I would like to thank the following people for their invaluable help and support:

Comic Art Europe and The Jaffe Center for Book Arts, who gave me the freedom to explore my creative ideas;

The entire Lyon BD team, especially Nicolas, Lisa and Rebecca;

Julien Limonne, who created the music for the concert;

The Miercuri Hangout crew who had to endure my constant wailing and endless concept questioning and who patiently offered guidance and wise advice every step of the way;

Paula Rusu, who supervised my card-design attempts and suggested the fonts for the card deck;

Ludo Cards, who magically still had a stock of card-printing-paper at discount price, and who got everything ready in two weeks;

Miki Montllò, Karrie Fransman, Alice Stoicescu and Eli Bădică who all guided me through the creation process.

Laura Jiga Iliescu for her lecture on belief narratives, who really, was the pebble that set the whole idea in motion.

An added special thanks to John Cutrone from The Jaffe Center and the Real Mail Friday gang.

My parents, who introduced me to fairy-tales, mythology and Shakespeare at a young age

And all the kind strangers who stumbled upon my work in progress and offered words of encouragement.

Maria Surducan