It's also another example of why Carroll is an artist worthy of attention, and a hell of a debut from McCoola. She studied illustration, art history, creative writing, and ceramics at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and received her BFA in Illustration in 2009. It's a damn good comic, whether compared to other comics with Baba Yaga in them or without Baba Yaga. Marika McCoola is an illustrator, educator, and the New York Times bestselling author of Baba Yaga's Assistant. Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying. But then, thinking of Baba Yaga's Assistant as a Baba Yaga comic sure is a limiting way to look at it. Is it the best Baba Yaga comic, then? Well, I'd have to re-read that issue of Sandman before I chose one over the other. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It's a modern fairy tale in that it's of the sort that could be told today rather than in the 18th or 19th centuries that is, the story itself and its telling are updated, not its trappings. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Baba Yagas Assistant at. It's a modern fairy tale of sorts, but more so in its deconstruction of older fairy tales, and its meta-fictional references to them. Despite having such a renowned villain as one of the main characters, Baba Yaga's Assistant finds the humanity in the witch, as Masha discovers that she's just another grandmother of sorts, and the witch provides a living connection to her late grandmother, who they both knew in different ways, and who they know one another through.
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