REVIEW: "This Little Piggy GETS EVEN!"

It is with great pleasure that your friends at

Comic Creators United
recommend completely the great collection
from Francis Bonnet and his "Suburban Fairy Tales".

"This Little Piggy GETS EVEN!"

Add 100 pages of an outstanding cast and fun
 that never stops along with several sweet story arcs
throw in great writing, art, a rad egg and a Pied Piper
that will make you laugh every time
and you've just read a winner.

It's a slice of the life that we all wanted.
 We join the gang at home and in school as they deal
with their enchanted youth. What could go wrong?

Just ask Little Pig #3...
He's the one running from the wolf.
Look over there it's the Frog Prince. Go on kiss him.
Pinocchio tells it like it is...he has to.

I found that once I started reading this collection
I had to finish it right away.
That's how I felt in my youth reading "Peanuts",
"Family Circus" and the like.
"This Little Piggy GETS EVEN!" brought me back.

Francis in his wisdom has also included
 from his sketchbook a love story.
A frog, a puppet and "Red" work it out in a story 
that's presented to us in its raw state.
It works. As the reader and comic fan
 I thought it was a nice look at the creative process.

The following strips are also in their rough state
 and are not included in this collection.
They are a gift from Francis to all of us.

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It was a thrill to be able to review this great book
Francis bonnet has a winner on his hands.
CCU loved it.


 

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THIS LITTLE PIGGY GETS EVEN

BREAKING NEWS

A New Collection From

Francis Bonnet's

"This Little Piggy

GETS EVEN!"

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Official Book Summary:

SUBURBAN FAIRY TALES, the popular web comic by Francis Bonnet, returns in an action-packed, all-new volume!

Featuring a cast of your favorite fairy tale characters thrown into a modern suburban setting, THIS LITTLE PIGGY GETS EVEN continues the adventures of Frog Prince, Pinocchio, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood and more as they make their way through high school! As an exclusive bonus, this book features an original sketched story arc, which was never published online! Don’t miss a single comic!

Whether you’re young or old, SUBURBAN FAIRY TALES will bring your favorite fables into the 21st century!

My Comments:

My last Suburban Fairy Tales book came out in 2006 and only had 15 months worth of strips in the entire book. The most obvious reason for such a long wait between books is because Suburban Fairy Tales had ended in 2006 and those 15 months worth of strips were all I had. But I can happily say that my newest book, This Little Piggy Gets Even has almost two years worth of strips and it doesn’t end the series. In fact, I’m hoping that in another two years I can have a third Suburban Fairy Tales book out.

So what’s with the name, This Little Piggy Gets Even? Well, the first Suburban Fairy Tales book was titled “Suburban Fairy Tales: The Complete Collection” (it has since been renamed to “A Comic Strip Collection”). The series was meant to end with the first book. But since I brought the series back, the second book needed a title worthy of standing on its own, and calling it “The Complete Collection Volume 2” was not only weak, it was also kind of stupid. This was a re-launch, after all.

“ This Little Piggy Gets Even” just popped into my head after reading a book of nursery rhymes to my daughter. I thought it would be a funny and unique title and I couldn’t think of another book, comic, movie, or cartoon that has ever used that phrase.

 As a point I made sure not to reference that this was a “volume 2” anywhere in the book.

As an added bonus I put in a 12-strip storyline that I never published online. This story is told in sketches taken directly from my sketchbook. It’s the story of Red Riding Hood and how she fell out of love with Frog Prince. What’s unique about this story when compared to my other rejected stories is the fact that even though it didn’t officially make it into the series, repercussions from the ending of this particular arc changed the direction of the strip forever.

In case anyone is wondering, I’ve already thought up a title for my third Suburban Fairy Tales book. The book is still at least two years away, but it’s never too early to get a jump on things, is it?

Be here this WEDNESDAY, July 21st

 for CCU's EXCLUSIVE review of

This Little Piggy Gets Even!

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Francis Bonnet and his Suburban Fairy Tales SPECIAL EVENT

It's a Crunchy, Made To Malfunction,

Suburban Fairy Tale. It's...

Francis Bonnet

I’ve been working hard at comics for as long as I can remember.

 I’ve always been drawing something, but it wasn’t until 2003

that I started seriously pushing my work and publishing it

 on the web. My first web comic was Crunchy,

which was actually based on a character I created

in high school. I worked on the strip for about four years

(the first year was never published online).

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After a while, I felt that Crunchy wasn’t really going anywhere.

 I was sick of the main character and found myself writing

 more about the side characters. It wasn’t the same strip anymore,

 so I wanted to try something different. I actually had two ideas

for a new strip pop up in my head around that time.

 The first idea I had would be to put fairy tale characters in a

 modern-day suburban high school. The second idea I had

would be about an inventor and his housekeeping robot.

I decided to go with the fairy tale strip as I thought

it might appeal to more people,

 and thus Suburban Fairy Tales was born.

I worked on Suburban Fairy Tales for about 15 months.

 At around the 10-month mark, that previous idea I had

 about an inventor and his housekeeping robot

was burning a hole in my head. I really wanted to work on it,

 but I’m the kind of person who likes to put all his effort into

 one project at a time. If I was really going to work on that new strip,

 Suburban Fairy Tales would have to end. .. and so it did.

Made To Malfunction was the strip to follow Suburban Fairy Tales.

Instead of just a simple gag strip, it followed longer story arcs mixed

with science fiction and comedy. I worked on the strip for two years.

 During this time I was also sending my work off to the syndicates.

 To my surprise, The Washington Post Writers Group

 showed interest in Suburban Fairy Tales and wanted to see more.

 My dilemma was that I wasn’t working on it anymore.

 So I had to end Made To Malfunction abruptly

(thankfully not in the middle of a story arc)

 and pick up working on Suburban Fairy Tales.

I’m still working in Suburban Fairy Tales to this day.

 It actually felt good to return to this strip as I felt it had ended

prematurely. I’ve been at it for almost 20 consecutive months,

which has now exceeded its original run.

I just recently sent a sample off to the syndicate,

so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

When I’m not cartooning I work as a graphic artist.

 I have a regular job and I also do freelance. Right now,

 one of my freelance jobs is a website called The Ecobabe.

All the Ecobabe illustrations are my artwork.

They were done exclusively using Adobe Illustrator,

 which is different than I do my comic strips.

 My comics are usually always hand-drawn.

Thank you Francis for sharing the interesting

twists and turns your artwork has taken.

CCU is glad you've carved out a place in

 the world of comic strips...three times.

What will you do next?

Come back and show us ASAP. Until then we'll

live our Suburban Fairy Tale along with yours.

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