Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Three Author: Visit Amazon's Bill Willingham Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1401230970 | Format: EPUB
Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Three Description
- Series: Fables
- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo; Deluxe edition (August 23, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401230970
- ISBN-13: 978-1401230975
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
As the last review indicates, this is a stellar collection of stories from one of the true masters of the artform still working today. The basic premise of the series has been covered by the previous reviewer, so I'll focus some quick comments on the contents of this volume. In "March of the Wooden Soldiers," an ally long thought dead with a strong romantic attachment to one of our more likeable characters makes a miraculous escape from the Homelands to seek sanctuary in Fabletown. Unbeknownst to the community, a group of dangerous minions of the "Adversary" have also escaped, and are heading straight for Fabletown, intent on its destruction.
Bigby Wolf, our suspicious and intrepid sheriff, senses something is amiss and goes on a dangerous mission to seek answers. In his absence, the Adversary's unbeatable army launches an all out assault, while our beloved heroes seem powerless to stop it, and are betrayed from within.
On its face, it would be easy to assume that the conceit of Fables - mythical characters living in the real world - would be so ridiculous as to be easily dismissed. You'd be very wrong. The writing by Bill Willingham here is some of the strongest he's ever done in his long, distinguished career, and the characters leap off the page in a way that, surprisingly, makes them seem quite flesh and blood indeed. One of the more intriguing aspects of the series is the way Willingham's writing inverts traditional expectations normally associated with fairytales on their head, by having the characters display or discuss very human, sometimes crass, sometimes enobling, and sometimes quite mundane traits and issues.
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