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Erstwhile #3
Erstwhile: A Grimm's Fairy Tales Collection
Step into a world where magic is real and pure hearts win the day.
Discover ten gorgeously illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tale adaptations filled with clever princesses, brave mothers, big bad wolves, and epic quests.
Included in this volume:
The Singing Springing Lark
King Thrushbeard
The Wolf & the Man
The Twelve Huntsmen
Sweetheart Roland
The Ungrateful Son
The Leftovers
The Wolf & Seven Kids
Mother Holle
The Golden Key
Discover ten gorgeously illustrated Grimm's Fairy Tale adaptations filled with clever princesses, brave mothers, big bad wolves, and epic quests.
Included in this volume:
The Singing Springing Lark
King Thrushbeard
The Wolf & the Man
The Twelve Huntsmen
Sweetheart Roland
The Ungrateful Son
The Leftovers
The Wolf & Seven Kids
Mother Holle
The Golden Key
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2017
11 people want to read
About the author
Gina Biggs
34 books44 followersGina 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.
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June 25, 2017
Disclaimer: I backed this project on Kickstarter. My name is listed on the thank you page.
My mother asked me while I needed comic book version of the Grimm tales. While, I suppose, I don’t really, but I am glad I have this.
Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner take lesser known Grimm tales and adapted them. In many cases, the main characters are depicted as minorities, and there are interracial relationships. The stories themselves are set in a wide variety of places. Many of the tales have a woman or a girl as the main character. There is also a drawing on other media. For instance, Mother Holle would be at home in a Miyazaki movie.
It is to the volume and Elle Skinner’s credit, that the volume starts strong with a version of “Beauty and the Beast” – “The Singing Springing Lark”. Unlike many variants, though the trend is changing, Skinner makes the family more supportive of the Belle character.
The one that I was surprised to see was “King Thrushbeard”. I worked on annotating “King Thrushbeard” for Surlalune. The tale is a patient Griselda type, where a proud princess is taught humility by, basically, being abused by her father and husband. I have to give Louisa Roy credit for she does an excellent job with this story and sticks to the general plot while giving it a modern test. It has a very good ending.
My favorite story is “The Twelve Huntsmen” done by Elle Skinner. In part, this is because I have always loved the story, but here I am so happy to see a princess who is beautiful but who is not skinny and who has freckles.
Gina Biggs’ version of “Sweetheart Roland” is well done too, keeping the darkly romantic feel of the story.
Highly recommended.
My mother asked me while I needed comic book version of the Grimm tales. While, I suppose, I don’t really, but I am glad I have this.
Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, and Elle Skinner take lesser known Grimm tales and adapted them. In many cases, the main characters are depicted as minorities, and there are interracial relationships. The stories themselves are set in a wide variety of places. Many of the tales have a woman or a girl as the main character. There is also a drawing on other media. For instance, Mother Holle would be at home in a Miyazaki movie.
It is to the volume and Elle Skinner’s credit, that the volume starts strong with a version of “Beauty and the Beast” – “The Singing Springing Lark”. Unlike many variants, though the trend is changing, Skinner makes the family more supportive of the Belle character.
The one that I was surprised to see was “King Thrushbeard”. I worked on annotating “King Thrushbeard” for Surlalune. The tale is a patient Griselda type, where a proud princess is taught humility by, basically, being abused by her father and husband. I have to give Louisa Roy credit for she does an excellent job with this story and sticks to the general plot while giving it a modern test. It has a very good ending.
My favorite story is “The Twelve Huntsmen” done by Elle Skinner. In part, this is because I have always loved the story, but here I am so happy to see a princess who is beautiful but who is not skinny and who has freckles.
Gina Biggs’ version of “Sweetheart Roland” is well done too, keeping the darkly romantic feel of the story.
Highly recommended.
December 29, 2022
I can’t believe this is over. Miss 9 and are a little sad by this but we really enjoyed the journey. The stories have been lovely.
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