Marisa Acocella Marchetto Returns With 'Ann Tenna: A Novel' - WWD
Her cartoons have been published in The New Yorker, Glamour, Modern Bride and O, The Oprah Magazine. Her graphic memoir, “Cancer Vixen: A True Story,” turned the dramatic contrasts of her own life (think breast cancer diagnosis just before her wedding) into comic gold in 2006. Now Marchetto has created a new book, “Ann Tenna: A Novel,” which will... It’s a graphic novel about Ann Tenna, the gossip columnist of the title, who runs a Web site called Eyemauler. It’s a story that Marchetto says she has had in mind for 20 years, and at one point thought about making into a Web series. The remarkable vista from the home studio where Marchetto works includes sights of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. “It’s the iconic skyline throughout the entire book,” she says of “Ann Tenna. ” For this interview, she wears a look in keeping with the colorful, Space Age style of her new book. “Ann Tenna has an accident that threatens her entire life,” Marchetto says. “She redirects her path and goes up to meet Super Ann, who is who she should be. ‘Ann Tenna’ is really a metaphor for the world of gossip and fashion, that universe. Source: wwd.com
