Cursed Princess Club
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| Cursed Princess Club | |
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 Volume 1 cover | |
| Author | LambCat |
| Website | Cursed Princess Club |
| Current status/schedule | Ended |
| Launch date | February 24, 2019 |
| End date | March 4, 2024 |
| Publisher | Webtoon |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, Comedy |
| Original language | English |
Cursed Princess Club is a weekly webtoon written and illustrated by LambCat. The strip began publishing on February 24, 2019 on Webtoon and ended on March 4, 2024. The strip was published in seasons, of which there are four, and during these seasons new comics were published on a weekly basis every Monday.
The series has received praise for its artwork and storylines.
The series predominantly focuses on Gwendolyn "Gwen", a sixteen-year-old princess of the Pastel Kingdom who was raised with the utmost love and consideration from her father and three siblings. She, like her siblings, have all been raised in their castle and kept somewhat hidden from the outside world. This results in Gwen developing a sweet disposition but also becoming a bit sheltered from the outside world and its norms. As a result Gwen is also unaware that her green skin and hair, particularly when contrasted against her siblings' conventional good looks, sometimes causes others to mistake her for a monster or witch. It isn't until Gwen and her two sisters are introduced to their future husbands that she truly becomes self conscious of her appearance, as she overhears her fiancé Frederick refer to her as ugly.
This rejection causes Gwen to develop low self-esteem and question her existence. It is then that she receives an invitation to a club referred to as the "CPC", which her family assumes is a well known and influential princess organization. When she eventually gains the courage to attend one of the gatherings, Gwen discovers that the CPC actually stands for the "Cursed Princess Club". This organization is made up of princesses who have been ostracized from their respective kingdoms for various reasons, ranging from enchantments and curses to their appearances. Led by President Calpernia, the CPC teaches its members to love and support themselves and others, as well as to question and challenge the norms that consider them to be outcasts.
Development
Cursed Princess Club was originally created as an entry for a contest on Webtoon. LambCat chose to focus on fairy tales due to several tropes common to the genre and because it caused them to ask the question "What if the spells didn't break and there wasn't a happily ever after? What would that scenario be like?", which in turn led them to consider themes of insecurity and self-love. While not selected to proceed past the first round, LambCat was contacted by an editor who encouraged them to continue developing the series.[1]
LambCat has stated that they have the ending plotted out, but that "It is still going to be very difficult to get there."[1]