Cruel Fairytales

In the mid-2000s, Carlsen Comics launched Cruel Fairytales, a darkly reimagined take on classic folklore that twists familiar stories into unsettling new shapes. Though it began as a single-issue release in 2006, its haunting premise—where princesses are not what they seem and happy endings come at a cost—established a grim, modern tone for the publisher's mature-reader line.