Nightmares and Fairy Tales

Nightmares And Fairy Tales (sometimes Nightmares & Fairy Tales) is an American comic book series written by Serena Valentino and published by Slave Labor Graphics. It has been illustrated by FSc, Crab Scrambly and Camilla d'Errico. Nightmares And Fairy Tales chronicles the life and adventures of Annabelle, a rag doll and the various women who have owned her throughout time. Eventually she is passed on to Gwen, a young girl who serves as the audience for her stories until the end of the series.

Twenty-three tradeback issues were collected in four graphic novels. They are:

Once Upon a Time

Beautiful Beasts

1140 Rue Royale

Dancing with the Ghosts of Whales


 * Abusive Parents: Gwen's parents physically and verbally abuse her. As did Cinderella's step-mother her and Belle's father. Luna's mother.
 * Alpha Bitch: Verona and her daughters.
 * Ax Crazy: Luna's mother
 * Beat Still My Heart:
 * Beauty Equals Goodness: Said explicitly about Snow.
 * Beauty to Beast: In "Beauty and the Beast,".
 * Bedlam House: are eventually sent there. Neither of them deserve it.
 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing:
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Blondes Are Evil: Vivian, Verona and her daughters.
 * Blue and Orange Morality: The Demon in Cinderella really doesn't understand "human beauty."
 * Bob Haircut: Cinderella, Morgan and Paige.
 * Break the Cutie
 * Break the Haughty
 * Buried Alive:
 * Cheerful Child: Gwen, Bunny and Beauty.
 * Cinderella Circumstances: Guess.
 * Cool Old Lady: Beatrice.
 * Creepy Child:
 * Creepy Doll: Annabelle laments being this.
 * Cute Ghost Girl:
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Also, Annabelle.
 * Darkskinned Blonde: Beatrice.
 * Dead All Along:
 * Deal with the Devil: . It ends badly. Very badly.
 * Death by Childbirth:
 * Downer Ending:
 * Driven to Suicide:
 * Dropped a Bridge on Him:
 * Dysfunction Junction
 * Earn Your Happy Ending: Gwen's stories,
 * Arguably Annabelle as well, since Gwen is the first girl who can actually hear her.
 * Eldritch Abomination: There's one in Snow White, Cinderella, the nunnery and arguably, Gwen's house.
 * Humanoid Abomination:
 * Hair Decorations
 * Evil Gloating:
 * Evil Matriarch: Vivian, the Queen, Verona.
 * Fairy Godmother: Annabelle does this for Cinderella.
 * The Farmer and the Viper: Morgan and Dominique, Catherine and Vivian.
 * Fish People: The mermaid's family, excluding the other mermaids.
 * Fractured Fairy Tale: Notably:
 * Snow White
 * Cinderella
 * Little Red Riding Hood
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * Sleeping Beauty
 * The Little Mermaid
 * Friend to All Living Things: Snow, Gwen and Luna.
 * Genki Girl: Beauty.
 * Ghost Amnesia:
 * : Augustine and Paige.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Vivian. just to get back at Catherine. Justified, since Vivian is insane.
 * Green Thumb: Oberon, the Beast.
 * Hair of Gold: Morgan, Gwen, Luna and Catherine.
 * Heroic BSOD: Morgan, Paige and Catherine.
 * Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Mea, who seems to be a foil to the mermaid and Lucas.
 * Hospital Hottie/Hello, Nurse!: Catherine.
 * If I Can't Have You: Arguably why
 * Infant Immortality: Played straight with Gwen.
 * The Ingenue: Many. Belle, Catherine and Beatrice are the few who've owned Annabelle and weren't.
 * Invisible to Normals:  freaks out when she realizes this.
 * I See Dead People: Gwen
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Victoria.
 * Jerkass: Gwen's parents, Lucas and others.
 * Karmic Death:
 * Karma Houdini:.
 * Laser-Guided Karma: Assuming the villain doesn't get a Karma Houdini.
 * In Snow White,
 * In Cinderella,
 * Gwen's parents abuse her.
 * spent her youth torturing the slaves working in her house to death. When she returns,
 * Lucas captures a mermaid.
 * Les Yay: Morgan and Dominique, Belle and Rose.
 * Light Is Not Good: The nuns, who are hinted to not be truly human.
 * Little Dead Riding Hood:
 * Magic Mirror
 * Magical Negro: Justified in 1140 Rue Royale. They ARE.
 * Mama Bear: Verona may not give two fishbones about Cinderella but there's nothing she won't do for her daughters. Also, the mermaid, but Lucas ends up using it against her.
 * Also, Beatrice.
 * Meaningful Name: Usually in the Fractured Fairy Tale stories.
 * Mister Seahorse: An character ends up pregnant after messing with an otherworldly creature. When he complains about it, another character points out that it wouldn't have happened if he'd left the creature alone.
 * Mysterious Protector:
 * Naughty Nurse Outfit: Vivian accuses Catherine of being this with her husband. Catherine DOES eventually marry Vivian's widower but it was HIS idea.
 * Never Mess with Granny:
 * Nice Girl: Most of the protagonists.
 * Nice Hat: Paige.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Offing the Offspring: attempts this.  succeeds.
 * The Ophelia: Vivian. are ultimately made out to be like this.
 * Orphanage of Fear: The nunnery.
 * Our Monsters Are Different
 * Our Fairies Are Different: Oberon, Wisteria and the acorn tree.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different:
 * Our Mermaids Are Different: The mermaid.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: Dominique or so she claims.
 * Our Werewolves Are Different:
 * Our Zombies Are Different:
 * Perky Goth: Snow.
 * Promotion to Parent: Beatrice becomes Gwen's guardian
 * Rape as Drama:
 * Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil:  pays dearly for this.
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Snow.
 * Revenge: The ghost of Rue Royale want this. also indulges.
 * Best Served Cold
 * Sinister Minister: Nuns are recurring villains. Some retain a semblance of humanity and kindness but they always make every situation they're in worse.
 * Spirit Advisor: Annabelle is Gwen's.
 * Straight Edge Evil: The nuns and Belle's father.
 * Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl:
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Dominique and Belle.
 * Through the Eyes of Madness: Poor.
 * Together in Death:
 * Tomato in the Mirror:
 * Tragic Mistake: Morgan and Catherine fell in love with the wrong people.
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Dominique.
 * The Vamp: Dominique.
 * The Watcher: Annabelle. This saddens her because it means she can't do much to help her owners.
 * Weirdness Magnet: Gwen.
 * Wicked Witch:
 * Would Hit a Girl: Sylas, the palace guards, Belle's father.
 * Would Hurt a Child: Gwen's parents,
 * You Can See Me?/You Can Talk: Annabelle is shocked that Gwen can hear her warnings. And pleased.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Sylas, the palace guards, Belle's father.
 * Would Hurt a Child: Gwen's parents,
 * You Can See Me?/You Can Talk: Annabelle is shocked that Gwen can hear her warnings. And pleased.