Le Petit Chaperon rouge
illustrated by Maud Riemann has some unexpected images for Little Red Riding Hood, offering unusual scenes and colors, especially the abundance of blue instead of green and an elusive red.
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Showing posts with label Little Red Riding Hood. Show all posts
France Month: Le Petit Chaperon rouge illustrated by Maud Riemann
Le Petit Chaperon rouge
illustrated by Maud Riemann has some unexpected images for Little Red Riding Hood, offering unusual scenes and colors, especially the abundance of blue instead of green and an elusive red.
France Month: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Marion Duval (Auteur), Agnès Lestrade (de) (Auteur)
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Marion Duval (Auteur), Agnès Lestrade (de) (Auteur)
is today's book from France, a Little Red Riding Hood. This is another book in the series, La Forêt des contes, from Milans Editions. I've featured Cendrillon and Goldilocks from it on the last two Fridays. Again, the same author but another illustrator is here.You know what I like best about these? Body image. Yep. Not what you expected me to say, but I found LRRH's figure to be refreshingly not too slim. She looks like a child, imagine that. A young one, at that. And, funnily enough, the wolf looks underfed and thus hungry. I would love to see more of the illustrations for this one just to study the choices the illustrator made.
Book description:
Il était une fois une petite fille qu’on appelait le petit chaperon rouge. Un jour, sa maman lui dit : « Va voir comment se porte ta mère-grand. Porte-lui une galette et ce petit pot de beurre ». Pour aller voir sa grand-mère, le petit chaperon rouge doit traverser la forêt. Et dans la forêt il y a… le loup…
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston
Dust City
by Robert Paul Weston was released in September 2010 but I only recently became aware of it. This one uses the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood in an unusual way. The hardcover copy is bargain priced right now, too, for less than the paperback or ebook. This one definitely appeal to those looking for gritty fairy tale inspired books.This is another case in which you get to play pick your favorite cover, the hardcover on the left or the paperback on the right? I pick the paperback myself. It's less generic and conveys the story a little better.
Book description:
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
His son, that's who.
Ever since his father's arrest for the murder of Little Red Riding Hood, teen wolf Henry Whelp has kept a low profile in a Home for Wayward Wolves . . . until a murder at the Home leads Henry to believe his father may have been framed.
Now, with the help of his kleptomaniac roommate, Jack, and a daring she-wolf named Fiona, Henry will have to venture deep into the heart of Dust City: a rundown, gritty metropolis where fairydust is craved by everyone-and controlled by a dangerous mob of Water Nixies and their crime boss leader, Skinner.
Can Henry solve the mystery of his family's sinister past? Or, like his father before him, is he destined for life as a big bad wolf?
France Month: Le petit chaperon rouge ou la petite fille aux habits de fer blanc
Le petit chaperon rouge ou la petite fille aux habits de fer blanc by Jean-Jacques Fdida (Auteur), Jean-Louis Lejonc (Illustrations)
Here is a Little Red Riding Hiding promoted as a version that predates Perrault. The details are not in the description, but the illustrations are certainly provocative.I found some of the extra images I borrowed here at this blog.
Book description:
Quel chemin vas-tu prendre ? Le chemin des aiguilles ou le chemin des épingles ? L’éternelle histoire d’une fille à la croisée des chemins… Loin des versions édulcorées diffusées depuis Perrault, voici un petit chaperon rouge authentique et savoureux. Les motifs disparus au fil du temps, le cannibalisme et l'art de la sédutcion, sont réintroduits par l'auteur, désireux de réstituer la force du conte d'avant Perrault. Dans une langue savoureuse et musicale, empruntant au vieux français, on relit cette histoire de toujours avec un plaisir mêlé d'étonnment. Une édition inédite et raffinée, sublimée par les images mystérieuses de Régis Lejonc. Avec une préface de Bernadette Bricout.
ABC's Once Upon a Time Returns Tonight
It's January 8th and the midseason hiatus for ABC's Upon a Time ends tonight. Above is a clip of the first 8 minutes of the new episode which has been blitzing in the media coverage along with many, many spoilers. Spoilers that ultimately say we are going to learn more about the characters in upcoming episodes. (I am really tempted to type "Duh" here, but would that be aging myself as well as too snarky? Excuse me, I've been sick for two weeks with three ailments and I am snarky right now!)
I debated sharing some of the articles, but I decided not to. They are everywhere on the web and some of them may even be true. For now, I intend to keep watching the show, enjoying the ride along the way. Overall, I am enjoying when the writers use the non-Disney versions of characters which seems to give them all more depth.
However, I obviously couldn't resist the tantalizing images that have also been creeping up everywhere for some future episodes. See what I mean though about the characters? Aren't Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel much more compelling than the Halloweenish Cinderella we were treated to a few months ago? That costume was horrible...
And I can't praise ABC highly enough for really backing this show. The publicity is fierce. The marathon of episodes last weekend was a rarity on the big networks and even the support materials are growing, yes, in the name of marketing and commerce, but that is what it's all about anyway. If we get to be entertained along the way, it's a solid product.
(Forgive the snarkiness. Don't doubt I will be watching OUAT tonight or tomorrow at the latest. I admit Downton Abbey 2 may take precedence since I have a date to watch that with family tonight.)
Book: Fractured Fables from Image Comics
I never wrote about this Fractured Fables (Hardcover),
first because I came to it late, second because I am not at all well-versed in current comic books,* and lastly because I didn't look past the cover when I saw it, which to me, hate me if you want, looked very generic, like cheap fairy tale books at the dollar store. Nothing wrong with that, but not my usual interest or what I assume to be yours.
Then recently I stumbled across some sample pages from the book and I can fully admit I was wrong. I should know well enough by now to not judge a comic book by its cover, but at least I didn't suffer for my prejudgment forever. In other words, there is some great stuff within this innocuous looking cover. In fact, I learned that two of the pieces inside were nominated for Will Eisner Awards: Best Short Story Nominations--"Cinderella," by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo & "Little Red Riding Hood," by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d'Errico.
From the publisher:
Some of the comic book industries best and brightest use their talents to welcome the next generation of comic book readers with the kid-friendly anthology, Fractured Fables! Featuring an introduction by Bill Willingham (FABLES), this all-new, humorous take on our most beloved fairy tales boasts a cover by Madman Atomic Comics creators Mike & Laura Allred and all-new stories by award-winning creators including Jill Thompson, Bryan Talbot, Peter David, Ben Templesmith, Scott Morse, Doug TenNapel, Laini Taylor, Ted McKeever, Terry Moore, Bill Morrison, Larry Marder, Jim Valentino, Phil Hester, and New Yorker artist Shannon Wheeler, among others.
From an article, Comic book review: 'Fractured Fables' by Joseph Szadkowski:
Here are just a few of my favorites:
■ "Little Red Riding Hood" is updated by writer Bryan Talbot and finds the brightly dressed child on a direct path to the Big Bad Wolf's stomach until she displays some surprising skills. Painter Camilla d'Errico brings a bit of an anime influence to the action and makes me exclaim when viewing Red, "My, what gigantic blue eyes you have."
■ Doug TenNapel's "Rumpelstiltskin" turns the classic into a "Ren and Stimpy" episode. He dementedly uses a grotesque art style that chaotically blends with the sophomoric hijinks of a magic little man who can turn hay into gold, a grumpy king and a dumber-than-a-post future queen.
■ The adventure of "The Little Mermaid" turns much more ominous in the hands of comics scribe extraordinaire Peter David as her quest to live happily ever after with a human prince becomes a puzzling problem in podiatry. Artist Ron Ferrara offers ample arch support for the mermaid's issues.
■ Writer Nick Spencer's "Cinderella" satisfies through a fable more about the frustrations of an unhip fairy godmother than the abused princess while artist Rodin Esquejo's beautiful and Disneyesque art style puts the story near the top of my favorites.■ "Rip Van Winkle" meets Len Strazewski's imagination and we enjoy a story about a conceited girl named Pipi Van Wrinkles who gets loaded on cherry cordials and learns her fate as an adult. The slapstick shenanigans throughout come to life thanks to the pop-art and retro-Archie-Comics-like stylings of Paul Fricke.
*Except for my few years of avid Superman collecting and reading in the mid 90s, so I am not completely ignorant of how the industry works. I had a large collection that was stolen when we moved to California although I had quit collecting at that point. But I gave up for good then. It was just too depressing. I was also raised around a brother who was a Marvel fan, so I've spent some time in comic book shops and it is my favorite set on Big Bang Theory.
Advertising: Hansel Sandwiches
Sleeping Beauty
Hansel Sandwiches. What a natural name to inspire fairy tale themed advertising...
Snow White
Little Red Riding Hood
Advertising: Sky TV Spots and Fairy Tales
Frog Prince
I first featured the Princess and the Pea Sky commercial when this blog was fairly new and the ad campaign of Sky fairy tales was brand new. But I have never shared the other spots, so here they all are together. Surprisingly enough, I think the Aladdin is my favorite followed perhaps by Emperor's New Clothes. Red Riding Hood annoyed me with its editing.
Aladdin
Princess and the Pea
Emperor's New Clothes
Little Red Riding Hood
Advertising: Honey Nut Cheerios and Little Red Riding Hood
Oh, I had forgotten all about this one although it came right back to me when I saw it again. Honey Nut Cheerios and Little Red Riding Hood from 1998. Works pretty well, actually, for a 30 second spot.
I am wondering if there will be a new resurgence of fairy tale inspired advertising with this current media love affair with fairy tales....
Advertising: The Crime & Detective Bookshop: Caperucita
The Crime & Detective Bookshop
The Criminal kind only
It's a matter of respect.
www.negraycriminal.com
Agency: JWT
Creative Director: Oscar Alcaraz
Art director: Napi Rivera, Marti Pujolas
Copywriter: Oscar Alcaraz, Marc Torrell
Photographer: Pep Avila
Via Ads of the World. Strange, just strange...
Red Riding Hood Makes a Worst List
It's that time of year. Time for worst and best lists. Fairy tales made a worst list, well, at least a movie version did.
Time Magazine's Top 10 Worst Movies: 3. Red Riding Hood:
In keeping with Hardwicke's Twilight past (she helmed the first film), Red is ripe with twisted messages about sexuality and beckoning werewolves, but, hard though it may be to believe, it's much, much sillier than Twilight. Seeing what Hollywood did to this fairy tale is a reminder to not get too excited about the prospects of next year's Snow White & the Huntsman and Mirror, Mirror.
Advertising: Amnesty International and Fairy Tales
Mom was reading me a tale, till daddy came back...
Violence against women is violation of human rights.
Denounce
Advertising Agency: Unitas/RNL, Santiago, Chile
Executive Creative Director / Creative Director: Pancho González
Art Director: Rodrigo Geisse
Copywriter: Pancho González
Photographer: Javiera Eyzaguirre
Account manager: Alexis Sfeir
Via Ads of the World.
Play-Doh Fairy Tales
There are actually three sets of Play-Doh fairy tale inspired sets, so I wanted to share those today. I have absolutely no need for these, but I want them! It's fun to have a well-known brand do something without a commercially licensed version of popularized fairy tale characters. Love these!
