What is the Scholarly Banana?

Discover the most gruesome—and hilarious—fairy tales your parents never told you! The Scholarly Banana is a sculptural graphic novel series for teens and adults that retells old, creepy fairy tales and tricks you into learning fun facts about them! Each book is stand-alone, so you don’t have to read them in any particular order. So go Bananas!

Each book includes…

  • An imaginative parody performed by a cast of quirky, handmade sculptures!

  • Cool history, fun facts, shocking symbolism, and a traditional version of the story!

  • 100+ full-page, sculptural illustrations!

Oh—there's also a buck-toothed Banana. He's a Scholarly Banana though. You can tell by his glasses. NOTE: Due to excessive Scholarliness, The Scholarly Banana is best enjoyed by readers +13.


 

THE scholarly banana human

Karly West is an author and artist from Cleveland, Ohio, who loves old fairy tales and over-analyzing stuff. Inspired by the dreamy look of stop motion animation, she creates The Scholarly Banana's illustrations with handmade figurines and photography.