Next week First Second Books will launch Reynard’s Tale. The illustrated prose ebook comes from celebrated cartoonist Ben Hatke, who gives his distinctive tackle the iconic trickster fox of medieval folklore. Ahead of the ebook’s launch, The Beat is happy to provide an unique excerpt from the textual content, in addition to a have a look at quite a few Hatke’s lush illustrations for the story.
Here’s how First Second describes Reynard’s Tale:
Inspired by the twelfth century tales of the indomitable trickster fox Reynard, this offbeat tribute to the archetypal rogue has a satisfyingly old school feeling to it. Although this Reynard journey is totally the creation of contemporary fairytale grasp Ben Hatke (Mighty Jack), it matches seamlessly into the physique of Reynard tales nonetheless beloved in Europe to at the present time.
Featuring evocative, charming black-and-white illustrations and a swiftly transferring narrative, Reynard’s Tale follows our hero by way of a collection of encounters with different basic figures from this physique of folklore to piece collectively a headlong journey by way of a deadly panorama crammed with murderers, kings, ex-lovers, mermaids, and even Death herself.
Cartoonist Ben Hatke is greatest identified for the Zita the Spacegirl collection of graphic novels, and for the Mighty Jack collection, all of that are printed by First Second. Hatke received an Eisner Award in 2016 in the Best Publication for Early Readers class for his all-ages graphic novel Little Robot.
Check out the unique excerpt of Reynard’s Tale, that includes 5 pages of prose and 5 illustrations, under. The 80-page hardcover is due out in bookstores on Tuesday, April 18th.
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