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Return To Wonderland
Grimm Fairy Tales: Wonderland: House of Liddle
If walls could speak, these would scream When Calie left the Liddle home she had no idea of the terrible legacy she was leaving behind. A house possessed by the evil of Wonderland, it has been taking victims for years and years. Some innocent... some not so. Now the story of the house of madness is collected here for the first time ever
Return To Wonderland: 2009 Annual
Return To Wonderland: 2010 Annual
Return To Wonderland: 2011 Annual
Return To Wonderland: 2009 Annual
Return To Wonderland: 2010 Annual
Return To Wonderland: 2011 Annual
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 6, 2011
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About the author
Raven Gregory
571 books89 followersExecutive Editor/Staff Writer of Zenescope Entertainment
Raven Gregory was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1979, the youngest of three brothers.
Discovered in 2000 by then Vice President of Publishing at Top Cow Productions, Renae Geerlings, his first professionally published work was the critically acclaimed creator owned independent comic series, The Gift, in 2003. The hit series would later be published by Image Comics as the writers' popularity continued to grow.
Years later, the young writer would come to attention of Zenescope Editor in Chief and co-founder, Ralph Tedesco, who recruited the writer to the newly created position of Executive Editor and Staff Writer of Zenescope Entertainment. Gregory would go on to co-create and write the best selling Wonderland Trilogy series with fellow co-creators Joe Brusha (President/CCO), and Ralph Tedesco as well as numerous other Grimm Fairy Tales spin offs, Crossovers and Creator Owned titles.
Known for his incredibly dark, yet realistic stories of horror, the writer's use of relatable personal tragedy, and powerful themes have made the writer a fan favorite creator across the nation.
After suffering the loss of a close friend to a car accident in June 2012, and the death of his ex-wife and mother of his children, Kourtney Keiser, to a hit and run accident one year later in 2013 Raven began work on his most personal story to date entitled NO TOMORROW. The story is currently set to debut August 28th, 2013.
Upon the debut issue's release it will be the 200th published story by the writer.
Raven lives in Arizona with his four children, a Pitbull named Wacko, and a Chichuana named Zombie.
Best selling fan picks: The Wonderland trilogy, FLY, The Theater, Irresistible, and the Dream Eater Saga
Raven Gregory was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1979, the youngest of three brothers.
Discovered in 2000 by then Vice President of Publishing at Top Cow Productions, Renae Geerlings, his first professionally published work was the critically acclaimed creator owned independent comic series, The Gift, in 2003. The hit series would later be published by Image Comics as the writers' popularity continued to grow.
Years later, the young writer would come to attention of Zenescope Editor in Chief and co-founder, Ralph Tedesco, who recruited the writer to the newly created position of Executive Editor and Staff Writer of Zenescope Entertainment. Gregory would go on to co-create and write the best selling Wonderland Trilogy series with fellow co-creators Joe Brusha (President/CCO), and Ralph Tedesco as well as numerous other Grimm Fairy Tales spin offs, Crossovers and Creator Owned titles.
Known for his incredibly dark, yet realistic stories of horror, the writer's use of relatable personal tragedy, and powerful themes have made the writer a fan favorite creator across the nation.
After suffering the loss of a close friend to a car accident in June 2012, and the death of his ex-wife and mother of his children, Kourtney Keiser, to a hit and run accident one year later in 2013 Raven began work on his most personal story to date entitled NO TOMORROW. The story is currently set to debut August 28th, 2013.
Upon the debut issue's release it will be the 200th published story by the writer.
Raven lives in Arizona with his four children, a Pitbull named Wacko, and a Chichuana named Zombie.
Best selling fan picks: The Wonderland trilogy, FLY, The Theater, Irresistible, and the Dream Eater Saga
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September 21, 2018
Not bad, but extremly violent. I feel like some of the stories are left hanging as well. It was interesting to see the origin of everything in the last isue however.
Most of the art was good, though there were a few panels that were strange looking. Overall, just a time killer really.
Most of the art was good, though there were a few panels that were strange looking. Overall, just a time killer really.
June 7, 2016
This book is three annuals that were collected from the years 2009-2011. The first issue is set shortly after the events of Grimm Fairy Tales: Return to Wonderland in the Liddle house that was the setting for the beginning and ending of that book. Wrier Dan Wickline and artist Dave Hoover were the creative team on this issue. This story has a new family move into the house and tragedies befall each member of the family. The mirror from the Return to Wonderland book and the White Rabbit play important roles in this one. The art is pretty close to being identical to the previous book as well. If not for a different name being listed here, I would have thought the same artist drew both this issue and Return to Wonderland. Both story and art for this issue get 5 stars and give this issue a 5 star overall rating.
The 2010 annual has 4 different stories in it by 4 different writers and 4 different artists. All the art looks pretty much the same and again I wouldn't be able to point out the difference between the 4. Those artists are Alfred Trujillo, Tess Fowler, Dafu Yu, and Thiago Santos. The 4 writers are Raven Gregory, Dan Wickline, Mark L. Miller, and Linda Ly. This issue has some reporters show up at the house of the girl who lives directly across the street from the Liddle house. The girl tells the reporters some stories of things that she saw happen because of the house. The portions of the book that have her talking to the reporters are what was written by Gregory. The first tale told is a direct sequel to the events of Annual 2009 and is told by the writer of that issue Wickline. This story is my favorite of the 4 parts and is just as good as the first issue in this book. Mark L. Miller's story is about the next door neighbors of the Liddle house and how the roses from next door keep creeping onto their property. The Linda Ly portion is about a realtor trying to sell the Liddle house. This was my 2nd favorite story. Art for this issue gets 5 stars and the writing gets 4 stars. I wanted to give the writing a higher score because of the Wickline story, but the rest of the writing wasn't nearly as good. This issue ends up with a 4.5 star score.
The 2010 annual is the weakest link in the book and entire series so far. The art provided by Randy Valiente is horrible compared to the art of the rest of the books. If we rated comic artists the way professional baseball players are divided up, the other artists on this series would be in the major leagues and Valiente would be in single A in the minors. Ralph Tedesco's story isn't the best in the world either. It seems like a plot for a direct to DVD horror movie with a bunch of high school kids breaking into the haunted Liddle house. Pretty much every cliché you can think of about those movies is used here. There is one cool element that has do with paintings in the house, but I won't ruin that for anyone. The writing for this issue gets 2.5 stars and the art gets 2 stars. That means this issue winds up with a 2.25 star score.
The individual issues scores averaged out to 3.92 which I rounded up to 4 stars. This book, as a whole, was enjoyable, but was weakened by the lackluster final issue. I'm still surprised by how much I've enjoyed this series. I just thought I'd read a mindless story with lots of eye candy, but it has turned out to have pretty good stories with eye candy.
The 2010 annual has 4 different stories in it by 4 different writers and 4 different artists. All the art looks pretty much the same and again I wouldn't be able to point out the difference between the 4. Those artists are Alfred Trujillo, Tess Fowler, Dafu Yu, and Thiago Santos. The 4 writers are Raven Gregory, Dan Wickline, Mark L. Miller, and Linda Ly. This issue has some reporters show up at the house of the girl who lives directly across the street from the Liddle house. The girl tells the reporters some stories of things that she saw happen because of the house. The portions of the book that have her talking to the reporters are what was written by Gregory. The first tale told is a direct sequel to the events of Annual 2009 and is told by the writer of that issue Wickline. This story is my favorite of the 4 parts and is just as good as the first issue in this book. Mark L. Miller's story is about the next door neighbors of the Liddle house and how the roses from next door keep creeping onto their property. The Linda Ly portion is about a realtor trying to sell the Liddle house. This was my 2nd favorite story. Art for this issue gets 5 stars and the writing gets 4 stars. I wanted to give the writing a higher score because of the Wickline story, but the rest of the writing wasn't nearly as good. This issue ends up with a 4.5 star score.
The 2010 annual is the weakest link in the book and entire series so far. The art provided by Randy Valiente is horrible compared to the art of the rest of the books. If we rated comic artists the way professional baseball players are divided up, the other artists on this series would be in the major leagues and Valiente would be in single A in the minors. Ralph Tedesco's story isn't the best in the world either. It seems like a plot for a direct to DVD horror movie with a bunch of high school kids breaking into the haunted Liddle house. Pretty much every cliché you can think of about those movies is used here. There is one cool element that has do with paintings in the house, but I won't ruin that for anyone. The writing for this issue gets 2.5 stars and the art gets 2 stars. That means this issue winds up with a 2.25 star score.
The individual issues scores averaged out to 3.92 which I rounded up to 4 stars. This book, as a whole, was enjoyable, but was weakened by the lackluster final issue. I'm still surprised by how much I've enjoyed this series. I just thought I'd read a mindless story with lots of eye candy, but it has turned out to have pretty good stories with eye candy.
October 2, 2020
I really enjoyed the first three stories in this book. They are like Wonderland stories told through the lens of Zenescope's other series Terror Tales. The stories are loosely connected together. Based on these excellent stories the book is easily a Five Star book.
The fourth story is unnecessary. It is an uneven rehashing of a story already told in the regular run of the Wonderland series. The change in story tone greatly halts the flow of the book and extremely drags it down. It should have been left out of the trade.
The art work overall is very good with some wonderful deep colors in certain chapters. However, the third chapter blows chunks. The line work is terrible.
Read the first three stories and skip the last one.
The fourth story is unnecessary. It is an uneven rehashing of a story already told in the regular run of the Wonderland series. The change in story tone greatly halts the flow of the book and extremely drags it down. It should have been left out of the trade.
The art work overall is very good with some wonderful deep colors in certain chapters. However, the third chapter blows chunks. The line work is terrible.
Read the first three stories and skip the last one.
July 30, 2025
The fringes of the Wonderland setting are put to use to tell a series of haunted house stories in the traditional mold. Certainly not essential to the Wonderland series at large, but these are decent scary stories that make good use of material they have at hand.
June 7, 2020
wow! very imaginative, good take on Alice and Wonderland, also good metaphor of life, just like all the horrors are... Deserving Grimm Fairytales story indeed!
February 26, 2017
What do you do if you think a house is haunted, cursed or just too cheap to be real...
... these three stories give three different options with all the success you would expect from a house where the Liddle's lived (and some died).
... these three stories give three different options with all the success you would expect from a house where the Liddle's lived (and some died).
August 7, 2018
Contains Wonderland Annuals 2009, 2010 & 2011, telling the stories of what happened at the Liddle house after Calie left at the end of Return to Wonderland.
2009 follows the story of the first new family to move in, to find the shattered looking glass restored and things still leaking through from Wonderland.
2010 is a sequel telling four short stories from the point of view of a neighbour, who lives opposite.
2011 is more standalone, set two years later, telling of a bunch of teenagers who decide to explore the abandoned Liddle house - with obvious consequences.
Additionally, there is a reprint of the three-part The Experiment story, which also appears in Tales from Wonderland vol.1.
2009 follows the story of the first new family to move in, to find the shattered looking glass restored and things still leaking through from Wonderland.
2010 is a sequel telling four short stories from the point of view of a neighbour, who lives opposite.
2011 is more standalone, set two years later, telling of a bunch of teenagers who decide to explore the abandoned Liddle house - with obvious consequences.
Additionally, there is a reprint of the three-part The Experiment story, which also appears in Tales from Wonderland vol.1.
August 15, 2022
Making the Alice in Wonderland tale into a contemporary nightmare with a psychotic twist wherein Alice is an adult, sexily drawn, and the Chesire Cat is so jacked he'd make Brock Lesnar look like a kitten seemed like it'd be sick. But the writing is incredibly poor and absurdly repetitive. And the illustrations are super inconsistent as well. I thought this would be a cool Adult Spin but instead, with all its horrible One-Liners and Extra Gratuitous Gore, it's an EdgeLord's wet dream.
I love the premise but the execution was bad at best. Whoever does Quality Control at Grimm Fairy Tales isn't getting it right. Maybe it's the Mad Hatter.
I love the premise but the execution was bad at best. Whoever does Quality Control at Grimm Fairy Tales isn't getting it right. Maybe it's the Mad Hatter.
January 7, 2014
Loved it! Loved it loved it! I can't wait to get my hands on the rest of this series and see where it goes I'm very excited for their telling of wonderland even though I am not a fan of it myself.
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