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That's Transformation!
First
the fur, that is starting to stir
Then the tail, a sign of beastly travail
And the paws, now you're down on all fours...
That's
Transformation!
TF's in Commercially-Produced Entertainment
Unlike us,
there are actually people out there making money depicting and
dramatizing
human-into-animal transformations!
Commercially released books, stories, even movies, TV shows and ads
all explore this fundamental fantasy we can't get enough of.
Who knows, perhaps the creators of these works are under Circe's influence
as well,
helping to spread word of her metamorphic pleasures far and wide;
Circe's Funhouse is proud to present a few samples of their work...
(Please note: all works are © their respective owners)
Let's
start with some highbrow, snooty grand opera:
High
Culture:
Grand
Opera
"Alcina:
She Turns Men Into Beasts"
Modern
Dance
"Circe"
(Martha Graham Dance Company)
Adult
Books:
[in the mature,
not pornographic sense, you pervert]
"Carmen
Dog"
Women turning into
animals? Animals turning into women? Read all about it...
"Bitten"
(book review)
"The
Sub" (another book review)
"Pig Tales"
Cover close-up
Full
cover
Children's
Books:
"Is
That You, George?"
[From the book's
amazon.com
page:] "After spending the day in bed with a cold, listening to stories
of the North Pole, George is somewhat perturbed to awake the next day having
metamorphosed into a polar bear. This colour picture book -illustrated by the
author - follows George as he copes with everyday life as a polar bear."
"Winni
Allfours"
[From the book's
amazon.com
page:] "Winni adores ponies and pleads with her mum and dad to buy
her one. The dinner lady at school puts an idea into Winni's head when she says
that if she keeps on eating so many carrots, she'll turn into a horse. Winni
decides to test this theory out, and sure enough it works. "
Winni's
Transformation!
Courtesy
of the fabulous 'Destrier,' here's Winni's human-equine TF!
"How
to be a Dragon... Without Burning Your Tongue"
[From the book's
amazon.com
page:] "How would it feel to be turning into a dragon, scale by scale,
fang by fang, claw by claw? Rozzie Banks is about to find out. She is transported
into a difficult new world, living with her estranged father in an isolated
Nevada mining community. Rozzie despises her new life until, one day, inside
a mountain cavern, she meets a shadowy dragon. Touching a mysterious teardrop,
she begins her transformation into a dragon herself."
I'm reading this one right now, have to admit I'm finding it a little slow going....
Not
Just A Witch
[From the book's
amazon.com
page:] "After 30 years at witch school, best friends Heckie and Dora
plan to settle down in a small town, Do Good, and make the world a better place...Heckie
uses her power to turn humans into animals to rid the town of wicked people
and supplement the animal population of the local zoo. However, her plans begin
to go awry when she meets a slick furrier who wants to exploit her talents to
obtain rare snow leopard pelts...."
"The
Dog Days of Arthur Cane"
It seems to be a
perennial TF story: a human is transformed into a dog (or other animal) in order
to learn a valuable life lesson or two. Here's a book cover featuring a very
nice TF sequence from one such effort, dating from 1977.
"Hey
Al"
A Caldecott Medal-winning
kids' book by Arthur Yorinks & Richard Egielski tells the story of humble
janitor Al and faithful dog Eddie who are whisked off to an island-in-the sky
paradise (obviously part of the Funhouse!), where a feathery surprise awaits
them...
"'What a life,' Al cooed."
"But ripe fruit soon spoils."
"'Take us back, take us back!'"
"Swan
Lake "
Illustrated, children's
book version of the famous Tchaikovsky TF ballet
Book review with illustration
"The
Chronicles of Narnia"
(illustrated
by Pauline Baynes)
Eustace (from Voyage of the Dawn-Treader)
Rabadash (from The Horse and His Boy)
"Goosebumps"
Cover illustration
"The Devil's Donkey"
Old cover
Recent edition
"Donkey Cabbage"
Illustration
from a story in The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
"Mike
and the Magic Cookies"
Cover
Spread #1
Spread #2
Spread #3
Spread #4
Spread #5
Spread #6
Comics:
'Hi-fi' fan prefers his woofers over his tweeters
(from a 1950's Mad Magazine - who even knows woofers from tweeters
any more?)
Wonder
Woman goes ape!
(from the 'Monkey Business' Google group (which looks to be
offline at the moment...)
Superman
goes scaly - opening page
Transformation pages
Captain
America goes furry:
(thank you, Lynx!)
The Cover
TF Sequence
Ta-daa!
Live,
from Brazil - it's 'Aninha'!
A friend sent me a bag o'comix from Brazil; needless to say,
the following story caught my eye (anyone know Portuguese?):
The Cover/Page 3
Pages 4/5
Pages 6/7
Pages 8/9
Pages 10/11
Page 12
Bloom
Country (circa 1992)
Dilbert
(circa November 2002)
Ulysses
meets Circe (& she's in a bad mood...)
A 'Silver Age' comic book cover
Interior panels
Another
Silver Age cover
Aye
Carrramba! (Bart Simpson's TF!)
"Baldo"
(anybody ever hear of this strip before?)
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Concept
sketches for the movie's TF
