Snow White: The Graphic Novel

Graphic Spin

by Martin Powell (Adapter), Erik Valdez Alanis (Illustrator)

Giving timeless tales a modern edge, each title in this boldy illustrated series retells the world's greatest fairytales in graphic novel format, attracting even the most reluctant readers.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Fantasy, Classics, Ebooks

33 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Librarian note:
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. This entry is for Martin ^ Powell.


Martin Powell is the author of hundreds of science fiction, mystery, and horror stories. He has worked in the comic book industry since 1986, writing for Marvel, DC, Malibu, Caliber, Moonstone, and Disney, among others, and has been nominated for the coveted Eisner Award. Martin also writes children’s books, and frequently contributes prose for many short story anthologies. He resides in Saint Paul, MN.

Reviews

[(NS) Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

The graphic novel Snow White offers a new version of this folk tale classic.
The story begins by introducing the cast of characters. A young prince named Marco, a great adventurer, did everything for the sake of good. The mighty queen was the most wicked in the land. Marco discovers the queens most evil deeds, and becomes a prisoner inside the magic mirror. The story goes on to introduce the most beautiful woman in the land, Snow White. The queen cannot bear this news and leaves the castle to solve her problem.
This book is written like a comic book with very graphic pictures. It was difficult to follow the order of the text. Students would have to be guided through the reading of this story, because it is very different from what they are used to.
This book provides an excellent opportunity to introduce young kids to the graphic format through a story they are already familiar with.
To help with classroom use, there is a glossary, brief history of the tale, discussion questions, writing prompts, and suggested Internet sites.

The interest level of this book would be 3rd grade and up because of the nature of the illustrations.

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've never been big on fairytales. Even the darker Grimm Brothers stories. However, I stumbled on these Graphic Spin versions on Hoopla and thought "why not?" since they were only 40-pages a piece. Plus, "padding" toward my Goodreads goal, amiright?

That aside. I've seen the Disney version of Snow White. It's never been a favorite. These Graphic Spin versions are supposed to be retellings but I don't really feel like they are. They're shortened, obviously, but I guess I just don't see how they're not the same as, say, the Disney version.

It's still a decent short story with nice illustrations.

[Adriana]

In this good book Snow White by Martin Powell Queen Mara was the most beautiful girl (she thought). She loved flirting with men that were not her's and the next one on the list was Prince Marco she tried but he never got convinced but one day Snow White came to town and Prince Marco fell in love with her. Queen Mara got mad that she trapped hem in her mirror then she tried to find Snow White. One day she found her and gave her a poison apple. Next she fell to a deep sleep. Will she ever wake up?

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

I can't believe I spent my library's money on this terribly rendered, terribly designed, terribly retold version of Snow White. Everything about it is awkward and amateurish, even down to the text font choices. The alterations to the story add nothing and are completely unnecessary; in fact Powell undermines much of what makes the original so compelling. Please, find any other version of this story before wasting time on this one.

[Kara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its creative enough to be a thoroughly enjoyable new take on the tale - but there was a theme of weird for weirdness sake that I couldn't get into. And Snow White's bulging eyes were seriously distracting.

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read this for a project in my fairy tales class. I liked the small changes made to it, but nothing really stood out to me.

[A. Mickey Perkins · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept is cool, but that’s about it. The art is ugly. It’s poorly written and rushed to the point of b info unbearable. None for me, thanks.

[Jayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this great book SNOW WHITE by Erik Valdez Y Alanis, Prince Marco visited Queen Mara. HE found out that she was selfish and cruel. Then Price Marco was in the mirror. Queen Mara told the mirror to spy on her enemies. She said," MIRROR MIRROR on the wall how is the most beautiful of them all'' the mirror said YOU MY QUEEN, but the mirror said ," Snow white is fairer than you. What will happen to the MIRROR?

[Lisa]

In this interesting book Snow White, By: Martin Powell, Illustrated By: Erik Valdez Y Alanis, This book is about a witch talking to a wall to help her possess prince so snow white won't like her anymore.

What do u think its going to happen next ?

[Rll52014_lori Nolan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that this graphic novel had intricate details when it came to the pictures. For example, I loved how the illustrator added in a poison symbol to the apple on the front cover. Without text, (and my background knowledge of the tale), I could tell that she was going to be harmed by a poisonous apple. The pictures in this graphic novel, along with some prior knowledge of the fairy tale, can really help those who are struggling with reading.
I also thought that these pictures were very well laid out and very eye-catching that would engage even those who say that they do not like to read.

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't really care for the illustrations of the characters in this book. They look weird and unnatural. And yes, I know they are cartoons, but there is a disturbing aspect to all the characters in this book, including Snow White.

This is a twisted fairy tale. There is no huntsman. The dwarves save Snow White from the queen and the prince, who ultimately wakes her, was a prisoner in the queen's mirror.

I like that it has a glossary and the language in the speech bubbles is fairly simple for ESL kids.

[Relyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I taught summer school this year and our theme was Fairy Tales. One of the things I did was bring in about 75 different fairy tale books. We compared and contrasted a variety of Cinderella stories. We discussed all the different ways there are to tell a story. We talked about story elements and plot lines... so much. Another thing I did was introduce kids to graphic novels. This book was one of the ones I used for it. I liked it. Several of my students absolutely loved it.

[Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

741.50 Powell. Stone Arch graphic novel with dramatic Anime like illustrations. A nice twist on the Grimms brothers' tale of vanity on steroids. I especially liked the history of Snow White in the back of the book that suggests the story may be based on a real person in the 1500's who was loved by Phillip II of Spain and was poisoned at age 21. "The villain was never found".

[Turrean · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pretty but confusing retelling of Snow White. Snow White has zero backstory, and can mysteriously make flowers and fruit grow in the winter. The Seven Dwarves greet her joyfully, having apparently dreamed about guarding her, which is news to the reader. Why did they dream about her? Who knows.

[Timilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read/heard/seen several different versions of the Snow White tale, but this one was entirely new to me. I liked the fresh spin on one of the most popular & most retold fairy tales ever.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent graphic fairy tale (French translation also good). A great re-telling of the traditional tale.

[Myleeia]

awsome

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the fun twist on this edition!