Aesop's Fables #1

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables #1

Description

en_US Charles Santino

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Barta, Hilary

Date

2016-01-25T15:52:47Z

en_US 1992-11

en_US 1991

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:52:47Z

Date Issued

en_US 1991

Abstract

en_US Twelve fables. A letter on the inside front cover explains the choice of Aesop's fables: Santino wanted to adapt an overlooked classic in the public domain. This introduction has good and bad moments. Some of the good is his plan as he describes it: play up the humor and write the fables for both adults and children. Like the best Warner Bros. cartoons, the fables are sharply-pointed satirical tales aimed at skeptics of all ages. Other portions of the introduction are less happy, like Santino's claim that Aesop was an orator, like Homer before him. The best art in this comic occurs in the first story ( The Wolf at the Cottage ). The Cat and Aphrodite (15) is told a bit differently here. Glaucon and his cat love each other. Together they go to Aphrodite's temple to ask for her transformation; Aphrodite admonishes the cat to act like a woman. The woman spots a mouse in the temple and eats it; a good illustration has a tail hanging out of her mouth. New to me: The Bear, the Beetle, and the Crow. Differently told, I think: The Wasp and the Snake. Here the wasp gets physically caught in the snake's head and sees his doom coming, The cover illustration of a lion and an African dancer has nothing to do with any fable I can find here.

Identifier

en_US 1306 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76882

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Fantagraphics Books

en_US Seattle

Subject

en_US PN6728.6.F3A32 yr..., season..., no... See all items with this value

en_US Comic book See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole