Willingham, Bill - Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers

Yay! Book four of Fables has finally come out!

I still like reading comics in the graphic novel form instead of reading them on a weekly/monthly basis. I think this works particularly well for comics that have definitive storylines -- I tend to lose the momentum of the tale if I read the installments instead of the entire book.

Anyhow, Fables is a comic book based on the premise that various characters from fairy tales, legends, and assorted folk tales have all been chased out of the Homeland by the Adversary. Some of them have formed a small community called Fabletown in New York City among us mundanes, governed by Old King Cole and Snow White (who really runs the show). It's a great series. This is definitely not the book to start with ;).

I continue to like the series, a large part due to having fun watching Willingham playing around with various fairy tales. But that does get old after a while, and slowly, he's started pulling in more emotional arcs for his characters. The biggest draw for me is still Snow White and her no-nonsense approach to things. And in this book, we get a few more glimpses at who the Adversary is and how he managed to take over the Homeland.

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The Men in Black were appropriately scary, and for some reason reminded me of Sandman. And I really like how Willingham continues to take bits and pieces out of fables and fairy tales and continues to weave them in, not just for snarky in-jokes, but for character development. I particularly liked how Pinocchio and Boy Blue got just a little more depth in this book.

( Spoilers for this book )

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Alas, today has been a great disappointment. I went to the mall to look for the slouchy, flat boots I found that were on sale two days ago with my mom (that store didn't have the size) and this store didn't have the boots at all. So then I trooped over to Macy's to look for the brand of jeans that I got on sale last week to get another pair. It's hard to find jeans that fit. Might as well snatch them up when they're there! But the people at Macy's had never heard of the brand, and now I'm starting to wonder if it's imaginary. Except my jeans are sitting in my dresser. At least, I'm pretty sure they are.

ETA: And I tried to mail Totoro to rahael at the handy automated 24-hour post office, but they don't do international =(. But I managed to do it at Long's. So Rah, it's on its way!

Btw, the automated 24-hour post office machine is really, incredibly neat. I want one.

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