Lastly, I’m a total information junkie, one of those people who gets lost in Wikipedia very easily. I am a huge lover of the obscure, rare, and weird – I’m also a feminist, so the two interests collide with this series. In quick order, as suggestions flooded in, it grew from being a list of hysterically poor fits (like Lolita and Beloved) to being fascinating women from history and mythology. I hastily sketched a couple as jokes - Elizabeth Bathory, an early version of Lolita, and weirdly enough, Charybdis - but kept in my head that I wanted to do more full-fledged pieces when I got the time. There was an article going around about how the Frozen princesses weren’t good role models, and I asked, “well, we can SURELY do worse than them - who is the least likely candidate for an animated princess you can think of?” I asked it on my Facebook shortly thereafter, and got around 150 replies from my friends.

Jason Porath: The origin of this came from a lunchtime conversation at my old workplace. Let’s begin by hearing how this all got started. I’m a huge history fan, especially of women we might not have heard of. Legion of Leia: Jason, I saw these online on Friday and they blew me away. Check out my interview with Jason below and head over to the site, like the Facebook page and follow him on Tumblr! He likes suggestions for new princesses, so let him know who you’d like to see! They’re all absolutely fascinating! I was drawn in, like many of you, by the story of Pasiphaë, who, um, really really likes bulls.

It’s the creation of Jason Porath who draws an amazing picture of a “princess” that Disney would be unlikely to do a movie about, along with a great story about her history.

Each profile features an eye-catching image of both heroic and villainous women in command from across history and around the world, from a princess-cum-pirate in fifth century Denmark, to a rebel preacher in 1630s Boston, to a bloodthirsty Hungarian countess, and a former prostitute who commanded a fleet of more than 70,000 men on China's seas.If you’ve been on the Internet in the past week, you’ve likely seen someone post a link to Rejected Princesses. Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous 'pretty pink princess' stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place.Īn entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Good thing these women are far from well behaved.

Rejected princesses by jason porath