Graphic novels

摘要

When Cinderella drops not a slipper but an eyeball, you know you're not reading a kids' book. Such quirky gems look like comics for children, and many may be enjoyed by sophisticated youngsters. But the adult creators did them to please not kids as such, but the kids within us adults, drawing for, shall we say, the whole person. Junko Mizuno's Cinderalla (sic) and Emile Bravo's Squat Bears mashups are excellent representations of fairy-tales-gone-akilter, which, while suitable for children, have subtleties and not-so-happy endings better appreciated by adults.