Willingham, Bill - Fables, vols. 1-2

[oyceter]

"Who Killed Rose Red?" is the first book/story arc in this comic, and as is fairly obvious from the name, it's a sort of murder mystery. Except all the main characters are Fables, escapees from the Homeland, and they form a sort of exile community in NYC called Fabletown. I had tons of fun just reading it to watch all the various fairy tale/story characters pop up -- the main characters so far seem to be Snow White, the power behind the scenes of Fabletown (run by King Cole, hee), and Bigby, the Big Bad Wolf in human form, the current sheriff.

The second book, "Animal Farm," goes more into the politcs of Fabletown and the Farm (where non-human looking Fables have to live), and had me half giggling and half scared.

You can tell Willingham is having tons of fun throwing in as many fairy tales as he possibly can and extrapolating personality developments that might take place if fairy tale characters were real and lived for centuries. Hee, one of my favorite parts was Pinocchio waiting around to sock the Blue Fairy for taking him too literally: after centuries, he's still waiting to hit puberty so he can go around and have lots of sex. And another was Prince Charming and his two ex-wives -- Snow White (#1) and Cinderella (#2).

Anyhow, I really want to get my hands on the third book now.

Links:
- sophia_helix's review
- kate_nepveu's review (vols. 1-3, no spoilers)

Comments

[ponygirl2000.livejournal.com]

Oh I love Fables! I can't wait for the collections anymore and am buying the monthly comics. It just keeps getting better.

[oyceter]

Oh so tempted! The lack of a comic book store nearby thwarts me though ;).

[tiffanynichelle.livejournal.com]

It's a really fun comic. I love seeing how the characters "really" are outside of the story. Like Snow being a bitch and Rose being jealous of her because she was so easily forgotten. Or just Prince Charming himself.

[oyceter]

Yeah ^_^. I love things like the characters accusing each other of being mass murderers and being reminded of the general amnesty, and how it all makes sense in a wonderfully twisted sort of way.

Great comic.

Thanks for the rec!

[buffyannotater.livejournal.com]

This sounds right up my alley. I'm definitely gonna have to start getting these!

Re: Thanks for the rec!

[oyceter]

Sure thing! They're incredibly fun! I don't sound particularly bubbly in the review because I didn't know what to say, but they're just so fun!