Grimm Fairy Tales

There are some places you just don’t go.

Grimm Fairy Tales has always been a nihilistic book. It’s good at finding the worst in people and situations, and really screwing the good and bad a like. In most cases the writing is clever and witty, and well worth it.

The writing is great, and the art is fantastic. The colors are incredible. Easily a four star series. So what’s the problem – its clever writing, great art, and gorgeous colors?

The nihilism has spread to levels that are no longer entertaining. Recently, the only decent regular character in the comic was killed off. So the series got a bit darker. Issue #29 has the coup de grace. The writer tortures and murders a child. Then to really drive the point home, we are witness to 3 panels of blood running down the bound child’s hand.

This is clearly a book that has lost its way. In writing, there is a fine line between morally ambivalent wit and sadism for the sake of ugliness. This series has tipped over the line and shows no plans of coming back.