Grimm Fairy Tales (comics)

Grimm Fairy Tales

Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in Grimm Fairy Tales #1
Publication information
Publisher Zenescope Entertainment
Schedule Monthly
Publication date June 2005-ongoing
Creative team
Writer(s) Ralph Tedesco
Joe Tyler
Penciller(s) Joseph Dodd
Inker(s) Justin Holman

This article is about the comic book. For the classic stories see Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm Fairy Tales is a horror comic book series by Zenescope Entertainment that presents classic fairy tales, albeit with modern twists or expanded plots. It began publication in June 2005.

Contents

Summary

Each issue of Grimm Fairy Tales has two parts: a frame story and a fairy tale. The frame story revolves around Dr. Sela Mathers, a Doctor/Professor of Literature who has been given the ability to help people by showing them fairy tales with a lesson about their life. She struggles with the fact that people ignore her advice and ruin their lives anyway, and begins using her ability to dispense justice instead (see issue #15 "The Three Little Pigs"). Sela's nemesis is Belinda, who has the same ability as Sela but uses it for evil.

The other portion of the story is a twisted version of a classic fairy tale. The fairy tales are often violent and end in depressing ways, warning the readers to change their lives or suffer a similar (sometimes, worse) fate.

Issues

Links here are to articles on the original stories, not about the story as told in the comic.

  1. Story Time Part 1 and 2: Written by Joe Tyler and Ralph Tedesco. Illustrated by Mark Dos Santos.
  2. Jack and Jill: Written by Raven Gregory. Illustrated by Dan Leister.
  3. The Old Woman in a Shoe: Written by Linda Ly. Illustrated by Ed Sharam.
  4. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater: Written and illustrated by Tommy Castillo.
  5. Little Boy Blue: Written by Christian Beranek. Illustrated by Siya.
  6. Pinocchio: Written by Raven Gregory. Illustrated by Tone Rodriguez.
  1. The End of the Line: Written by Raven Gregory. Illustrated by Claudio Sepulveda.
  2. Mary Mary Quite Contrary: Written by Mike Kalvoda. Illustrated by Axel Machain.
  3. Humpty Dumpty: Written by Ralph Tedesco. Illustrated by Martin Montiel.
  4. Hush Little Baby: Written by Ralph Tedesco and Raven Gregory. Artowrk by Siya.

Collections

They are being collected as trade paperbacks:

Spin-offs and miniseries

Starting in May 2007, a Grimm Fairy Tales spin-off and limited series called Return to Wonderland debuted. Written by Raven Gregory, the series tells the tale of Alice Liddle, the heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and her teenage daughter, Calie Liddle (an anagram of "Alice").[1]

Alice is no longer the little girl who fell down the rabbit hole and discovered Wonderland. Now an adult, she once tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists. Mentally disturbed and in a dream-like state, her only link to reality is the disturbing white rabbit that she clings to.

Calie, not wanting to deal with her mother's mental illness, is now a substance-abusing, alcoholic, promiscuous party girl. The series will deal with the entire Liddle family, Alice's childhood, and Calie venturing into a darker and more frightening Wonderland than the one her mother knows.

Confirmed characters for Return to Wonderland are the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter,[2] the Caterpillar, the Carpenter, the Walrus, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Cheshire Cat, the Jabberwocky, the March Hare, and the Cook.

Tales From Wonderland, a three part prequel to the Return to Wonderland series, was released in 2008, which included The Queen of Hearts, Alice, and The Mad Hatter, followed in June by #0 of Beyond Wonderland, the sequel to Return to Wonderland.[3][4] The series is expected to return for a third time in the summer of 2009 with another sequel Escape from Wonderland and Tales From Wonderland Series 2, which includes The Cheshire Cat, The Red Queen, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and The Mad Hatter #2.

Zenescope has now released a 2009 Annual For Wonderland entitled "The House of Liddle". As well as the upcoming release of Escape From Wonderland, which continues where Beyond Wonderland left off, with Callie's adventures in Wonderland.

Spin Off Comic Books

Wonderland:

  1. Alice
  2. Mad Hatter
  3. Queen Of Hearts
  4. Cheshire Cat
  5. The Red Queen
  6. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
  7. Mad Hatter II
  8. The White Knight
  9. The Red Rose
  10. Queen Of Hearts Vs. Mad Hatter
  1. Tinker Belle
  2. Tiger Lilly
  3. Pan
  1. Prologue
  2. Issue One
  3. Issue Two - The Piper (one-shot)
  4. Issue Three - Myths and Legends #6
  5. Issue Four - Wonderland (one-shot)
  6. Issue Five - Neverland (one-shot)
  7. Issue Six - Salem's Daughter (one-shot)
  8. Issue Seven - Myths and Legends #7
  9. Issue Eight - Sinbad (one-shot)

Notes

  1. ^ Raven Gregory on Return to Wonderland, Newsarama, January 24, 2007
  2. ^ Tales From Wonderland: The Mad Hatter, Comic Book Resources
  3. ^ zenescope.com ~ View topic - Zenescope Announces It's 2008 Schedule
  4. ^ Going Beyond Wonderland with Raven Gregory, Newsarama, April 11, 2008

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