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by Mark Russell (Author), Alicja Kocurek (Illustrator)
This collection of fourteen reimagined Grimm's fairy tales from award-winning author Mark Russell offers a biting new perspective while proving the classics never go out of style.
In the two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of fairy tales, things haven't gotten any less--ahem--grim. So tuck yourself in with some of the classic bedtime stories, retold by award-winning author Mark Russell. Grimm and Grimmer offers fourteen of the Brothers Grimm's finest stories--a mix of well-known tales including "Rapunzel" and "Cinderella," and ones you might not know, like "The Boy Who Didn't Know Fear"--reconceived for a twenty-first century while staying true to their roots At times both laugh-out-loud funny and darker than a wicked stepmother's heart, this captivating collection captures all the absurdities and anxieties of the world just outside our windows.
Author Biography
Mark Russell is an Eisner, GLAAD, and Ringo award-winning comic book writer and the author of two books, God Is Disappointed in You and Apocrypha Now, both of which are about the Bible. He currently lives and toils in Portland, Oregon.
Alicja Kocurek graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland, with a degree in graphic design. She works in books, press, and advertising illustration, designing festival, theater, and community posters. She also creates illustrations for board games, animated films, websites, and more. As of 2018, she teaches drawing, composition, and applied drawing at the College of Information Technology, also in Katowice.
