Erstwhile: Untold Tales From the Brothers Grimm

Erstwhile #2

by Gina Biggs

Fairy Tales have captured our hearts for generations, appealing to our taste for adventure, horror, and romance. Erstwhile gives the rarely told gems of Grimm's Tales the spotlight in these delightful comic adaptations.

Included in this book:
The Worn Out Dancing Shoes
Brother and Sister
Death of the Little Red Hen
Doctor Know-It-All
Snow White and Rose Red
Iron Hans
The Three Lazy Ones

Genres: Fantasy, Comics, Graphic Novels, Anthologies, Short Stories

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2014

About the author

Gina Biggs has been creating comics for over twenty years and recently resides in Portland, OR. She is the creator of the sci-fi romance series, Love Not Found . Other notable works include Red String (Dark Horse Comics, Strawberry Comics), and Erstwhile Fairytales.

Reviews

[Nancy O'Toole · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second volume of Erstwhile collects seven lesser knowjn fairy tales of The Brother's Grimm. With the exception of The Three Lazy Ones (which, admittedly, is only a couple pages long), all of these retellings have appeared previously in the Erstwhile webcomic. The collection was recently funded through kickstarter.

The most noticeable different between the first and second volume of Erstwhile is the fact that Gina Biggs isn't the only person on writing duties. With the last collection, the art was divided between the three contributors, Gina Biggs, Elle Skinner, and Louisa Roy, but the writing was all done by Biggs. This collection starts out this way, but both Skinner and Roy turn their hand towards writing by the end. The result is a very strong collection of tales. It's true that I wasn't fond of Iron Hans, but Brother and Sister is probably my favorite of all of the tales they have every produced. I also really enjoyed the romantic Snow White and Rose Red, the clever Doctor Know-It-All, and the dark humor of The Death of the Little Red Hen.

If you enjoy fairy tale retellings, Erstwhile is certainly worth your attention. You can read the stories for free up on http://www.erstwhiletales.com/ to try them out.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miss 9 is a big fan of these fairytales. She loved red rose and snow white

[Wild-Rogue-Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I said in my review for Erstwhile #1 this is a really good series to get involved with.
The artwork and flow of narration are improving with each story; it's not perfect as some would have it seem, but like all great projects: there's room for improvement, and these ladies tackle the task.
Again, they are swapping hats and setting their talents to different parts of the creation.

Let's see, what else to dither about?
. . .oh!

Major favorite adaption this time: 'Brother and Sister'. I'm just a sucker for that tale!