November Books 23) Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham

[nwhyte]

An anthology of stories set in Willingham's world of Fables, interpreting traditional tales and nursery rhymes in his contemporary idiom. The story of Snow White's revenge is typically inventive; likewise Old King Cole and the three blind mice; and also the tragic after-story of the Frog Prince. Lots of different artists illustrate the stories, all

Comments

[londonkds]

I thought that Snow taking over Scheherazade's role and telling her how to survive was a pretty textbook example of both the classic Mary Sue and cultural appropriation.

[nwhyte]

Certainly agree about cultural appropriation; not quite so sure that Mary Sue is a fair criticism, unless we think that Willingham sees himself as Snow White?

[londonkds]

It's not Mary Sue in the pure self-insert sense, but it definitely is in the "character steals the canon role of an established character" sense.