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Zenescope Grimm Fairy Tales
Zenescope Grimm Fairy Tales has been around for a very long time, and is a perennial classic when it comes to comic book adaptations of the original fairy tales that you might have grown up with. Just add a lot of sexy people (both sexes), add some excellent adaptive writing, and beautiful drawings and you have Zenescopes Grimm Fairy Tales in a nutshell.
We’re looking at the trade paperback Volume 2 in this review, as there are some great ideas that Zenescope is doing here by trying to keep costs down so that the books are affordable, and still stay in business. Zenescope is hugely prolific when it comes to making comic books, and the Grimm Fairy Tales line covers many different types of fairy tales, and is not just limited to western fairy tales. There are also ones from the middle east, and I’m kind of waiting on them to start adapting Japanese, Chinese, and Indian fairy tales as those are a rich and wonderful set of mythologies that can be wonderfully adapted to a reading audience.
Zenescope has a set of powerhouse names in terms of writers, artists, and has a great look and feel when it comes to adapting the story lines to a comic book. Of course, there are a lot of tropes and snarky bits that will have the reader laughing out loud at times. On the flip side of all this is that while full of tropes, women who do not look realistic, and all the other things that help drive the male reader, the story lines are actually really good. And there is the dichotomy for Zenescope, as the world turns, how does any comic book company help address issues of body dynamics and shapes.
I’ve always rated Zenescope comics 5 of 5 stars, and there is no reason to change that process. The colors, lettering, and story lines are always awesome. Kudos for trying to keep the costs down by holding down their costs at the printers without sacrificing too much quality. While we live in an interesting age, some of the Zenescope art is going to by necessity outrage or offend someone along the way and that is ok. We hope they keep on doing what they are doing and keeping comic books fresh and exciting. Honestly though, I’m hoping they expand the fairy tale universe by including mythologies and story lines from other cultures, and executing on that idea brilliantly.
We do have a business agreement with Zenescope, and we have two collectors covers with them, just so you know, there is a business relationship here. But we are talking about everything that has to do with Zenescope, and nothing to do with Comics Forge special edition covers. You can purchase most Zenescope comics on their website, amazon (at a premium), eBay (at a premium), or read them on Comixology.
You can see the video review here for TBP Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2 right here on YouTube at the link below.
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