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Through an Uskglass Darkly

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke – The author’s debut novel was recommended to me because I liked her Piranesi.This book was much longer and more complicated, but I liked it. It takes place in the early nineteenth … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Christmas, Comics, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Rick Riordan | Tagged adze, anansi, beagle boys, big bad wolf, bob gregory, carl barks, christmas in duckburg, donald duck, fairies, grandma duck, gyro gearloose, huey dewey and louie, jonathan strange and mr norrell, napoleon bonaparte, piranesi, rick riordan presents, rocket-roasted christmas turkey, roseanne a. brown, scrooge mcduck, serwa boateng, serwa boateng's guide to vampire hunting, susanna clarke, the lovelorn fireman, tristan strong, vampires, vic lockman |

It’s Koopa Clobbering Time

Here are some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews, and for once I haven’t heard the reviews on the Super Show Show podcast at the Hard Times, because they haven’t gotten to most of these yet, “Mario of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged a basement divided, adee don't, albatosses, apes, beetles, big bad wolf, chippie chipmunks, fred travalena, gramma toadstool, honey i shrunk the kids, jungle land, karate, karate koopa, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopa-kola, lions, little red riding hood, little red riding princess, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the apes, martial arts, melanie chartoff, misaki, mouser, mr. gibbel, mr. miyagi, mushroom kingdom, ninjis, no way to treat a queenie, plumb fu, princess i shrunk the mario brothers, princess peach toadstool, queen elizabeth ii, ratigator, sayanora, tarzan, tawny tyler, the karate kid, toad, triclyde, trouters, waldo the wizard, wolves |

Holidaytime Television

Here are my thoughts on a few Christmas specials Beth and I watched this month, not counting ones I’ve already written about. Frosty’s Winter Wonderland – I vaguely remember seeing this years ago on a black and white TV, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Fairy Tales, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Music, Television, Toys | Tagged andy griffith, big bad wolf, bob newhart, chuck jones, comet, daws butler, dean martin, dennis the menace, dom deluise, frosty the snowman, frosty's winter wonderland, jack frost, jay north, jimmy durante, june foray, parson brown, raggedy andy, raggedy ann, rankin-bass, reindeer, santa claus, the great santa claus caper, variety shows, winter wonderland |

It’s Just a Fantasy

The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home, by Catherynne Valente – I believe this is officially the last book in the Fairyland series, but who knows what the future will bring? Well, maybe the marids do. Anyway, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Comics, Fairy Tales, Humor, Mythology, Norse, Tom Holt | Tagged attila the hun, big bad wolf, catherynne valente, dragons, erica henderson, fairyland, joan of arc, marids, marvel comics, nothing but blue skies, odin, rumpelstiltskin, ryan north, snow white, snow white and the seven samurai, squirrel girl, the girl who raced fairyland all the way home, the unbeatable squirrel girl, three little pigs, tom thumb, valhalla |

Desperately Seeking Santa

Merry Christmas! Since the day is almost over, I might as well share my thoughts on a few Christmas movies and specials I watched this year. I Am Santa Claus (2014) – A documentary examining the lives of several people … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Holidays, Humor, Muppets, Music, Sesame Street, Television, Uncategorized, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a muppet family christmas, andy williams, art carney, bert and ernie, big bad wolf, big bird, christmas in disneyland, disney, disneyland, fozzie bear, fraggle rock, glenn miller, hanna-barbera, i am santa claus, kermit the frog, mick foley, miss piggy, muppet babies, sandy duncan, santa claus, swedish chef, yogi bear, yogi's first christmas |

Sorta Fairytales

Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, by Catherine Orenstein – An in-depth analysis of a fairly simple fairy tale, focusing largely on how it changed over time. Some analysts have placed a … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Uncategorized | Tagged big bad wolf, bill willingham, brothers grimm, catherine orenstein, charles perrault, cryptozoology, dragons, fables, farewell, kenneth grahame, little red riding hood, little red riding hood uncloaked, mark buckingham, monster, rose red, snow white, st. george, the reluctant dragon |

Put Up Your Babadooks

The Babadook – I had heard several people talking about this independent Australian horror movie, but I had no idea what to expect. I figured the title referred to some kind of monster, which it did, but it was more … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Monsters, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged babaroga, big bad wolf, bogeyman, brothers grimm, g.k. chesterton, mari ness, snow white and the seven dwarfs, the babadook, the three little pigs |

Fable, Fable, Set the Table

I wrote something about Bill Willingham’s Fables comics in this post, but since then I’ve read much more of the series. The local library system had all of the trade paperback collections up through Volume 16. I’m anxious to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Comics, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged big bad wolf, bigby wolf, bill willingham, bufkin, bungle the glass cat, fables, fafhrd and the grey mouser, frau totenkinder, fritz leiber, jack pumpkinhead, nome king, old king cole, ozma, pinocchio, rose red, sawhorse, snow white |

Leading with the Chinny-Chin-Chin

The earliest written versions of “The Three Little Pigs” date back to Britain in the 1840s. It’s thought that the tale is sort of an updated version of “The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids,” in which the wolf tricks … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales | Tagged bible, big bad wolf, brothers grimm, gospels, jesus, little red riding hood, maria tatar, silly symphonies, the annotated classic fairy tales, the three little pigs |

You’re Everything a Big Bad Wolf Could Want

I doubt I’ll be seeing the upcoming Little Red Riding Hood movie, despite the general cuteness of Amanda Seyfried. The idea of making the classic fairy tale into a thriller is an interesting one, but I’m not sure I trust … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Mythology | Tagged aesop, amanda seyfried, big bad wolf, brothers grimm, charles perrault, fractured fairy tales, le petit chaperon rouge, little red riding hood, maria tatar, red hot riding hood, ridinghoods anonymous, rotkäppchen, tex avery, the annotated brothers grimm, the three little pigs, the wolf and the seven goats, twilight, werewolves, wolves |