A review by booksandwoolsocks
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists by Various

4.0

I don't wade into the waters of comics often (indeed, the extent of comics in my childhood was Calvin & Hobbes and Sherman's Lagoon) but I ate these up as if I was Goldilocks and starving. Some of the tales were all-familiar to me because they were the fairy tales we all grew up with. Others I wasn't aware of and I love coming head to head with fairy tales I've never encountered. Like the editor Chris Duffy, I was compelled to read as many fairy tales as I could stomach in a couple of months for work once upon a time, and man, I wish I could've beheld this book during those months! While this book was belated for me (where where you when I needed you?), I enjoyed it all the same. I like the cartoonists' riffs on the beloved fairy tales we all grew up with. I like the sardonic sense of humor. I like the whimsy. I like that everyone took some creative liberties with their craft. If you don't forage into comics often or think you don't like them, this book could open up the floodgates for you. I can't think of any exceptions for not liking this book. There's something in it for everyone.