Once upon a Time

Original title: Elle était une fois

Author: Body, Mélanie

Publication Date:

January 2024

Pages:

196

Original language and publisher

French | Massot Editions

Territories Handled

Worldwide excl. French

Genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

Once upon a Time

Original title: Elle était une fois

Author: Body, Mélanie

Synopsis

Mélanie Body, feminism for young girls — L’Humanité

Her style does not resemble that of we come across more traditional comics. It’s fresh and angry , everything we need to attack the year in warrior mode. — Femme Actuelle

Once upon a Time is history from a woman’s point of view and an attempt to write in a non-patriarchal, feminine way.

This is the history of the masculinization of the French language, the birth of our beloved French academy and its masculine tendency, and an interpretation of the birth of the egalitarian world, which finally ceased to be egalitarian with the gradual emergence of patriarchy. Mélanie Body includes in this graphic novel portraits of female warriors and discovers the epic story of our body with its worries and other concerns, but also of how it has blossomed over the years… and all with a feminine touch!

Marketing Information

  • An author who is very active on social networks, 11K on Facebook
  • An active feminist activist, supported by political figures and associations fighting violence against women and children (Maison des Femmes)
  • One of the first comics written in “feminine”