1991 Fable. French cartoon postcard of MM in six panels. Monique Touvay, Les Quatre Zéphires Editeur, Versailles. Printed in France. €1.50 from Gérard Crucy, Yerres, at the Paris Post Card Exhibition, Jan., '05.
Successive animals seem to leap out of the pitcher of milk resting on the walking milkmaid's head--until the calf says "adieu" and the pitcher slips off of her head. The art has a short signature which may be something like "Mot."
1999 fablanimo de la ferme. Narration et interpretations des personages: Bernard Fortin. Auteure: Roxane Lapointe. Musique: Jimmy Tanaka. Montreal: GSI Musique. $2.49 from Chantal Piton, St-Luc, Quebec, Canada through eBay, August, '06.
Here is a CD-ROM contained in a tall, carefully crafted pamphlet of 28 pages enclosed in stiff covers, the front cover with a nice see-through window to view the characters in the farmyard. The booklet and the audio CD-ROM work together well. The booklet catalogues the lyrics of the strong CD-ROM. I listened to the first three of the twelve selections. The first introduces us to the characters of the farmyard. In the second, the ass Firmin is afraid of the long trip he will have to take to deliver the farm's children to a festival. The cat Mistigri lets him know that the festival is close by. He has little to fear. In "Elle s'appelle Bergamotte," Bergamotte the turkey insults Firmin. Soon enough a fox is ready to attack and eat Bergamotte. Firmin becomes aware of it, struggles with his hurt feelings, and finally helps Bergamotte. The illustrations are good, and the vocal renderings are excellent. The voices, animal adaptations, and articulations are all very well done! I will leave the CD-ROM in the pamphlet. The inside front-cover promises more fablanimo editions for the forest, sea, jungle and other venues.
1963 “Fabeldiktaren Aisopus,” by Nils Berggren in Helsingborgs Dagblad, Helsingborg, Sweden. Nov. 19, 1963. Unknown source.
This feature presents several “Aesop Favorites” and urges further reading of his fables. Contemporary comic strips are an echo of Aesop’s stories from long ago. The illustration attached to the article – a view of Aesop new to me -- is captioned “Aesop searches for man among stupidity, arrogance, anger and meanness.” He is among animals in the foreground holding a lantern. Human beings look on in the background.
