"THEY ESCAPED INTO THE WOOD FULL OF HUNGER AND THIRST …" A little sister and little brother run away from a witch but she soon catches up, turning herself into a small stream. The little sister hears the stream whispering that whoever drinks from it will be transformed into a doe but for the little brother, who is ever so thirsty, it is too late.
Little Sister, Little Brother is a ten page mini-comic published in the RAID TWO anthology by Willow Dawson
with letters by Jennifer Lum. It is an adaptation of one of my very favourite folktales, Little Brother and Little Sister by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
In the first edition of the Grimm's
Children's and Household Tales the little doe never speaks, in later editions the brothers give him a voice which seems comical and at odds with a story about the loss of connection between two close siblings. In this adaptation I go back to the original, embedding the imagery with plant and animal symbolism that quietly supports the heavier themes of this beautiful / sad tale. You can read a translation of a later edition of the tale
here.
RAID TWO:
Coming in at a giant 144 full pages it showcases all-new and original
content by RAID creators and colleagues. Featuring work by Kalman
Andrasofszky, Sheldon Carter, Taran Chadha, Willow Dawson, Anthony
Falcone, Ian Herring, Joe Infurnari, Irma Kniivila, Nimit Malavia,
Rachel Matile (RHYMEwithRACHEL), Ramón K Pérez, Gabe Sapienza, Gibson
Quarter, Kyle J Smith, Cameron Stewart, Mike Valiquette, Eric Vedder,
Joe Vriens (JOVERINE), and Tri Vuong!
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