Margaret of Scotland (such as a banner, ribbons, a crown, and a blue garment) are incidental and common in portraits of princesses in works by other artists,” the company said. Joan of Arc drawing and our illustrator’s depiction of St. In its statement, Ascension denied any wrongdoing but said it regretted showing the new illustrator Garza’s original drawing. Both illustrations feature blue ribbons and banners surrounding the drawings of the saints. Joan of Arc alongside an illustration from Ascension’s book, noting the similarities between the two. Garza posted photos of her illustration of St. Jadwiga of Poland,” read the statement.Īrchbishop Broglio sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine. Our new illustrator went on to create illustrations for 80 pages of stories about St. Joan of Arc that Fabiola had shared publicly. “For background on the project, we provided the new illustrator with the single image of St. We chose different saints for our book alongside a different storytelling style and different illustrations,” Ascension said. “As we each had different creative visions for the project, we continued our vision with a new illustrator. Joan of Arc, and when it went with a new illustrator, it chose different saints to highlight, Ascension said. Over the eight months Ascension had discussed the project Garza had provided one illustration of St. Ascension maintains that the book it published was different from the one it had discussed with Garza. In its statement Ascension said that after Garza told the publisher that she had decided not to work with the company it went ahead with plans to come out with a book about princess saints by a different author and illustrator. Garza, who works as an illustrator for the Disney Design Group in Orlando, Florida, published an account of her dealings with Ascension on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter following the publication of the publisher’s book on princess saints. When those talks did not lead to a contract, she decided to shop her idea around, and eventually signed a contract with Word on Fire to publish a book on princess saints. A major Catholic publishing house is pulling a book on Catholic princess saints days after an illustrator took to social media saying that the company had published the book based on her ideas and illustrations.Īscension, a publisher of Catholic books and digital media, including Father Mike Schmitz’s “Bible in a Year” podcast, emailed a statement to CNA Tuesday announcing that it would no longer be selling the book, “Catholic Princess Saint Stories, Volume I,” which was released earlier this month.įabiola Garza, the illustrator who is at odds with Ascension, posted on social media that she had spent months talking with the publisher about plans for a book on princess saints.
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