Dynamite Entertainment combines literary classics and spins a new yarn of action and adventure.
LEGENDARY TALESPINNERS #1 OF 3
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: James Kuhoric
Art & Colors: Grant Bond
Covers: Nick Bradshaw (A) and Grant Bond (B)
Summary: If you enjoy “Fables”, “Stuff of Legend” and other great new stories, you will enjoy Tales of the Legendary Talespinners!
From the dawn of creation there have been storytellers spinning timeless fables and folktales. Call them historians, poets, philosophers, or charlatans, it was their fanciful re-tellings of the age of wonder that kept children enwrapped in fantasy and immersed in imagination. But over the last two centuries something dark has been devouring the storytellers and even the stories themselves, leaving children with dulled imaginations and no will to believe in giant killers or wicked witches.
Abby was one of those children and is now a young woman who still lives only in the concrete reality of her professional ambitions. Raised by a mother who had no time for “childish pursuits,” she grew up too fast and locked her fertile imagination away forever. But Abby’s orderly world comes crashing down upon her when a crazy old man who believes himself to be the real Baron Munchausen leads her into a festering fantasy world facing villainous henchmen, zombified fairytale creatures, and the most unlikely wickedest witch of them all.
Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents an event that reshapes how we look at fables and the imagination! Written by James Kuhoric (Dead Irons/Freddy vs Jason vs Ash), illustrated by Grant Bond (Igor/Trick R Treat), and art directed by Nick Bradshaw (Danger Girl/Army of Darkness).
Review: A legendary talespinner is a person who has unlocked his or her imagination and without discrimination tells stories that need to be told. There’s a small group of these immortal bards which are introduced to readers of Legendary Talespinners through a delightful invitational poem by Shel Silverstein which is interspersed with the dialog on the first few pages.
The miniseries is rated for All Ages. The original story by James Kuhoric with art and colors by Grant Bond deliver a gloriously whimsical journey of Abby, the straight edge intern who is befriended by the one and only Baron Munchausen. The book is less scary than the likes of Harry Potter and more along the lines of The Spiderwick Chronicles. It is also among the $3.99 comics and being only three issues, the trade paperback shouldn’t take too long to hit the shelves. This is one of the few times the escalated price is justified.
The Talespinner called Mother is the most powerful of the storytellers. She began to feed like a leech upon the other talespinners and their stories to keep her youth and maintain her royal status as Queen of Storybook World. In a dark and grim twist, it’s revealed that Mother is the one and only Mother Goose who is not only an evil energetic vampire like being sucking the energies from the others, but she even has her own henchmen.
Intern Abby recalls her favorite childhood story was Alice in Wonderland as told by her grandfather in the moments when she wasn’t forced to be serious and mature. It’s no surprise Baron Munchausen, an elderly man living at the nursing home where Abby works, requires a silver-backed mirror to transport to the world of stories filled with exotic creatures. Chances are more Wonderland references are in store.
Mother’s henchmen are hot on the trail of the Baron’s location. When they find the old man, they basically get a two-for-one deal since it appears Abby is indeed the talespinner known as The Dreamer.
Issue #1 ends in a powerfully climactic showdown pitting Abby and the Baron against Mother and her lackeys. Coming up in Issue #2, Abby must find a way to believe in the fairy tales again. If she doesn’t come to terms with her imagination and otherworldly skills, she may fall in a epic storybook battle!
