A new three part comics series featuring fairy tale characters and tropes is launching this month from Dynamite Entertainment. The first issue is on sale now or will be in a matter of days and the next two will be out in March and April respectively. From what I understand, a compendium of the three issues will be available in September (according to this link on Amazon at least), but single issues are available sooner, perhaps at your favorite comic book shop. (Images from Big Bang Theory enter my mind here.)
From the publisher:
If you enjoy "Fables", "Stuff of Legend" and other great new stories, you will enjoy Tales of the Legendary Talespinners!
From the dawn of creation there have been storytellers spinning timeless fables and folktales. Call them historians, poets, philosophers, or charlatans, it was their fanciful re-tellings of the age of wonder that kept children enwrapped in fantasy and immersed in imagination. But over the last two centuries something dark has been devouring the storytellers and even the stories themselves, leaving children with dulled imaginations and no will to believe in giant killers or wicked witches.
Abby was one of those children and is now a young woman who still lives only in the concrete reality of her professional ambitions. Raised by a mother who had no time for "childish pursuits," she grew up too fast and locked her fertile imagination away forever. But Abby's orderly world comes crashing down upon her when a crazy old man who believes himself to be the real Baron Munchausen leads her into a festering fantasy world facing villainous henchmen, zombified fairytale creatures, and the most unlikely wickedest witch of them all.
Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents an event that reshapes how we look at fables and the imagination! Written by James Kuhoric (Dead Irons/Freddy vs Jason vs Ash), illustrated by Grant Bond (Igor/Trick R Treat), and art directed by Nick Bradshaw (Danger Girl/Army of Darkness).
And since I haven't seen these and don't know when I will, if ever, here are links to some press and reviews around the web:
Kuhoric's Spin Zone by Cliff Biggers
Kuhoric Weaves "The Legendary TaleSpinners"
CBR Preview: LEGENDARY TALESPINNERS #1
For now, the series is available through the Dynamite website. The first two issues appear to have two different covers while the third only has one.
If anyone has seen these, please share reactions and thoughts...
These look like they should be lots of fun! I shall definitely check my local comic shop for these.
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