laissezfarrell's review against another edition
2.0
Series starts off a little shaky. In fact, every other person I've mentioned this series to, has read this volume and not gone further for this reason. My take is that Bill Willingham is not fantastic at dialogue. This has been, and continues to be my main hang-up with the series. Though he finds his groove a little later, the plotting in this first volume is not as tight or compelling as later volumes. Possibly, it's because this story arc focuses on a silly scheme, and only briefly sets up the larger conflict with the Adversary. Also, Marcus Buckingham doesn't come in on art until Volume 2, and he's way cooler.
jbmorgan86's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun read. Imagine all of the fairy tale characters are real: the big bad wolf, Snow White, Jack (from "Jack and the Bean Stalk"), the Beauty and the Beast, etc. However, they have fled from their fairy tale land and now living in exile in the land of the "munys" ("The Mundanes" . . . much like the Muggles of the HP universe).
Crisis hits when Rose Red, Snow White's sister, seems to have been murdered. This is a weird, fun blend of a detective story and fairy tales. I look forward to reading the next one.
Crisis hits when Rose Red, Snow White's sister, seems to have been murdered. This is a weird, fun blend of a detective story and fairy tales. I look forward to reading the next one.
palomapepper's review against another edition
3.0
Fairytale kitchen sink noir. Admittedly, I was predisposed to like this one: I read it after playing (and loving) the story-based computer game based on it, Telltale Games' The Wolf Among Us. I sorely missed hearing Bigby Wolf's lines delivered in that deep gravelly voice! It was fun to meet some characters that didn't make it into the game, but overall character development was a bit flat.
bigbear73's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't 'wow' me like some (Sandman) have, but I'll definitely pick up one of his books and try him out.
lenlin99's review against another edition
5.0
A great first installment in this series; I can definetly see myself becoming obsessed with this series
sangd's review against another edition
5.0
At first I was uncertain of what I would think about this comic . However, the more I read , the less I wanted to stop reading. The intrigue is very strong, and when the wolf manages to find the facts , it's an end that we can't see coming. I look forward to reading the next comic.
Au début j'étais incertaine de ce que j'allais penser de cette bd. Toutefois, plus que je lisais, moins je voulais arrêter ma lecture. L'intrigue est très forte, et lorsque le loup parvient de trouver les faits, c'est une fin dont nous ne pourrions nous douter. J'ai hâte de faire la lecture de la bd suivante.
Au début j'étais incertaine de ce que j'allais penser de cette bd. Toutefois, plus que je lisais, moins je voulais arrêter ma lecture. L'intrigue est très forte, et lorsque le loup parvient de trouver les faits, c'est une fin dont nous ne pourrions nous douter. J'ai hâte de faire la lecture de la bd suivante.
sunnydee's review against another edition
5.0
Die Graphic Novel hat mich wirklich positiv überrascht. Ich bin kein Märchenfan, aber diese modernen Märchenfiguren gefielen mir sehr. Sie mussten aus der Märchenwelt fliehen und in der Menschenwelt Unterschlupf finden, ohne ihre Identität freizugeben. Ihre Taten wurden ihnen durch eine Generalamnestie erlassen und es gab somit selbst für die bösesten Charaktere eine neue Chance. Wie sie diese nutzen müsst ihr selbst lesen.
In diesem Band wird die Wohnung von Rose Red verwüstet und überall ist ihr Blut verschmiert. Wolf ermittelt und Snow White rückt ihm dabei nicht von der Pelle, was für allerlei unterhaltsame Szenen sorgt. Überhaupt gefällt mir der scharfe Humor. Snow White und Wolf sind meine Lieblingscharaktere. Beide sind sehr individuell und schlau. Snow White ist die Stellvertreterin des Bürgermeisters aber eigentlich leitet sie alles. Wie sie das ganze dann am Schluss des Bandes regelt, fand ich genial. Eine echte Powerfrau mit Grips und Organisationstalent.
Wolf ist so ein grummeliger Detektiv-Charakter. Als Sheriff ermittelt er auf seine ganz eigene Art und eröffnet am Ende dann alle Details in Agatha Christie Manier.
Auch die anderen Charaktere waren sehr individuell. Vor allem was aus Prince Charming wurde fand ich ja sehr originell.
Der Zeichenstil ist oldschool, gefiel mir aber sehr, sehr gut.
Story 5,0/5
Charaktere 4,6/5
Zeichenstil 4,6/5
Gesamt 5,0/5
In diesem Band wird die Wohnung von Rose Red verwüstet und überall ist ihr Blut verschmiert. Wolf ermittelt und Snow White rückt ihm dabei nicht von der Pelle, was für allerlei unterhaltsame Szenen sorgt. Überhaupt gefällt mir der scharfe Humor. Snow White und Wolf sind meine Lieblingscharaktere. Beide sind sehr individuell und schlau. Snow White ist die Stellvertreterin des Bürgermeisters aber eigentlich leitet sie alles. Wie sie das ganze dann am Schluss des Bandes regelt, fand ich genial. Eine echte Powerfrau mit Grips und Organisationstalent.
Wolf ist so ein grummeliger Detektiv-Charakter. Als Sheriff ermittelt er auf seine ganz eigene Art und eröffnet am Ende dann alle Details in Agatha Christie Manier.
Auch die anderen Charaktere waren sehr individuell. Vor allem was aus Prince Charming wurde fand ich ja sehr originell.
Der Zeichenstil ist oldschool, gefiel mir aber sehr, sehr gut.
Story 5,0/5
Charaktere 4,6/5
Zeichenstil 4,6/5
Gesamt 5,0/5
charlibirb's review against another edition
4.0
Looking forward to where this is going! Good artwork, intriguing overarching plot.
efabri123's review against another edition
2.0
I wasn't overly thrilled with this story. It's along the lines of ABC's Once Upon a Time (I think these comics came about first) where famous fairy tale characters that we know and love are all entangled, trying to murder one another or hook-up. This one fell into the realm of a detective mystery which I didn't much care for. I couldn't relate to or empathize with any of the characters like I could in ABC's show which I think is a large part of why I didn't care for this first volume. I will read the second one before I completely give up on the series.
kandicez's review against another edition
5.0
I'm rereading these and was worried I wouldn't like them as well this time around. I was wrong. These are infinitely clever! The 'ghams get the story and the illustrations so perfectly. They walk that fine line between fairy tale and ridiculousness without once falling in either direction.
Sure, these are about the characters we read about, or were read to, as children, but these guys are all grown up and have grown up problems. The extrapolations they make based on the little detail we get from Grimm's (and other sources) is not only fantastic, but believable. Snow White makes sense as "Bitter, party of one", but still high functioning. The Big Bad Wolf, or Bigby as he is known here perfectly combines what we know of him and what makes sense when expanded upon. My favorite is Prince Charming. He's a bit of a twat, and sadly, this too makes sense.
How did Disney get away with Once Upon a Time? Plagiarism much?
Sure, these are about the characters we read about, or were read to, as children, but these guys are all grown up and have grown up problems. The extrapolations they make based on the little detail we get from Grimm's (and other sources) is not only fantastic, but believable. Snow White makes sense as "Bitter, party of one", but still high functioning. The Big Bad Wolf, or Bigby as he is known here perfectly combines what we know of him and what makes sense when expanded upon. My favorite is Prince Charming. He's a bit of a twat, and sadly, this too makes sense.
How did Disney get away with Once Upon a Time? Plagiarism much?