A quick look at: Joe Books' Disney's Frozen

[ozaline]

So when I saw there was a Frozen comic coming out from Joe Books I was pretty curious, I like Frozen and wondered what kind of tone the book would take: leaning more towards the adventure, or comedy end. It's an anthology book with a bit of both, but mostly saccharine aesops... Not that that's out of place for a Disney kids' book. I don't regret buying this issue, it's pretty cute, but it's not something I'd pick up regularly.

Here's two cute pages from a six page story.




Elsa asks Anna how she manages to stay so unflappably cheerful, and Anna says it's because things always seem to end up right in the end.

She recounts how she slept in once on waffle day (for she loves waffles)...







Also, at least one local radio station has added "Do You Want to Build a Snowman," into their Christmas music rotation, that song does not work outside of the context of the movie... like at all.

Comments

[kamino_neko]

Given the way official merch is going, despite this being a kids comic, I half expect the next panel to be a huge kiss.

[janegray]

I really wish Disney would let their female protagonists be more... action-y, you know? Characters like Elsa, Mulan and Merida in particular are already badass action girls (and they are by no means the only ones. Ffs, Ariel in her introduction went up against sharks like it was nothing. Nearly all Disney Princesses have some kickass moment at one point, even Cinderella pulled some action girl moves in the third movie). Yet, in the expanded material and merchandise, we only ever get saccharine stories.

It's like they go "okay kids, you've had your slice of awesome cake in the movies, now open up for a neverending serving of cutesy broccoli!"

[icon_uk]

It sort of undercuts the whole idea of Elsa's entire emotional isolation, if we find out she sneaked out to be a good big sister for all those years.

This I think highlights most of my basic issues with Frozen; the absolute worst shitty parenting that even Disney has depicted... with the possible exceptions of Lady Tremaine and Mother Gothel.