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Death & Fables by Daxiong

Artists: Daxiong  (All) ,  Austin Guo (All)

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Title: Death & Fables by Daxiong
Artist: Daxiong  (All)
Artist: Austin Guo (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 192
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Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 8
Added to Site: 7/24/2025
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Snow White & Bigby Wolf

Death of the Endless Cosplay Commission


By Daxiong

Ink, watercolor on 11x17 in. Illustration board

Not for Sale


Austin Daxiong Guo (aka @daxiongart ) is currently one of the most successful artists in Chinese and European comics. He has received a great deal of recognition, including first place at the Shanghai Animation & Comic Competition, Golden Monkey King Award at China international Cartoon and Animation Festival, top honors at the 33rd annual Angoulême International Comics Festival, and Viewer’s Choice Award on ICON 29. He has illustrated the JSA for DC comics and Star Wars for Marvel.


This commission was for Snow White & Bigby Wolf from the pages of the multiple Eisner Award winning series FABLES, but incorporating a bit of cosplay: either with Death of the Endless as Snow White or Snow White as Death. I provided Several reference images by Fables cover artist James Jean along with depictions of Death by Michael Kaluta, David Finch, and P. Craig Russell as a sort of style guide.


Daxiong chose the Walt Disney version of Snow White as a basis for the cosplay element of the request. Considering the prevalence of apples and their role in Snow White's origin story, the riddle of who is cosplaying who leans a bit more toward Death as Snow than the contrary. The layout is also somewhat reminiscent of a Tarot Card which accentuates the Death inference —though in an admittedly non-traditional form. The Big Bad Wolf, though menacing, is somehow less threatening than the clearly empowered woman whose coyness reads as daring and defiant. The result is a mash-up on multiple levels.


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matthew  reed  
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/24/2025

wonderful image! so well done! WICKED stuff! 

NSN Collection 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 7/24/2025

Perfectly lovely!

Kavi H 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 7/25/2025

Suddenly in the mood for apples! Beautiful and ferocious piece with incredible colors!

Matt Kennedy 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 7/25/2025

Kavi H wrote:

Suddenly in the mood for apples! Beautiful and ferocious piece with incredible colors!

I think this cost me about $100 per apple, which is already a bargain compared to his current prices. 

Kavi H 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 7/25/2025

Matt Kennedy wrote:

I think this cost me about $100 per apple, which is already a bargain compared to his current prices. 

That's approaching Costco levels of bargain!

Derek Crabbe 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 7/26/2025

Wow!

Kin Wong 
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 7/26/2025

Inspired commission choice!  I feel like I've seen a couple other commissions of Death cosplaying as another character, and it's a fun take.  Also love the suble nod to the Fables #1 cover (assuming it was one of the references).  Congrats!

Brian Mulcahy 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 7/26/2025

Great design and execution.

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