Issue Description

A small time drug dealer hustles in order to take his wife and daughter out of a bad neighborhood but when he steps on the toes of a local gang leader he realizes that the life of his family is in danger. And the only refuge he might find is through a fairy tale… Jack’s family is starving and he does the only thing he knows in order to solve the problem, he sells their last cow for… magic beans!? But when the beans in fact prove to be enchanted, Jack finds more treasure than he would ever need. Has his luck changed for the best or will his newfound greed prove to be fatal?

The story of Jack and the Beanstalk is told in reference to a small time drug dealer who sees dealing drugs as his only way out of poverty and to provide a meaningful future for his family. When he goes to make his pickup, he instead finds Sela waiting there and instead of drugs she has something more powerful for him - her book. He reads a version of Jack and the Beanstalk where he purchases beans from his neighbour and then a magical beanstalk grows to a castle above the clouds. When he gets there he finds an angry and hungry giant, but also a great deal of riches which he begins to habitually steal. On his final journey of thievery the giant chases and falls crushing Jack's house and family below. The action shifts back to the modern day and shows the drug dealer running home to his family.

Grimm Fairy Tales (2005)

Publisher

Zenescope Entertainment

Volume Description

A series which aims to tell updated fairy tale stories, often with an added touch of horror to them. They are generally told as something of a parable to the modern conditions of rotating character. The stories are usually narrated by either Belinda or Sela. The two control two books of fairy tales and they are generally used to either help or hinder those listening to them. Over the course of the series the fairy tales get used in different ways, for instance the two narrators can control the characters in magical worlds, modern characters outside of the fairy tales become fairy tale characters, or the two narrators live through the fairy tales themselves to examine their actions. The series is also notable for its generally misleading covers, as they often contain revealing pictures of the female characters, the characters in the stories themselves are generally portrayed in a more respectable manner. The series is also noted for some of its variant covers which are not fairy tales representations, but mythical or legendary ones such as Cleopatra or Rosie the Riveter.

Trade Paperback CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Volume 1 (#1-6)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 2 (#7-12)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 3 (#13-18)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 4 (#19-24)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 5 (#25-30)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 6 (#31-36)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 7 (#37-42)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 8 (#43-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 9 (#51-56)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 10 (#57-64)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 11 (#65-70)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 12 (#71-75)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 13 (#76-81)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 14 (#82-84 & 86-87)Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 15 (#89-93)Grimm Fairy Tales presents Age of Darkness vol. 1 (#94-98)Grimm Fairy Tales: Arcane Acre Volume One (#101-106)Grimm Fairy Tales: Arcane Acre Volume Two (#107-112)Hardcover CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Deluxe Edition (#1-12 & Annual #1)Omnibus CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Omnibus Volume 1 (#1-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Omnibus Volume 2 (#51-93)Digital Omnibus CollectionsGrimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 1 (#1-24)Grimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 2 (#25-50)Grimm Fairy Tales Digital Omnibus Volume 3 (#51-75)

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