Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1 Review

Title:	Grimm Fairy Tales
Contributors:	Joe Tyler Ralph Tedesco Alexandre Benhossi Aluisio De Souza H. G. Young John Toledo Joseph Dodd Josh Medors
Publisher:	Zenescope
Issue #:	Vol 1
Year:	2006
Pages:	32 Pages
Age Rating:	16 (Language, Violence, Gore, Adult Themes)
Story Grade:	B
Art Grade:	B

Exploring the darker side of Grimm, Zenescope's Grimm Fairy Tales explores the tales in a narrative, allegorical fashion. A wanderer, Sela, comes across random people, always women, who are in some form of mental distress, and recants a classic tale from Grimm's collection of woeful tales of caution in an attempt to help these hapless women get through their trying times.

All in it it was a fun read. Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty and Robber Bridegroom are the stories collected in this volume, with Sleeping Beauty being the shining point in my opinion. One issue most feminists will likely take issue with is the constant damsel in distress scenarios. So if you are one the Feminists that would take issue with this, don't read it.

While it was a fun read, and well worth the purchase, I feel it is important to say that the stories felt rushed. Anyone who knows the classic tales will find holes in the stories' re-telling here. I don't know if the holes were left to fit the stories into the pages allotted or if Tyler and Tedesco felt most people should know the stories already and that it was safe to leave these holes.

But again, as a non-feminist, I found this to be a fun read.

Now we get to the truly controversial part of the review, the art. The various artists obviously has one thing on their mind; boobs and curvy hips. Every woman in this collected volume is buxom in the chest area and curvy everywhere else it should count.

There I said it.

It's not that the woman are all scantily clad and their flesh exploited, so folks that like T&A books you will be disappointed. Not even side-boobs were seen that I recall, but the smallest bra size I saw in the entire series was a C-cup and this fact and the curvy hips won't set well with the feminist ogres of the world.

I am not putting this series down for it buxom art, I actually enjoyed it for the most part, but I am warning feminists and fans of "She's Got No Head" type bloggers that the art in this book will likely offend you. So don't read it.



All in all I grade this volume a solid B. The stories had their issues, but were fun and the artwork, although not my favorite style (i.e. Computer Rendered) was decent.

Until next time, remember...

He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you.
~ Wilhelm Grimm