 © Gioia Fiammenghi, from the Puffin Classics edition of Pinocchio |
Most original fairy tales are much darker than their Disney-fied counterparts. The original Pinocchio tale is far more bizzarre, wild, and ham-fisted than its more recognizable adaptations, but that's exactly what charmed me to it. And as far as I remember or have looked for, no other cartoonist took it so directly head-on like this. So, I wanted to be your guide into this old twisted tale. For sources, I have bent the spine of the Puffin Classics edition of Pinocchio, as well as any free text of the story I found online and am picking and choosing from either to present this story in the way I see fit. A lot of the characters and drawings in my adaptation have been heavily inspired from illustrations by Gioia Fiammenghi in the Puffin Classics edition of the book, props to her. You can find more of my own work at kcgreendotcom.com |