Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation

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Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation

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Overview

Disney meets Lena Dunham in this illustrated humor book featuring your favorite fairy-tale characters dating and finding their way in 21st-century America

The Ugly Duckling still feels gross compared to everyone else, but now she’s got Instagram, and there’s this one filter that makes her look awesome. Cinderella swaps her glass slippers for Crocs. The Tortoise and the Hare Facebook stalk each other. Goldilocks goes gluten free. And Peter Pan finally has to grow up and get a job, or at least start paying rent.

Here are more than one hundred fairy tales, illustrated and re-imagined for today. Instead of fairy godmothers, there’s Siri. And rather than big bad wolves, there are creepy dudes on OkCupid. In our brave new world of social networking, YouTube, and texting, fairy tales can once again lead us to “happily ever after”—and have us laughing all the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698136212
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	71 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tim Manley is a writer and illustrator and the creator of the blog Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings. He has won the Moth StorySLAM, taught high school English at New York City's School of the Future, and served as a mentor with the PEN American Center's Prison Writing Program. Born in 1985 on Long Island, he lives in Queens, New York.

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From the Publisher

“Entertaining . . . Touching . . . A cool, PG-13 revisiting of classic stories [that] feels a bit like tossing a Disney princess into the cast of HBO’s Girls.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Editorial Reviews

Entertaining . . . Touching . . . A cool, PG-13 revisiting of classic stories [that] feels a bit like tossing a Disney princess into the cast of HBO’s Girls.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2013-09-01
Fairy-tale princes and princesses get a postmodern makeover in this wry but slight reimagining. Writer and illustrator Manley cribs much of the material here from his Tumblr feed, Fairy Tales for Twenty-Somethings, matching brief observations on classic characters with simple, sometimes emotionally effective line drawings. The pieces are brief and mostly self-contained, although a few characters (The Ugly Duckling, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland) get extended story arcs based on their idiosyncrasies and particular challenges, which feels a bit like tossing a Disney princess into the cast of HBO's Girls. The characters are mostly cynical, although a few can be touching--see the "funemployed" Hansel and Gretel, perpetually alone together in the woods, or a gay Arthur hugging it out with Sir Lancelot. You'll find Cinderella writing herself empowering Post-its: "You are in control of your own future. You are capable of amazing things," immediately followed by "And fuck anyone who says otherwise." The Tortoise and the Hare also have an interesting arc, with their lifelong competition played out in public. "It wasn't until they were each about to fall asleep that night that it hit them at the same time: There is no destination. There isn't a winner. There was never a race," Manley writes. The illustrations are entertaining--the worried Chicken Little, next to a bottle of Xanax that reads "Take one any time you do anything," is a highlight. From Red Riding Hood and her vibrator ("Lil' Red") to Beauty's and the Beast's sexting addictions, these fractured fairy tales may not be for everyone, but they are crafty. Not as poignant as Bill Willingham's Fables series, but a cool, PG-13 revisiting of classic stories. For readers who grew up with the Internet, they may strike a chord.

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