The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories

"Explores some of Europe's most famous fables and lesser known favorites, from sly humor to dark fireside tales and everything in between"--

About the author

Editor Kel McDonald has been working in comics for over a decade—most of that time has been spent on her webcomic Sorcery 101. More recently, she has organized the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" anthology series while contributing to other anthologies like Dark Horse Presents, Smut Peddler, and Sleep of Reason. She has also worked on Buffy: The High School Years. She recently finished a creator-owned series, Misfits of Avalon and the Eisner nominated Stone King. She’s currently working on her self-published series, The City Between. Her work can be found at kelmcdonald.com.


Editor Kate Ashwin has drawn and written over 1,000 pages of webcomics since 2002. Her most current project is the award nominated Victorian-era adventure story Widdershins, which is currently on its eighth Kickstarter-funded volume. Kate has also contributed to, co-edited, and provided Kickstarter support to the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" books, written a story for Dark Horse Presents, and contributed artwork to critically-acclaimed kids’ weekly comic The Phoenix.


Full Creator Listing: Kate Ashwin, Kory Bing, Mary Cagle, K.C. Green, Joe Pimenta, Kel McDonald, Katie and Shaggy Shanahan, and Lin Visel

Summary

Age range 9 to 12 'Wait until the full moon rises, sit at the bank and play a beautiful tune. Then you will see what happens.'\

Additional text

“Succeeds as an introduction to both the sometimes brutal stories and the wide variety of comics styles.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY


“Hilarious and awesome . . . to my surprise there’s not a stinker in the book.” — GOOD COMICS FOR KIDS

Product details

• Assisted by: McDonald Kel (Editor), Kate Ashwin (Editor), Kel McDonald (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 26.05.2020
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas
• EAN: 9781945820540
• ISBN: 978-1-945820-54-0
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Illustrations: Black-and-White Throughout
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.8 cm
• Series: Cautionary Fables and Fairytales; Cautionary Fables and Fairytal > 3; Cautionary Fables & Fairytales
• Subjects: Graphic novels., Fables., Fairy tales., 398.2094, Fairy tales--Europe--Comic books, strips, etc., Fairy tales--Europe--Cartoons and comics., PZ7.7 .N59 2020, Europeans--Folklore--Comic books, strips, etc., Europeans--Folklore--Cartoons and comics., 398.2095, PZ7.7 .T357 2019