About this title: This highly imaginative political thriller tells the modern-day story of fairy tale characters as they struggle for their freedom. Full color.
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Description: New. This comic item is in near mint/mint condition, as originally received from a distributor. Available for immediate shipment. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: DC Comics
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781401200770ISBN:140120077X
Description: Buckingham, Mark, and Leialoha, Steve, and Jean, James. New. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent Copy. Text is crisp, clean and unmarked. Spine is straight and square with no creasing. No remainder marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. Fables, 2. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: TITAN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781840237290ISBN:1840237295
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 128 pages. (128 pages) a group of fairy tale characters are exiled from their mythical homelands and must take up secret residence in modern-day america. those who can pass as human live as part of an underground community called fabletown in new york city. the non-human fables reside at the farm, an upstate annex. colour comic strip (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VERTIGO
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781401200770ISBN:140120077X
Description: New. This highly imaginative political thriller tells the modern-day story of fairy tale characters as they struggle for their freedom. Full color. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781840237290ISBN:1840237295
Description: A group of fairy tale characters are exiled from their mythical homelands and must take up secret residence in modern-day America. Those who can pass as human live as part of an underground community called Fabletown in New York City. The non-human fa... read more
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"It’s good to see the farm fables, and starting out with a coup gets us in deep quickly. Going off of 1001 Nights of Snowfall, there seems to be a lot more of the farm we still haven’t seen yet.
I was excited to see some Kipling characters, but I’m not sure I like the way they were portrayed. Bagheera isn’t noble enough, while Shere Khan is too noble and should have a lame foot (I thought that maybe in this universe that detail was just the story Mundies tell and not their reality, but then someone called him Lungri, which, according to Kipling, means “the lame one”). It’s more acceptable to take liberties with other fables because their origins are so far gone that it doesn’t matter anymore, but I’d have liked to have the Kipling people a little truer to his vision of them. I’d have liked to hear a little “By the bull that bought me,” “By the lock that freed me,” “Oh my best beloved,” from them.
Rose gets on my nerves, but I have hope for her character. I like a character who has room to grow, but only if she actually does."
"It's good to see the farm fables, and starting out with a coup gets us in deep quickly. Going off of 1001 Nights of Snowfall, there seems to be a lot more of the farm we still haven't seen yet.
I was excited to see some Kipling characters, but I'm not sure I like the way they were portrayed. Bagheera isn't noble enough, while Shere Khan is too noble and should have a lame foot (I thought that maybe in this universe that detail was just the story Mundies tell and not their reality, but then someone called him Lungri, which, according to Kipling, means "the lame one"). It's more acceptable to take liberties with other fables because their origins are so far gone that it doesn't matter anymore, but I'd have liked to have the Kipling people a little truer to his vision of them. I'd have liked to hear a little "By the bull that bought me," "By the lock that freed me," "Oh my best beloved," from them.
Rose gets on my nerves, but I have hope for her character. I like a character who has room to grow, but only if she actually does."
"When I read Legends in Exile (the first Fables tpb) several years ago, I wasn't very impressed. Then I read 1001 Nights of Snowfall earlier this year, liked it, and decided to give the series another shot.
Legends in Exile was a standard murder mystery that could have been played out by any set of characters, magical or mundane. (Plus I saw the big reveal coming long before Bigby did.) Animal Farm, on the other hand, deals with more elements that are unique to the fables: the non-human fables having to be kept on the farm, fables gaining power from people telling their stories, etc.
Willingham isn't the best storyteller in comics, but those expanding details about his world made this story arc a lot more interesting than the last."
"The Fables revolution was hilarious, who would have thought that Goldilocks could be such a terrorist?! And the three little pigs were great co-conspirators. Too bad about their fate, but maybe this wasn't the last attempt at power by the non-human fables? The literary allusions here were quite welcome, and the plot of the City vs. The Farm was really pulled off well. Even with Rose Red's management, I'm sure there will be a lot of resentment and old grudges to settle. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of my favorite Big Bad Wolf, but it was amusing to see the Jungle Book characters, the Brer characters, and the Three Little Pigs all at each other's throats. The series feels like it's establishing itself a bit more. The final pages, with Snow White's cryptic orders were very interesting, maybe there will be a war after all?"
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