{"id":13618,"date":"2020-11-27T20:50:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:58:03","slug":"valor-swords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13618","title":{"rendered":"Valor: Swords"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valor: Swords<\/a><\/em> (2015) edited by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton<\/p>\n

\"Valor<\/a><\/p>\n

Fairy tales do not inform children that there is such things as monsters. Children already know that there are monsters. What fairy tales really teach is that monsters can be transformed or destroyed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPrunella\u201d By Isabelle Melan\u00e7on And Megan Lavey-Heaton
\n\u201cLittle Fish\u201d By Emily Hann
\n\u201cBride Of The Rose Beast\u201d By Michelle \u201cMisha\u201d Krivanek
\n\u201cGoldie Locks\u201d By Joanne Webster And Isabelle Melan\u00e7on
\n\u201cMasks\u201d By Megan Kearney
\n\u201cGodfather Death\u201d By Laura Neubert
\n\u201cCrane Wife\u201d By Alex Singer And Jayd Ait-Kaci
\n\u201cThe Steadfast Tin Automation\u201d By Alex Singer And Jayd Ait-Kaci
\n\u201cFlower In The Gravel\u201d By Angelica Maria Lopez
\n\u201cBlack Bull\u201d By Justin Lanjil
\n\u201cLady Tilda And The Dragon\u201d By Sara Goetter
\n\u201cEggchild\u201d By Ash Barnes And Elena \u201cYamino\u201d Barbarich
\n\u201cRed Riding Hood\u201d By Meaghan Carter
\n\u201cEast Of The Sun, West Of The Moon\u201d By Morgan Beem
\n\u201cThe Nettle Witch\u201d By Nicole Chartrand
\n\u201cPlease\u201d By August And Cory Brown
\n\u201cAll Furs\u201d By Joanne Webster And Emily Hann
\n\u201cNautilus\u201d By Ash Barnes And Elena \u201cYamino\u201d Barbarich
\n\u201cWhat Fear Said\u201d By Katie And Steven Shanahan
\n\u201cWinter\u2019s Gift\u201d By Joanne Webster And Isabelle Melan\u00e7on
\n\u201cBlood From A Stone\u201d By Annie Stoll And Tim Ferrara
\n\u201cFinette\u201d By Megan Lavey-Heaton And August Brown
\n\u201cVasilisa\u201d By Kadi Fedoruk<\/p>\n

Valor is a comic anthology of re-imagined fairy tales showcasing the talent of some of the top creators in digital comics. It pays homage to the strength, resourcefulness, and cunning of female heroines in fairy tales through recreations of time-honored tales and brand new stories designed to be passed to future generations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have been a tremendous fan of folk and fairy tales since I was a kid, so for almost all of these I recognized the source materials. <\/p>\n

But what these tales do differently is that the princesses (and maids and daughters of the forest) get to rescue themselves. <\/p>\n

And even better, the characters in these stories are all different shapes, sizes, and colors, so every child should be able to recognize themselves somewhere here.<\/p>\n

\u201cVasilisa\u201d By Kadi Fedoruk<\/p>\n

\"Valor<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nettle Witch\u201d By Nicole Chartrand<\/p>\n

\"Valor<\/a><\/p>\n

Though I will note that in some of the original stories, the girls do get to rescue themselves, such as in the Six Swans, the story on which the Nettle Witch is based, where the sister did rescue her brothers.<\/p>\n

Just lovely!<\/p>\n

Published by Fairylogue Press
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valor: Swords (2015) edited by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton Fairy tales do not inform children that there is such things as monsters. Children already know that there are monsters. What fairy tales really teach is that monsters can be transformed or destroyed. \u201cPrunella\u201d By Isabelle Melan\u00e7on And Megan Lavey-Heaton \u201cLittle Fish\u201d By Emily Hann […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,18,2,48,6,204,9,291,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-anthology","category-fantasy","category-female","category-folk-fairy-tales","category-good","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-young-adult"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-3xE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19509,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19509","url_meta":{"origin":13618,"position":0},"title":"Valor: Wands","author":"Michelle","date":"January 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Valor: Wands (2018) Isabelle Melan\u00e7on, Megan Lavey-Heaton Editors \u201cThe Prince\u2019s New Clothes\u201d by Isabelle Melan\u00e7on and Megan Lavey-Heaton \u201cMom Knight and The Centipede\u201d by Sara Goetter \u201cThe Magnificent Daji\u201d by Alex Singer and Diana Huh \u201cMaleen\u201d by Nicole Chartland \u201cMarie and The Nutcracker\u201d by Emily Hann \u201cThe Laughing Queen\u201d by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Valor Wands","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Valor-wands-3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Valor-wands-3.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Valor-wands-3.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12673,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12673","url_meta":{"origin":13618,"position":1},"title":"Trickster: Native American Tales","author":"Michelle","date":"March 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Trickster: Native American Tales (2010) edited by Matt Dembicki This is a collection of 21 stories, told by 24 Native American story tellers and drawn by 21 artists. 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