(May 2010)

Image, 2010 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
32
On-sale Date
2010-05-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Kid Friendly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Image Comics Inc.
Brand
Image
Editing
Jim Valentino (editor); Kris Simon (credited as Kristen K. Simon) (editor)
Color
full color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
glossy interior; glossy cover
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-shot

Issue Notes

All stories are twisted re-tellings of fables or fairy-tales.
Book design and graphics by Jim Valentino.
"A Silverline Books Production, a division of Shadowline / Image."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fractured Fables / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Allred; Jim Valentino (sketch); Tim Daniel (design, graphics)
Inks
Mike Allred
Colors
Laura Allred

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Rapunzel; Mother Goose; Pinocchio; Jack; Little Red Riding Hood

Indexer Notes

Cover depicts fairy-tale characters, with Rapunzel and Jack's beanstalk most prominent.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Contents, credits, and indicia.

Little Red Riding Hood (Table of Contents: 2)

Fractured Fables / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bryan Talbot
Pencils
Camilla d'Errico
Inks
Camilla d'Errico
Colors
Edison Yan
Letters
Ed Brisson

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a time there was a very bored wolf...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Little Red Riding Hood; Big Bad Wolf; Grandma
Synopsis
The wolf is tired of eating sheep and decides to eat a little girl instead.

Indexer Notes

Nominated for an Eisner Award.

Rumplestiltskin (Table of Contents: 3)

Fractured Fables / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Doug TenNapel
Pencils
Doug TenNapel
Inks
Doug TenNapel
Colors
Doug TenNapel
Letters
Doug TenNapel

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There was once a greedy king who walked about his kingdom looking for a woman to marry.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Rumplestiltskin
Synopsis
Rumplestiltskin turns straw into gold for a woman's first baby.

The Real Princess (Table of Contents: 4)

Fractured Fables / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Alec Grecian
Pencils
Christian Ward
Inks
Christian Ward
Colors
Christian Ward
Letters
Alec Grecian

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a castle...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
While a prince goes looking for a true love, a princess comes to the prince's castle for shelter.

Indexer Notes

Combines the stories of the Princess and the Pea and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Raponsel (Table of Contents: 5)

Fractured Fables / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Derek McCulloch
Pencils
Anthony Peruzzo
Inks
Anthony Peruzzo
Colors
Anthony Peruzzo
Letters
Anthony Peruzzo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Raponsel; Prince Affable; Rapunzel; Prince Charming
Synopsis
A prince has come to the aid of Rapunzel.

Hey Diddle Diddle (Table of Contents: 6)

Fractured Fables / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ted McKeever
Pencils
Ted McKeever
Inks
Ted McKeever
Letters
Ted McKeever

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A boy in the city sees some things that resemble the poem.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Fractured Fables / promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Fractured Fables
  2. 1. Table of Contents
  3. 2. Little Red Riding Hood
    Fractured Fables
  4. 3. Rumplestiltskin
    Fractured Fables
  5. 4. The Real Princess
    Fractured Fables
  6. 5. Raponsel
    Fractured Fables
  7. 6. Hey Diddle Diddle
    Fractured Fables
  8. 7. ["Some of the Greatest Talents in Comics..."]
    Fractured Fables
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