We all know the curse: She'll sleep until she's kissed by a handsome prince who loves her with true love. We have the sleeping girl. We have the handsome princes lots of them. But where's the true love? Without that, we fear she may spend a long time napping among the thorns. Oh, and memo to all you handsome princes lining up: When you hack your way into the city to kiss the girl, make sure you don't try to kiss the Snow Queen instead.This one-shot tale features art by Eisner Award winner Terry Moore (Echo, Strangers in Paradise).
An enjoyable palette-cleanser to the fairly dire stuff we've gotten lately, and a valuable epilogue to an older plotline Read Full Review
Giving regular artist Mark Buckingham a break, this issue is drawn by Terry Moore. The creator of Strangers in Paradise and Echo may not be thought of as a fantasy artist, but his style is really perfect for this book. He manages to depict a beautiful fairy tale world, some rather realistic violence, and a main character that winds up particularly haggard and beaten by the end. I know he's got a new series launching in a few months, but I hope Moore finds time to pencil an issue of this book (or Fairest) sometime in the not-too-distant future, because he's perfect for this. Read Full Review
This particular storyline will continue in the recently announced "Fairest" mini-series from Willingham and Phil Jimenez, which sounds promising, but this issue on its own is a bit frustrating of a read. Hopefully when Rose's tale begins in "Fairest" she'll be able to claim some agency in her own story, despite her definitively inactive "power." Read Full Review
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