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Among the numerous curiosities that have gone unexplained in the classic tale Alice in Wonderland , perhaps the most perplexing might be who, exactly, is the "Maryann" that the White Rabbit mistakes Alice for at the beginning of the story? Lewis Carroll first made us ponder this and, years later, Walt Disney again made viewers wonder who Maryann might be in his classic feature length film based on Carroll's book.
Now, the amazingly talented folks at SLG Publishing, through a licensing deal with Disney, have finally answered this age-old question. In their beautifully executed comic book series, WONDERLAND, readers experience Alice's fantastic world as they've never seen it before. Writer Tommy Kovac's Wonderland is missing Alice herself, but it's still populated by the other characters that make the world such a curiously exciting place. The Queen of Hearts is present, barking orders to lop off people's heads, as is the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the rest of Wonderland's beloved cast. And there are some new faces, too, including the book's main protagonist, the mysterious Maryann herself. All are beautifully illustrated by Wonderland's artist, Sonny Liew.
The graphic novel will collect the six issues that comprised the Wonderland comic series in a beautiful, collectible, jacketed hardcover edition.
Author Notes
Tommy Kovac writes and draws the beautiful comic Autumn for SLG Publishing. As a boy he'd play chess against himself and hide out in a "rabbit hole" his father dug for him in the backyard. He lives near Disneyland, and has a dog named Mr. Scoots.
Sonny Liew's comics piece Malinky Robot earned him a Xeric Grant, and he followed it up with "Dead Soul's Day Out" and "Malinky Robot: Bicycle," a graphic novella published by SLG. Sonny lives in Singapore trying to think up new Malinky Robot stories, while muddling his way through the rest of life. He has worked for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, Image, and Vivendi Universal.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4 Up-Ever wonder what happened in Wonderland after Alice left? Follow the quirky tale of Mary Ann, the meticulous and dutiful housekeeper for the White Rabbit, as she continues the tale. Her boss is now wanted for treason by the Queen of Hearts for allowing the Alice Monster to enter the kingdom-off with his head! On the run and fearing for their lives, Mary Ann and White Rabbit encounter the meddlesome Cheshire Cat, the ever-contentious troublemaker, sending the White Rabbit straight into the clutches of the queen and poor Mary Ann tumbling into the Treacle Well. When she discovers the Queen of Spades, an escape plan is hatched along with a meeting between the two queens. Chaos ensues, as it should in Wonderland, complete with a regime change and a happy ending for Mary Ann and her furry friends. This is a terrific look at a great classic. The energetic, action-packed illustrations complement the story in Disney-cartoon style, making for a great read for all ages.-Ann Bailey, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
This wonderful graphic novel offshoot from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland need not worry those concerned about some crass Disney effort to strip-mine yet more revenue out of a beloved children's classic. Author Kovac and artist Liew's six-chapter novel is a droll and urbane imagining of the story behind a very minor character from Carroll's tale: Mary Ann, the White Rabbit's maid, who was mistaken for Alice. In Kovac's telling, dark-haired Mary Ann is a compulsive cleaner and follower of rules, who cares not a whit for the legendary "Alice monster," as everyone terms the rebellious blonde, whom Mary Ann sees as little more than a "back-talking, stuck-up little prat." Mary Ann tromps through Liew's lusciously colored landscapes, encountering all the expected characters (Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Jabberwock) and getting into trouble with most of them. Although the mood is correctly tea party surreal, Kovac manages to add in unexpected elements, from courtly intrigue to fanaticism (Alice even has her own cult, known as "the Curious"), while never losing track of Carroll's hyperactive gamesmanship. It's a rare piece of literature that's been inspired by another yet deserves its own prideful place on the bookshelf. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
This Alice in Wonderland-inspired graphic novel focuses on Alice look-alike Mary Ann, the White Rabbit's housemaid referenced in Carroll's story. Mary Ann falls down a treacle well and encounters the Queen of Spades, who foments rebellion. Kovac and Liew have great fun with frenetic, nonsense-heavy text and illustrations. Hardcore Alice fans may appreciate the story's many referents, but others will be mystified. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A look at Wonderland just after the departure of the "Alice Monster." After clonking the Queen of Hearts on the head in a momentary fit of rage over a spot of soiling, the White Rabbit's housekeeper, Mary Ann, is forced to flee with her employer into the Tulgey Wood. Avoiding a Bandersnatch, Mary Ann proceeds to fall into a treacle well, rescue the Queen of Spades from sticky exile, stop for a nosh at the Mad Tea Party and then firmly scissor the two Queens and their playing-card courts into confetti. Inconsistently portrayed as obsessively fastidious but then not seeming to mind all that much about being continually covered with mud, treacle, dust and other substances, Mary Ann doesn't seem either quite zany enough to be a permanent resident of Wonderland nor ordinary enough to be a foil. Still, his color art closer to Disney than Tenniel in style and spirit, Liew shoehorns most of the nonstop chaos into discrete panels of various sizes and so manages to make the headlong plot reasonably easy to follow. Best enjoyed as an aperitif to Alice's twin outings. (Graphic novel. 10-12) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* With so many reimaginings toying with the conventions of Alice's adventures, it's awfully refreshing to have one steal it right back into the delightful nonsense it so rightfully deserves. Riding in the wake of the Alice monster and her upending of Wonderland, this graphic novel originally published as a six-part comic by SLG and collected in this handsome volume by Disney follows a minor character from the original, the White Rabbit's maid, Mary Ann. All of the classic folks figure into this story, from the near-psychotic, head-offing Queen of Hearts to a grandly refigured Cheshire Cat, who seems to play an almost Machiavellian role in the bizarre court intrigue of Wonderland. By imbuing Mary Ann with a dazzlingly prim sense of tidiness, decidedly at odds with the hopeless messiness of her absurd world, Kovac creates vast spaces for humor and imagination, and packs them full of weirdness and whimsy. Liew's gorgeous and lovingly crafted panels, almost quivering with frenetic exuberance, provide effervescent lift to the story, which doesn't so much ape the original's literary nonsense as much as it uses it as an excuse to take full ownership of its own nonsensical leaps. Readers who get nervous without a strong, coherent plotline to hang their attentions on should probably look elsewhere though who looks to Wonderland for something as drab as normalcy? Just fantastic, in all senses of the word.--Chipman, Ian Copyright 2009 Booklist