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Willingham's happy idea of bringing the Fables--that is, the characters of Europe's best-known fairy tales--to contemporary New York rolls merrily, dangerously along in two stories. The former, "The Last Castle," guest-drawn by P. Craig Russell and Craig Hamilton, flashes back to the Fables' last stand in their home world; echoing the Disney and John Wayne Alamo flicks and Peter Jackson's Two Towers, it winningly introduces the long title story, in which Boy Blue reencounters the love he loses in "The Last Castle"--the grown-up Red Riding Hood. But is this the same Red? Reason for doubt precedes her in goblin sightings near a door between this and the Fables' worlds--and goblins can only be harbingers of impending attack by the Adversary, who drove the Fables into exile. Meanwhile, what's with these toughies in black suits who look like Pinocchio? Willingham never sacrifices a joke for the sake of a thrill, or vice versa, and artist Mark Buckingham continues matching Willingham joke for thrill, and vice versa. Ray Olson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Bill Willingham's runaway hit series FABLES continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, collecting issues #19-21 and #23-27 (issue #22 will appear in a future collection) and featuring the rise of a new threat to Fabletown. Also included is the Prestige Format Special Fables: The Last Castle. When Little Red Riding Hood suddenly walks through the gate between this world and the lost Fable Homelands, she's welcomed as a miraculous survivor by nearly everyone - everyone except her old nemesis, Bigby Wolf, who smells spying and subversion more than survival. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes? And how will it all affect Prince Charming's upstart campaign to become the new mayor of Fabletown?
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fables = XOXO,
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This review is from: Fables Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Paperback)
If you are a fan of fairytales, adventures or comics, Fables is for you. I am so in love with this series!! Awesome stories, delicious artwork.
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Will Fabletown Survive an Overwhelming Enemy?,
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This review is from: Fables Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: Next in the series.Comments: This whole volume deals with one complete story arc from beginning to end. I don't want to give away any plot points as it's too much fun to have it all unfold as you read it yourself so I'll stick with characters and the main theme. We start with a flashback of Little Boy Blue telling his last days and hours in the Homelands with Red Riding Hood. I love it every time time there is a flashback to the old days and I always get a little excited when I see one so this was a great way to start off the book. This flashback later on will prove to be relevant to the events of the main story. The characters are all dealing with their lives and many are featured and given spotlights but this volume concentrates on Snow White, Boy Blue and Pinocchio, a character we've seen but haven't got know up to this point. Fabletown is under attack by a menacing force and it takes the combined forces of all the residents both of the town and the farm to come together and do battle with a possible unbeatable enemy. As usual, the stunning death of characters is to be expected and many new characters are introduced while on the final page we are left with several story arcs that remain hanging. This is one of my favourite volumes to date. I really love how intricate the plot is with this series. There are so many story arcs going on within an often overarching main plot per volume that it really just sweeps you away as a reader. This volume has it all from romance to battles from familiar characters to introducing new ones and both touching moments and shocking moments. Volume four is a real winner in the series!
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Fables will get you hooked,
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This review is from: Fables Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (Paperback)
Fables has been a success story from Issue #1, and it only gets better and intensifies in this book (March of the Wooden Soldiers). At the time of this review, I have read the trade paperbacks from 1 to 4, and I think this is the most successful of the four. From the intriguing back-story introduction "The Last Castle", to the growing intensity of the main story, you'll see that author, Bill Willingham, is worth his weight in gold.The emotion and action intensifies in this story as Snow White and even the Mayor of Fabletown experience character revelations. These ideas paired with the introduction of a new "Fable" character to arrive in Fabletown, make it an intriguing read from beginning to end. However, Willingham plays his hand quite well, and we see an extra level of suspense built amongst the characters. To avoid redundancy in any future reviews, I will state here that Fables has begun to restore my faith in comic authors who understand how to flesh out simple characters. The total absurdity of having "realistic" story book fables in New York seems meek in comparison to Willingham's ability to make these characters real. All the characters have their ups and downs, their pros and cons, but what makes them great is their inability to see their faults or virtues until they find them. No longer is Prince Charming really charming, for we get to see him through the eyes of his critics. These books really need to be read to fully understood. However, I can guarantee once you start, you'll be wrapped up in the multi-layered characters that inhabit the Fable universe. They're not the bedtime fables you'd read to your kids, but they're definitely something everyone with an open mind can appreciate.
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