{"id":3740,"date":"2013-04-29T17:42:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T22:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2021-05-30T22:01:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T02:01:05","slug":"erstwhile-untold-tales-from-the-brothers-grimm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3740","title":{"rendered":"Erstwhile: Untold Tales From the Brothers Grimm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erstwhile: Untold Tales From the Brothers Grimm<\/a><\/em> (2012) Gina Biggs, Louisa Roy, Elle Skinner <\/p>\n

\"Erstwhile\"<\/a>As a huge fan of folk and fairy tales, I’ve had Erstwhile<\/a> on my RSS feed for awhile now, and I was vaguely aware that they’d published a printed collection of their tales, but when it popped up on Amazon, I immediately grabbed it up.<\/p>\n

I won’t say that “Untold Takes from the Brother’s Grimm” was true for me, as I have read all of the tales here before. But I can read folk tales again and again, and the treatment given the tales here (the are rewritten and drawn as comics) is lovely.<\/p>\n

The tales are: “Maid Maleen”, “The Bird, the Mouse, and the Sausage”, “The Little Shroud”, “The Farmer’s Clever Daughter”, “The Old Man & His Grandson”, “A Tale with a Riddle”, “The Sweet Porridge”, and “All Fur”. <\/p>\n

I actually own a hardback copy of “The Old Man & His Grandson”–though when I searched for it on Amazon, I WAS INSTEAD DISTURBED.<\/p>\n

Several of the tales–as would be expected from the traditional Grimm tales, are quite dark and sad. Other stories were written lighter and more amusing than I remember the original tales being, which is perfectly fine, because I like funny.<\/p>\n

They also have one of my all time favorite stories, “The Farmer’s Clever Daughter” which I adore. For in both “The Farmer’s Clever Daughter”, “All Fur” and (to a lesser extent) “Maid Maleen” the girls in these stories rescue themselves. “Maid Maleen” is somewhat problematic, and there are other versions of that tale I prefer, but they did a pretty good job of changing the bride’s doom from being caused by her ugliness to being caused by her actions. But it’s still not one of my favorite tales.<\/p>\n

If you love folk and fairy tales, I recommend checking out the Erstwhile<\/a> site, and then if you like what you see, buying the book to support them.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Strawberry Comics
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