English language
Published Dec. 28, 2019 by Dark Horse Books.
I laughed several times at various revelations. Very well written and illustrated. This might be my favorite art that I've seen by Colleen Doran. It's quite beautiful.
Not for children.
The art is so beautiful and the story is a very nice twist on Snow White. I highly recommend reading it.
A good retelling of the classic Snow White tale (No, not the Disney one, the old grimm version).
Colleen Doran had too much freedom with the art though, as she mentioned in the end of the book. The art is great when it needs to be, but the nudity is excessive and unnecessary. It's one thing for it to be written, but the art turns this from being disturbing to me constantly thinking "did they really have to draw this part?"
Well that was an unnerving take on Snow White.
Doran's art is incredible. The presentation of the story almost entirely from the Queen's perspective made it tense and eerie; Gaiman's prose was on point.
I'm tempted to give this five stars, because it is polished to a brilliant shine. But ultimately, it's still basically Snow White, so the plot largely feels like it happens because of the original story, not because it's particularly sensible.
The art is incredibly beautiful, and the basic idea of Snow White as a vampire is interesting.
However, the art and the narrative don't feel particularly well integrated as a comic. At the end of the day, this feels more like an illustrated story with comic style art. Literally 100% of the story is told thru narration bubbles. Looking at the art work is basically optional, and nothing is ever conveyed exclusively thru facial expression, body language, or dialog.
Also, while the premise is interesting, it doesn't quite seem to meet it's potential. It feels like there's just a bunch of short cuts in place which we aren't supposed to think about--like that the entire economy of this country apparently relies on the spring fair, or that men are apparently just willing to let Snow White kill them (her father, apparently the seven dwarfs, perhaps Prince Charming going forward).
There's …
The art is incredibly beautiful, and the basic idea of Snow White as a vampire is interesting.
However, the art and the narrative don't feel particularly well integrated as a comic. At the end of the day, this feels more like an illustrated story with comic style art. Literally 100% of the story is told thru narration bubbles. Looking at the art work is basically optional, and nothing is ever conveyed exclusively thru facial expression, body language, or dialog.
Also, while the premise is interesting, it doesn't quite seem to meet it's potential. It feels like there's just a bunch of short cuts in place which we aren't supposed to think about--like that the entire economy of this country apparently relies on the spring fair, or that men are apparently just willing to let Snow White kill them (her father, apparently the seven dwarfs, perhaps Prince Charming going forward).
There's a lot of sex and ableism in the comic which for the most part just feels gratuitous. The sex feels neither shocking nor titillating, so I could have done without it. Some scenes, meant to shock, caused me to laugh or cringe instead (Snow White vampire biting her dad's cock lol). I guess the ableism can be waved away that this is a medieval fantasy setting, but it comes from the mouth of the queen and thus works against the book's project of rehabilitating her.
I wouldn't say that I dislike the book despite this, but, the more I think about it the more flaws that I see.
