Aesop's The Lion and the Boar. Source: J van Kessel/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Fables, cartoons, and viral videos often favor animal over human protagonists. Here’s why. A fable is a short tale ...

Of course, Fables itself is based on public-domain characters. The comic centers on fairy tale characters who, at the start of the story, find themselves exiled into the mundane world (their world for ...