This cartoon was created by artist named Dan Piraro and can be found on https://www.bizarro.com/. Dan Piraro is best known for his comic series, Bizarro, the comic above is part of this series. This comic depicts a couple talking to what is assumed to be a friend of theirs. The guest is looking at the …
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Bluebeard
In the Grimm’s, The Robber’s Groombride and Grimm’s Fitcher’s bird the female protagonist never actually marries the man. In The Robber’s Groombride, the husband-to-be kills a women completely unrelated to the bride for her to learn about he actions. While in the Grimm’s Fitcher’s bird, the wife assumes something happened to her sisters, but only …
Hansel and Gretel
The biggest reason for the changes between the MGM movie and the original tale of Hansel and Gretel is to lengthen the movie’s duration. The original Grimm tale is noticeably short and to the point, while in order to adapt the tale MGM had to add content to make the film at least an hour. …
Week 7
This cartoon is by a Chinese artist who chooses to stay anonymous, they go by the name of Crazy Crab. Crazy crab has a series based of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in which they make political cartoons that criticize the Chinese government. The translation of this cartoon was found at https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/02/hexie-farm-蟹农场-chinese-little-red-riding-hood/ and the original is …
Week 5
Snow White, a young girl who is the fairest of them all. Her tale is told by both the Grimm and Disney, yet the tales differ in many ways. The Grimm tale includes the evil queen trying to kill snow white at three separate times. The first time the queen in disguise tightens Snow White’s …
Week 4 – A passing thought
Magic is not real. Sadly. Many folks tell of success stories. “From rags to riches” is what they call it. However, for these people they do not just magically gain success or become rich. This is simply due to magic not being real. The tales that families have passed down over the years and through …
What is a Fairytale?
Märchen, Fairytale or Magic tale… All names for a folklore-like tale that includes magic into the tale. All fairytales are understood to be fictional and in no way are real. Fairytales were normally told orally and passed down between storytellers, however now they have been recorded by others for example the brothers Grimm, or Joseph …
Week Two: In to the Between
It’s been a week since I have left my home in Grimm, for the past two days I have been staying in a town in The Between. The innkeeper’s wife tells me tales that are common among the townsfolk. She told a tale of the Brothers Grimm. The people whom united the land of tales, …
The Introduction
Hello dear readers, My name Engelbert, I hail from the land of Grimm. As a youth my Mother would tell me of a land of Wonder and fairies. A place of tales so kind a sweet. Mother would tell me of that’s that hold a similarity to our own tales, such as Aschenputtel or Hänsel …
Journey from Grimm to Disney 