Funny Fables: Modern Interpretations of Famous Fabulists

Title

en_US Funny Fables: Modern Interpretations of Famous Fabulists

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Ed. Kuekes

Creator

en_US Kuekes, Edward D. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kuekes, Ed.

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:44Z

en_US 2014-07

en_US 2014

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:44Z

Date Issued

en_US 1938

Abstract

en_US Here is a facsimile reprint of a presentation of fables in comic book style from the late 1930's. Might the original have been in color? This copy may be a proof copy, since the first pages seem to be alignment pages helpful to a binder. As the beginning T of C shows, there are forty fables here, each given one page with six panels. Kuekes hopes his approach is novel, as he writes in his introduction, in that he has decided that they would be more interesting if they were shown as though they were actually happening today -- instead of many years ago. He also says that he is borrowing, not directly from Aesop himself, but rather from those who borrowed from Aesop. In both cases, I think he has more company than his statements would indicate. In TH, for example, the hare rides a scooter and the tortoise a skateboard. The Mouse and the Weasel (4) has to do with getting out through the same hole through which one entered. Its moral is a bit surprising: The cure is often as bad as the disease. In OF, mother frog is annoyed that her little ones should doubt her puffing powers. That approach may miss a better interpretation of mother frog's issue. The moral to GGE is Let well enough alone (17). There is here a good telling of The Wild Bees and the Bear (18). The bear is angered by one bee and pounces upon the whole hive -- and then has to pay the price for his inconsiderate action. It's wiser to endure one insult than to provoke hundreds of others by losing your temper. Kuekes' cartooning is at its best perhaps in LM (11) and 2P (19). I have read the first half and do not find much here that is unusual. I would love to find a colored original!

Identifier

en_US 9781258758615

en_US 10262 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76250

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Foster & Stewart/ICG Testing

en_US Buffalo, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.K97 Fu 2014 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole