Preview: ‘Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime’
The newest DC middle-grade graphic novel takes Batman out of the grim-n-gritty milieu of The Dark Knight and its successors and takes it in a new direction: Spinoffs of traditional children’s stories, with twisted-tale dialogue by writer Derek Fridolfs and luminous watercolors by artist Dustin Nguyen. We have a preview of one of the stories, “Alfred in Wonderland,” and we’re following it up with an interview with both the creators, who previously teamed up on Batman: Li’l Gotham. The book will be released on February 11. Enjoy!
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About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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This is absolutely beautiful. I would love to have this one. Could become a collector’s item.