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Ever After High: Class of Classics: An Original Graphic Novel
"When a magical spell goes awry, the teenage children of fairytale classics are sent into their parents' yearbooks where they learn about the past and how they came to be who they are today"--
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First published June 20, 2017
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Leigh Dragoon
23 books80 followersLeigh Dragoon (born May 6, 1976 in Plattsburgh, New York) is a professional American comics writer and illustrator. She currently lives in Sacramento, California.
Leigh Dragoon’s work first appeared in Girlamatic, publisher of her urban fantasy webcomic By the Wayside, which won the Kim Yale Award for Best New Female Talent in 2006. She contributed art to Sam Kieth’s My Inner Bimbo graphic novel. In 2009 she wrote the script for the three-volume HarperCollins/Tokyopop manga series based on Frewin Jones’ YA fantasy series The Faerie Path. She also contributed a story to the Fraggle Rock Vol. 1 graphic novel published by Archaia Studios Press in 2010. In 2011 she adapted the script for Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy graphic novel, in addition to Frostbite forthcoming in 2012.
Leigh Dragoon’s work first appeared in Girlamatic, publisher of her urban fantasy webcomic By the Wayside, which won the Kim Yale Award for Best New Female Talent in 2006. She contributed art to Sam Kieth’s My Inner Bimbo graphic novel. In 2009 she wrote the script for the three-volume HarperCollins/Tokyopop manga series based on Frewin Jones’ YA fantasy series The Faerie Path. She also contributed a story to the Fraggle Rock Vol. 1 graphic novel published by Archaia Studios Press in 2010. In 2011 she adapted the script for Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy graphic novel, in addition to Frostbite forthcoming in 2012.
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September 29, 2017
Great art! Absolutely no plot to speak of... Apple and Raven sneak out to look at the year books their mother's spelled, but of course Raven's spells backfire and they pull all their friends into the books to see their parent's past. Except there's no tension. It's just nice images of the past that make the students feel more connected to their parents. Alas :l Ever After High has a rather interesting premise that they never do anything with. Boo.
March 4, 2025
NO BECAUSE WDYM PRINCE CHARMING WAS A TOTAL NERD MADLY IN LOVE WITH GOLDILOCKS AND NOT ONLY NEVER GOT TO END UP WITH HER BUT ALSO FAVORED DARING WHO IS LITERALLY NOT EVEN LIKE HIM THE WAY DEXTER IS??!!
i am CONFUSION.
i am CONFUSION.
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March 17, 2018
*review coming cause I have opinions*
January 11, 2019
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I have watched the Ever After High show on Netflix and read the various books series, so I was excited to find a graphic novel version at the library. It was also nice to see that it was an original story, not just an adaptation of one of the storylines in the show.
While the book is not plot-heavy, it is really interesting. I enjoyed seeing the various relationships between our favorite characters and their parents. Really fascinating set up. I especially liked Dexter and Darling's story.
The artwork was well-done and there was good variations in facial expressions. I hate princess-y books that only feature the characters smiling. The writing was also good. Lots of puns that will entertain any Ever After High fan.
Overall, a hexcellent addition to the Ever After High universe.
I have watched the Ever After High show on Netflix and read the various books series, so I was excited to find a graphic novel version at the library. It was also nice to see that it was an original story, not just an adaptation of one of the storylines in the show.
While the book is not plot-heavy, it is really interesting. I enjoyed seeing the various relationships between our favorite characters and their parents. Really fascinating set up. I especially liked Dexter and Darling's story.
The artwork was well-done and there was good variations in facial expressions. I hate princess-y books that only feature the characters smiling. The writing was also good. Lots of puns that will entertain any Ever After High fan.
Overall, a hexcellent addition to the Ever After High universe.
January 13, 2021
art is cute, great story idea! i wish it was longer though, the story felt rushed a lot. i’m sure if it was around 100 or so pages it would have been brilliant (although i try to keep myself aware that this was mostly aimed towards 6-14 year olds). i was hoping to see what goldilocks and a few other characters in the class of classics was like, and their kids’ reaction to them. very cute story, just wish it was longer!
July 30, 2017
This book was not nearly as great as I was hoping it would be. I was really excited to read about the parents of the characters in the Ever After High series but this book was a disappointment. The storyline was weird and really choppy. The author jumped around a lot and never really explained what was going on very well. Also the pictures looked similar but still different enough than what the characters look like in the other books and on the shows and movies that it took away from the storyline. Overall I did not enjoy this book nearly as much as I hoped I would and I'm glad that it was short and didn't take me long to read so I didn't have to spend a lot of time reading it. Although if it had been longer maybe the author could have made it better. I'm hoping future books in the Ever After High series are better than this one was.
May 25, 2025
I did not know anything about the original series but thought this sounded like Descendents the Rise of Red where the children of fairytale characters attend high school together but go back in time to ehen their their parents attended the school.
This was light hearted and fun as the Daughters of the Evil Queen (Raven) and Snow White (Apple White) want to know how their mothers were like as teens and a spell cause them to journey through their friends parents stories as well. I liked the idea of the teens getting a new perspective of their parents instead of the pedestals they originally had them on.
The words with the fairytale touch was charming like Whatever after, Hexcellent, Thronecake, Castleteria, Spelltacular
This was light hearted and fun as the Daughters of the Evil Queen (Raven) and Snow White (Apple White) want to know how their mothers were like as teens and a spell cause them to journey through their friends parents stories as well. I liked the idea of the teens getting a new perspective of their parents instead of the pedestals they originally had them on.
The words with the fairytale touch was charming like Whatever after, Hexcellent, Thronecake, Castleteria, Spelltacular
June 29, 2017
This was metamazing!
The visual humor! The fairy tale puns! The art! The characters are in character!
I was a little bit afraid when they released the blurb but there was no need to be worried. Leigh Dragoon and Jessi Sheron have truly captured the essence of Ever After High. Now that's what I call a job well done!
I CoLed (= cackled out loud) really often. There are a few pictures that could be drawn even better but other than that Jessi is a very talented artist. Now I wish they would release at least one another EAH graphic novel because even though it's not animated it is a great substitute for a movie (or set of webisodes).
The visual humor! The fairy tale puns! The art! The characters are in character!
I was a little bit afraid when they released the blurb but there was no need to be worried. Leigh Dragoon and Jessi Sheron have truly captured the essence of Ever After High. Now that's what I call a job well done!
I CoLed (= cackled out loud) really often. There are a few pictures that could be drawn even better but other than that Jessi is a very talented artist. Now I wish they would release at least one another EAH graphic novel because even though it's not animated it is a great substitute for a movie (or set of webisodes).
June 24, 2023
Desafortunadamente no fue lo que estaba esperando, aun así, es una historia que tiene sus momentos y nos sirve para conocer un poco más de los padres de cuento. Lo que más me gustó es poder ver a la generación anterior de adolescentes, pero ¿eso de qué te sirve si todos tienen personalidades totalmente distintas a lo que se sabe de ellos hoy en día? Y no hablo de una progresión normal, algo que te haga decir "Ah, claro, este personaje llegó del punto A al B con la edad", sino de un cambio en personalidades para que los padres sirvan y se adapten a la historia que la autora quiere contar, y no a la realidad de EAH. Y en un show que se distingue por tener personajes con mucha chispa, la falta de la misma es bastante notoría.
Al final, termina por caer en ideas que contradicen el propio canon de otros libros y eso saca bastante de onda, ¿Es que acaso los autores no leen el resto de la bibliografía para saber de qué van estos personajes? Por lo visto, no.
Y ahora, un resumencillo con algunos spoilers, pero, la verdad, no es para tanto, por que la historia no está tan buena como para tener que leerla a ciegas:
1. The Spell
Ni siquiera sé porque cuentan esto como un cuento independiente. Es tan solo la introducción, en donde nos muestran que ciertos alumnos tienen ideas preconcebidas erroneas de sus padres, y se sienten mal por ello. Luego Raven hace un mal hechizo y, voilá, ahí van ella y Apple a ver a los padres de los demás en esa bella época graciosa, digo, grasosa: la adolescencia.
2. Pied Piper
Melody Piper se les aparece (a saber, por qué), y nos enteramos de cómo fue que se escogió su nombre. También de qué la mamá de Kitty y el papá de Melody eran amigos. Y eso es todo, no hay gran conflicto.
3. Madhatter
Maddie se les aparece, ve a su papá siendo un Madhatter, le aplaude por ser tan genial (y dice ya sabía que lo era), y luego desaparece. Pero, a ver, si ya sabía que su papá "es genial con sus travesuras", entonces, ¿Para qué ocupan espacio en una historia que no aporta nada? Al menos Melody aprendió de donde salió su nombre.
4. Red Riding Hood
Mi favorita. En ella podemos apreciar cómo se dio el romance de Red y Wolf. E intenta hacer un enemies to lovers, pero por las cortas páginas, no es el mejor. Sin embargo, sí es la mejor historia.
Aunque, volvemos al punto, ¿Por qué el profesor que en la escuela siempre les dice que se comporten y pide por la compostura, de jóven tenía ADHD al cubo? Esas actitudes distraídas y juguetonas, si bien, no tenían que acompañarle como travesuras en su adultez, si debieron de ser algo que el personaje siempre tuviera con él. Me hubiera creido esta actitud más de Piper, la verdad (con eso de que los pone a bailar y cantar como ejercicios de tarea que terminan causando desorden, y con las veces que se le va la olla en clase).
5. King Charming
De nueva cuenta, echándole tierra a Daring, nos enteramos que el papá de los Charming no tiene nada que ver con el papá que se nos presenta en A Semi-Charming Kind of Life, sino que es más bien un Dexter 2.0 (¿O -1.0?), y sirve conocerlo para que Dex vea que es normal ser tan tooorpe~ como él. Pero, en serio, Dexter tiene que solucionar el mismo conflicto en cada historia, y es hartante, ¿Qué no puede hacer otra cosa que enterarse de qué esta bien ser el Milhouse Van Houten de la serie?
Igual, le doy puntos a la historia, porque aquí nos enteramos de que el papá de los Charming estaba enamorado de Goldie Locks, y chisme es chisme.
6. Snow White & The Evil Queen
Típica historia de la Queen B, y la pobre muchacha a la que le quiere hacer bullying. En esta historia Snow White es buena y pura~, y Evil le juega una "broma pesada" inscribiendola en el equipo de dragones, pero Snow White aprende que lo ama, como ya bien sabemos por Dragon Games, no solo lo amará, sino que será la mejor de las mejores en el deporte.
De nuevo, ¿Para qué decir que Snow es timida y noble cuándo ya aprendimos que es una c**era egoísta insensible que le ha causado severos traumas a Apple?
La verdad, lo divertido de EAH es precisamente que te dé esta versión de Snow, entonces, ¿Para qué decirme que era más buena que el pan, justo como el resto de Snows que han existido en las diez mil ciento ochenta y tres versiones que hay del cuento?
7. Reunion
Los personajes vuelven a la escuela, y se reunen con sus papás, todos contentones y felices, y comen perdices. De nuevo, esta par de páginas no es una historia, solo es el outro.
En resumen: no me arrepiento de tener el comic, los dibujos estan bien y la idea de Apple y Raven viajando por el pasado me gusta. Sin embargo, hubiera preferido que las 112 páginas fueran de ellas dos y sus madres, para dar un verdadero desarrollo a la historia, y no nada más pinceladas que no llevan a ninguna parte, si acaso, a crear cambios en personajes de base que justo como son, están bien.
Al final, termina por caer en ideas que contradicen el propio canon de otros libros y eso saca bastante de onda, ¿Es que acaso los autores no leen el resto de la bibliografía para saber de qué van estos personajes? Por lo visto, no.
Y ahora, un resumencillo con algunos spoilers, pero, la verdad, no es para tanto, por que la historia no está tan buena como para tener que leerla a ciegas:
1. The Spell
Ni siquiera sé porque cuentan esto como un cuento independiente. Es tan solo la introducción, en donde nos muestran que ciertos alumnos tienen ideas preconcebidas erroneas de sus padres, y se sienten mal por ello. Luego Raven hace un mal hechizo y, voilá, ahí van ella y Apple a ver a los padres de los demás en esa bella época graciosa, digo, grasosa: la adolescencia.
2. Pied Piper
Melody Piper se les aparece (a saber, por qué), y nos enteramos de cómo fue que se escogió su nombre. También de qué la mamá de Kitty y el papá de Melody eran amigos. Y eso es todo, no hay gran conflicto.
3. Madhatter
Maddie se les aparece, ve a su papá siendo un Madhatter, le aplaude por ser tan genial (y dice ya sabía que lo era), y luego desaparece. Pero, a ver, si ya sabía que su papá "es genial con sus travesuras", entonces, ¿Para qué ocupan espacio en una historia que no aporta nada? Al menos Melody aprendió de donde salió su nombre.
4. Red Riding Hood
Mi favorita. En ella podemos apreciar cómo se dio el romance de Red y Wolf. E intenta hacer un enemies to lovers, pero por las cortas páginas, no es el mejor. Sin embargo, sí es la mejor historia.
Aunque, volvemos al punto, ¿Por qué el profesor que en la escuela siempre les dice que se comporten y pide por la compostura, de jóven tenía ADHD al cubo? Esas actitudes distraídas y juguetonas, si bien, no tenían que acompañarle como travesuras en su adultez, si debieron de ser algo que el personaje siempre tuviera con él. Me hubiera creido esta actitud más de Piper, la verdad (con eso de que los pone a bailar y cantar como ejercicios de tarea que terminan causando desorden, y con las veces que se le va la olla en clase).
5. King Charming
De nueva cuenta, echándole tierra a Daring, nos enteramos que el papá de los Charming no tiene nada que ver con el papá que se nos presenta en A Semi-Charming Kind of Life, sino que es más bien un Dexter 2.0 (¿O -1.0?), y sirve conocerlo para que Dex vea que es normal ser tan tooorpe~ como él. Pero, en serio, Dexter tiene que solucionar el mismo conflicto en cada historia, y es hartante, ¿Qué no puede hacer otra cosa que enterarse de qué esta bien ser el Milhouse Van Houten de la serie?
Igual, le doy puntos a la historia, porque aquí nos enteramos de que el papá de los Charming estaba enamorado de Goldie Locks, y chisme es chisme.
6. Snow White & The Evil Queen
Típica historia de la Queen B, y la pobre muchacha a la que le quiere hacer bullying. En esta historia Snow White es buena y pura~, y Evil le juega una "broma pesada" inscribiendola en el equipo de dragones, pero Snow White aprende que lo ama, como ya bien sabemos por Dragon Games, no solo lo amará, sino que será la mejor de las mejores en el deporte.
De nuevo, ¿Para qué decir que Snow es timida y noble cuándo ya aprendimos que es una c**era egoísta insensible que le ha causado severos traumas a Apple?
La verdad, lo divertido de EAH es precisamente que te dé esta versión de Snow, entonces, ¿Para qué decirme que era más buena que el pan, justo como el resto de Snows que han existido en las diez mil ciento ochenta y tres versiones que hay del cuento?
7. Reunion
Los personajes vuelven a la escuela, y se reunen con sus papás, todos contentones y felices, y comen perdices. De nuevo, esta par de páginas no es una historia, solo es el outro.
En resumen: no me arrepiento de tener el comic, los dibujos estan bien y la idea de Apple y Raven viajando por el pasado me gusta. Sin embargo, hubiera preferido que las 112 páginas fueran de ellas dos y sus madres, para dar un verdadero desarrollo a la historia, y no nada más pinceladas que no llevan a ninguna parte, si acaso, a crear cambios en personajes de base que justo como son, están bien.
October 19, 2023
Nothing special, but it was cute and wholesome, as you would expect from the series.
The one tiny bit I loved from the book, was the upside down speech bubble in Wonderland. Speech bubbles are normally just a way to convey auditory information to the reader, but the speech bubbles existing as a part of the fictional world, hence being upside down when a character is upside down, is perfectly on point for Wonderland.
The one tiny bit I loved from the book, was the upside down speech bubble in Wonderland. Speech bubbles are normally just a way to convey auditory information to the reader, but the speech bubbles existing as a part of the fictional world, hence being upside down when a character is upside down, is perfectly on point for Wonderland.
June 28, 2017
Cute, with some fun insight into a few of our beloved characters' parents' time at Ever After High. The drawings were also well done. This is not a necessity, but an extra indulgence for those who hold Ever After High close to their hearts. It is also a quick read, one I am glad I took the time for.
October 12, 2022
Beautiful art style and simple but appealing storylines in each chapter, with the way each character has something to come to terms with regarding their parent (perhaps a bit of forced drama in some of the scenarios, but still entertaining.) ultimately satisfying to me as an EAH fan.
July 24, 2017
The graphic novel-format fits Ever After High perfectly.
August 10, 2017
Loved it
August 26, 2017
Beautiful artwork with cute peeks into the kids' parents' backstories.
February 24, 2018
First encounter with Ever After High, a little hard to follow but not terrible. Loved Mad Hatter Girl's design!
September 3, 2018
It's like travelling back to the good old days!
September 6, 2019
Cute and interesting. This was my introduction to the series and I think I would have gotten more if I had read some of the books first.
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September 6, 2021it good book
March 24, 2022
This was kind of about a 2.5 for me it just fell flat which is odd because usually ever after high material but this is kind of felt unnecessary not really my cup of tea.
August 27, 2022
The plot was interesting, and the art was good. I wish the book was longer though; it did feel rushed. I liked Red Riding Hood and Charming’s stories the best.
September 7, 2022
I love rereading this. It’s such a fun look at the lives of the parents of our favourite characters. My favourite was the story about Cerise’s parents.
August 4, 2023
Not the best Ever After High mini story but it was very cool to look at the previous generation a bit
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January 9, 2025Good story but the art was very uncanny.
May 4, 2025
i miss eah 💔... also i will always eat up showcasing parents in highschool
March 22, 2025
Seeing the parents as teenagers was so fun. And some of the characters learnt more about them.
But I will say it would have been a bit more fun if it was a book series instead and each book was the different parts. And we had dived deeper, because it felt a bit surface level.
Plus it would have been fun if the evil queen was super nice and everyone was like she is not going to follow her destiny we are doomed. Like everyone is with Raven. But then when they have graduated she becomes so evil and use all the pent-up anger on everyone. I am just saying that would have been fun.
But in all it was a very adorable book.
But I will say it would have been a bit more fun if it was a book series instead and each book was the different parts. And we had dived deeper, because it felt a bit surface level.
Plus it would have been fun if the evil queen was super nice and everyone was like she is not going to follow her destiny we are doomed. Like everyone is with Raven. But then when they have graduated she becomes so evil and use all the pent-up anger on everyone. I am just saying that would have been fun.
But in all it was a very adorable book.
August 11, 2019
loved it!!!:)
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December 17, 2022
I really liked how this comic included both like Cinderella, Belle, Red Riding Hood, and their kids. I loved how we got a little glimpse of the parents past in high school, it was really neat!
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