Fairy Tale Comics : : Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists

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Call Number: Youth Graphic Novel / Fairy Tale, Kids Book / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy / Fairy Tale Comics
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Cover title.
Sweet porridge! / Bobby London -- The 12 dancing princesses / Emily Carroll -- Hansel and Gretel / Gilbert Hernandez -- Puss in Boots / Vanessa Davis -- Little Red Riding Hood / Gigi D. G. -- The prince and the tortoise / Ramona Fradon & Chris Duffy -- Snow White / Jaime Hernandez -- The boy who drew cats / Luke Pearson -- Rumpelstiltskin / Brett Helquist -- Rabbit will not help / Joseph Lambert -- Rapunzel / Raina Telgemeier -- The small-tooth dog / Charise Mericle Harper -- Goldilocks and the three bears / Graham Annable -- Baba Yaga / Jillian Tamaki -- Bremen Town / Karl Kerschl -- Give me the shudders / David Mazzucchelli -- Azzolino's story without end / Craig Thompson.

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A Few Gems, More Meh submitted by andrewjmac on July 29, 2014, 3:32pm This collection has the interpretations of fairy tales by comics artists. While this can sometimes be interesting, seeing a new take on an old tale, mostly these are just graphic retellings, adding very little. There are a few great ones, all of them by the people you would expect: Raina Telgemeier, Graham Annable, Luke Pearson (especially Luke Pearson). But on the whole nothing much has been added to these stories, which would seem to be the whole point of re-doing a story that has been done (in written and graphical form) many times over. Fine for looking over, but you won't find yourself jumping to re-read it.

Fun submitted by ecronin on August 9, 2016, 3:49pm This wasn't a great book, but it was a fun read.

Good submitted by Mystery_Man on June 16, 2019, 5:13pm Very cool and I think needs a little work

Just okay submitted by camelsamba on August 31, 2019, 12:46am This is a collection of fairy tales, each illustrated by a different artist. Each is stylistically unique, although it is not necessarily the case that the style matches the story. Most of these will be familiar to western readers. 5 of the 17 were new to me: The Prince and the Tortoise (from 1001 Nights), The Boy Who Drew Cats (Japanese), Give Me The Shudders (Brothers Grimm), The Small Tooth (similar to beauty and the beast), and Azzolino's Story Without End.

Of the familiar tales, most hew closely to tradition in this edition, except perhaps Rapunzel (drawn by Raina Telgemeier), which adds an empowered feminist twist.

My personal favorites: Jillian Tamaki (Baba Yaga), Emily Carroll (The 12 Dancing Princesses), and Luke Pearson (The Boy Who Drew Cats).

Great Visual Variety submitted by Meginator on July 19, 2020, 1:15pm This anthology of (as promised) fairy tale comics doesn’t offer too much in the way of innovation, sticking closely to familiar versions of well-known stories (primarily of Western European origin), but the variety of visual styles is good and a few artists offer exceptional takes on these oft-told tales. I particularly enjoyed Graham Annable’s wordless version of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, Gigi D.G.’s blocky “Little Red Riding Hood” (featuring a female lumberjack!), and Raina Telgemeier’s cartoony “Rapunzel”, while Bobby London’s “Sweet Porridge” is a nice throwback to classic Sunday funny pages. Jillian Tamaki’s innovative use of space and single-panel narrative flow in her version of “Baba Yaga” was particularly interesting from a visual standpoint, and Luke Pearson’s “The Boy Who Drew Cats” relies heavily on irony to deliver the book’s funniest moments. None of the contributors reinvents the wheel here, but I always have fun experiencing new perspectives on stories I’ve heard a million times, and these comics are a nice introduction to the form for readers exploring different narrative techniques.