The Notoriously Bad Fairytale Club

RECREATING OUR CLASSIC FAIRYTALES. 

Recreating our classic fairy tales a hundred years later to make them fun & relevant. A child doesn’t care about how they were made, or AI, but they do care about what sparks their imagination, what makes their eyes widen and their hearts race. They are the antidote to the culture of violence, guns, and terror that too often fills children’s current worlds. By reclaiming and reimagining these stories, we give children a chance to experience the wonder of growing up again that teaches resiliency, morality, and imagination instead of fear & hate. And if we are lucky, they might just say, Please hit the CC button so I can read along with it ?                                                                     Mark Strodl  Email: markstrodl2@gmail.com 

Retelling old, classic fairy tales is my current mission.  To reimagine these 100 years later. A child never considers how it was made, how much money was spent, or not, a child only wants to see it work.

Each project takes over 160 hours and is made on limited resources, often with a 14 year old computer. I give them away freely, because stories should not be locked behind a $19.99 subscription. My goal is simple: to restore access, spark imaginations, and give children, especially those who struggle to read, those like me who have ADHD, and Dyslexia, who have learning problems a chance. 

In Huckleberry Finn, they did not like the usage of the word “N”. Give Mark Twain a break; it was written in 1864.

Peter Pan, people labeled him a pedophile when the actual story was that he was missing his brother, who died before him at 12 years old, and created this legacy around him.  The Brothers Grimm were very bold & didn't use the best judgment in terms of children's Fairytails. “The Wizard of Oz”, the Opium fields & a strong female character was looked down upon. “Alice in Wonderland”, for what was in her tea & the hookah pipe scenes.

If we want the next generation to grow up believing in creativity, empathy, and shared values, then the stories they consume matter. The tales we give them are not just entertainment; they’re building blocks for how they see the world. And I would rather see children nourished by stories that elevate them, than ones that teach them early that life is just noise, cruelty, or ridicule disguised as humor.

Artificial Intelligence:

No one owns AI, which puts many artists off, which I find interesting. This only tells me you are interested in the financial rewards of making Art, not making Art for art's sake. Let me break this down. AI is like a musical note; no one can own a note, but one can own a series of notes as a tune or its very own narrative structure. It is a string of notes that creates its own identity free from the instrument that played it.