. We’ll say a few words and there will be mingling opportunities 🙂 This exhibition originally started at The Park Gallery in Callendar House in 2022 (thanks @gillsy2211 ) then was hosted at the Mitchell Library, in a smaller form. Earlier this year Carnegie Library contacted us as they were interested in hosting it too, so we’ve selected a number of works for display. We’re reopening our Etsy shop for the occasion, prints will be available to purchase from there, for the duration of the exhibition (link in bio). The exhibition runs from Nov 11th 2023 until Feb 4th 2024. #scotland #scotlandart #scottishart #scotlandexplore #exhibitionscotland #graphicnovelart #kidlitart

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