![]() A table of contents notes each tale’s provenance. This collection succeeds as an introduction to both the sometimes brutal stories and the wide variety of comics styles. Green’s antic-filled expressions lend cruel hilarity to the tale of fratricide Kate and Shaggy Shanahan’s “Tatterhood” telling uses an energetic line to portray two sisters with opposite personalities and Jose Pimienta’s “Hamelin’s Piper” weaves a silent story in sweeping visuals. ![]() The breadth of art styles, all rendered in black-and-white, complements the stories’ variety. Some, such as Mary Cagle’s caricatured “Jack and the Beanstalk,” are relatively faithful to their original renditions others’ creators add their own flair, as in Kory Bing’s “The Nixie of the Mill-Pond,” in which the Nixie is portrayed as a grotesque creature rather than a pre-Raphaelite beauty. They had money and land, and their prosperity increased year by year more and more. ![]() There was once upon a time a miller who lived with his wife in great contentment. Ten indie comics creators reimagine nine folktales, most well-known, in this robust introduction to classic European and Russian stories. 02-05-2023 Fairy tale: The nix of the mill-pond - Grimm. ![]()
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