Comments on: Sparks: An Urban Fairytale http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: forsaykenn http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/comment-page-1/#comment-88251 forsaykenn Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:26:47 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/#comment-88251 I think you noval was awesome i read it in my class just to read something but i really got in to it and i finish it in two shool days.you book really talks about life and how it really is…

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/comment-page-1/#comment-1330 Johanna Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:54:48 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/#comment-1330 Michael, this is a reposting of a review I did a while back at the old site, so it gave me the same impulse. I think I need to reread the whole thing as well. :)

Lyle, I hope you like it!

]]> By: Lyle http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/comment-page-1/#comment-1329 Lyle Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:50:24 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/#comment-1329 Y’know, this title has been one of those that I’ve procrastinating on purchasing for a while…. I think you’ve just motivated me to break that cycle if I find a copy at APE next month.

]]> By: Michael Denton http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 Michael Denton Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:31:30 +0000 http://www.comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/12/sparks-an-urban-fairytale/#comment-1320 It is a fantastic piece of work that I read a few years ago; your review makes me want to pull it down from the shelf and re-read it. It is tough to read at points, but it all feels _very_ real and you care so much for Jo.

Being a fairy tale, the heroine has to live “happily ever after” although as you say, in contradiction, the happy ending isn’t absolutely what it says it is -Jo is now self-reliant, but doesn’t have it all like in most fairy tales – and there’s no handsome prince here – appropriately for this story – the rescue comes from Jo herself.

I think having the robot named Galahad sets us up, though, for Jo to have a happy ending. Galahad quests fruitlessly for the Grail, and here Jo is the Grail (which is lost to Galahad ultimately) and is also given the metaphorical “Grail” of her life (physcially and emotionally) through Galahad’s life and sacrifice.

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