What They Did to Princess Paragon
What They Did to Princess Paragon is a humor novel by Robert Rodi, which tells the story of what happens when a venerable comic book superheroine is retconned as a lesbian.
 What They Did to Princess Paragon, a novel by Robert Rodi | |
| Author | Robert Rodi |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Humor |
| Publisher | Dutton Penguin |
Publication date | 01 May 1994 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 288 pages (1st edition) |
| ISBN | 0-525-93772-2 (hardcover edition) |
| OCLC | 29312496 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3568.O34854 W43 1994 |
Plot summary
Gay comic book creator Brian Parrish is hired by Bang Comics to take over Princess Paragon, a superhero comic book that's been around since the 1940s, but whose sales are slumping badly by the 1990s. Parrish decides to reimagine Princess Paragon as a lesbian, a move which causes quite a bit of excitement and publicity for Bang, but also causes consternation among some of the fan base. One deranged fanboy in particular, Jerome T. Kornacker, is so outraged that his favorite superheroine is being "perverted," that he takes radical steps to stop the change.
Major themes
What They Did to Princess Paragon is a tongue-in-cheek look at the comic book industry, the artists who create comics, the corporations that publish and sell them, and the fans who support and consume the books. The story is also an exploration of 1990s lesbian feminist thought.
Publication history
- 1994, USA, E. P. Dutton ISBN 0-525-93772-2, Pub date 1 May 1994, hardcover
- 1995, USA, Plume ISBN 0-452-27163-0, Pub date 1 May 1995, paperback
External links
- What They Did to Princess Paragon review at Beek's Books
- What They Did to Princess Paragon at Amazon.com