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Fable Comics: Amazing Cartoonists Take on Classic Fables from Aesop and Beyond

Various Authors

From classics like "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Grasshopper and the Ants" to obscure gems like "The Frogs Who Desired a King," Fable Comics has something to offer every reader. Twenty-eight fables from different cultures and traditions are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by twenty-six different cartoonists. Edited by New York Times bestselling Fairy Tale Comics' Chris Duffy, this jacketed hardcover is a beautiful gift and an instant classic.

Book Details

  • Publisher: First Second
  • Publish Date: Sep 22nd, 2015
  • Pages: 128
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.30in - 7.90in - 0.50in - 1.20lb
  • EAN: 9781626721074
  • Recommended age: 06-12
  • Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels - Fairy Tales, Folklore, Legends & MFairy Tales & Folklore - Anthologies

About the Author

Duffy, Chris: - Chris Duffy has written many comic books, for Marvel and DC Comics, and has edited comics and graphic novels for Nickelodeon Magazine, United Plankton Pictures, DC Comics, and First Second, where he edited the New York Times bestseller Fairy Tale Comics. He currently is a senior editor at Workman Publishing, and lives in Cold Spring, New York, where he has seen a number of horses, but hasn't managed to ride one yet.
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Praise for this book

"Consistently strong and exceptionally cohesive for such a varied collection, this will appeal to a wide range of readers." --Booklist