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Fables: The Deluxe Edition
Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One
For the first time ever, Bill Willingham's acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series FABLES is presented in a deluxe hardcover edition collecting issues #1-10. When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. When Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it's up to Fabletown's sheriff, the reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to find the killer. Meanwhile, trouble of a different sort brews at the Fables' upstate farm where non-human inhabitants are preaching revolution – and threatening Fabletown's carefully nurtured secrecy.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Bill Willingham
993 books2,817 followersIn the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many years. He contributed stories to Green Lantern and started his own independent, black-and-white comics series Coventry which lasted only 3 issues. He also produced the pornographic series Ironwood for Eros Comix.
In the late 1990s Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He produced the 13-issue Pantheon for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the early 2000s he began writing extensively for DC Comics, including the limited series Proposition Player, a pair of limited series about the Greek witch Thessaly from The Sandman, and most notably the popular series Fables
In the late 1990s Willingham reestablished himself as a prolific writer. He produced the 13-issue Pantheon for Lone Star Press and wrote a pair of short novels about the modern adventures of the hero Beowulf, published by the writer's collective, Clockwork Storybook, of which Willingham was a founding member. In the early 2000s he began writing extensively for DC Comics, including the limited series Proposition Player, a pair of limited series about the Greek witch Thessaly from The Sandman, and most notably the popular series Fables
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May 21, 2019
I absolutely adore this series. I've read through it at least 3 times at this point. Bill Willingham hit on an ingenious idea. What if the characters from fairy tales were real? And they are currently outcasts on our world. The first arc Legends in Exile introduces us to our main group of characters. It's a murder mystery. Someone has killed Rose Red and the town Fables have to get to the bottom of what happened.
The second arc, Animal Farm deals with all the Fables who can't pass as human. They are all hiding out in upstate New York. Some are quite unhappy with their station in life and turn to revolt.
I love the reinvention of all these old fables and fairy tales. They were often quite grim and Willingham doesn't shy away from that grimness as all. The book is filled with adult themes of sex, betrayal, and violence.
The second arc, Animal Farm deals with all the Fables who can't pass as human. They are all hiding out in upstate New York. Some are quite unhappy with their station in life and turn to revolt.
I love the reinvention of all these old fables and fairy tales. They were often quite grim and Willingham doesn't shy away from that grimness as all. The book is filled with adult themes of sex, betrayal, and violence.
April 23, 2022
"Érase una vez… en una tierra ficticia llamada Nueva York"
Este es el primer tomo compilatorio de Fábulas, cómic guionado por Bill Willingham e ilustrado por Ian Medina, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoja y Craig Hamilton.
Aquí nos topamos con parte de los personajes de cuentos de hadas y fábulas viviendo exiliados en la ciudad de Nueva York, luego de que el mal se apoderó de sus tierras natales.
Por supuesto, viven en el anonimato, entre los "mundanos", separados entre quienes tienen un aspecto humano y quienes no. Los primeros están autorizados a vivir en la ciudad y los segundos, deben quedarse en las afueras, invisibles a los ojos de los hombres. La administadora del mundo de las Fábulas es Blancanieves y quien guarda el orden -con una estética muy Constantinesca hay que decir- es Lobo (el de los Tres Cerditos).
Por supuesto, el arco abre con una serie de conflictos que son los que nos mantienen en vilo durante toda la historia. Conflictos entre las y los habitantes de Villa Fábula y conflictos entre los habitantes de la Granja.
"No se puede estar casado durante casi mil años sin tener algunos altibajos"
Me gusta cómo se resignifican las personalidades de algunos de los seres de los cuentos clásicos y la veta algo retorcida que tiene la trama. También disfruté de las referencias constantes a otras obras.
Además es posible encontrar algunos "huevos de pascua" al detenerse en las ilustraciones, que también remiten a obras y autores/as que conocemos.
La historia, además de desnaturalizar a personajes arraigados profundamente en nuestro acervo cultural, cautiva por los toques detectivescos y por la acción -por momentos muy bizarra- que tiene lugar entre sus páginas.
Este es el primer tomo compilatorio de Fábulas, cómic guionado por Bill Willingham e ilustrado por Ian Medina, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoja y Craig Hamilton.
Aquí nos topamos con parte de los personajes de cuentos de hadas y fábulas viviendo exiliados en la ciudad de Nueva York, luego de que el mal se apoderó de sus tierras natales.
Por supuesto, viven en el anonimato, entre los "mundanos", separados entre quienes tienen un aspecto humano y quienes no. Los primeros están autorizados a vivir en la ciudad y los segundos, deben quedarse en las afueras, invisibles a los ojos de los hombres. La administadora del mundo de las Fábulas es Blancanieves y quien guarda el orden -con una estética muy Constantinesca hay que decir- es Lobo (el de los Tres Cerditos).
Por supuesto, el arco abre con una serie de conflictos que son los que nos mantienen en vilo durante toda la historia. Conflictos entre las y los habitantes de Villa Fábula y conflictos entre los habitantes de la Granja.
"No se puede estar casado durante casi mil años sin tener algunos altibajos"
Me gusta cómo se resignifican las personalidades de algunos de los seres de los cuentos clásicos y la veta algo retorcida que tiene la trama. También disfruté de las referencias constantes a otras obras.
Además es posible encontrar algunos "huevos de pascua" al detenerse en las ilustraciones, que también remiten a obras y autores/as que conocemos.
La historia, además de desnaturalizar a personajes arraigados profundamente en nuestro acervo cultural, cautiva por los toques detectivescos y por la acción -por momentos muy bizarra- que tiene lugar entre sus páginas.
May 15, 2016
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Fables is certainly a magical story. And the magic does not only come from the fact that it is literally inspired by fables and fairytale characters. Much of its charm comes directly from the smoothly working machine that this mix of stories and characters is.
While it can hardly be said that many fairytales combined in one story is original, and quite the opposite, lately there have been many of these, Fables still does it in an extremely cool way, if not else. And what's even more appealing is that it does not only include Disney characters and tales, but different folklore as well. For example, I had completely forgotten about the story of Rose Red and Snow White, which I used to read as a child, and for obvious reasons, I have been focusing much more on the Disney Snow White. It even took me some time to remember the exact name of Rose Red in Bulgarian.
Aside from the enjoyment I received from the way all of the characters fit together, I liked their depiction as well, even though I did not appreciate them as people. I absolutely loved Belle and the Beast going to "marriage counseling" and Prince Charming manipulating gullible girls for money and sex. The characters had problems just like normal people though, despite being the magical beings we praise in fairytales.
This first deluxe edition contained volumes 1 and 2 and I can boldly state that I enjoyed volume 2 much, much more. The entire Animal Farm idea was brilliant (I really love Animal Farm, surprise, surprise), and evil Goldilocks was both interesting and hilarious.
I also read some of the reviews and saw many negative ones, based on the art, for the most part. It was indeed straightforward and comprising of either close ups or extreme wide shots of the entire place where the action is happening, but it did not necessarily cripple the story. If it was a horror, maybe it would have been better to have more complicated and intricate panels, but in this case it was easy to follow both the art and the events which are being discussed, as there were many new things happening all at the same time.
Fables is certainly a magical story. And the magic does not only come from the fact that it is literally inspired by fables and fairytale characters. Much of its charm comes directly from the smoothly working machine that this mix of stories and characters is.
While it can hardly be said that many fairytales combined in one story is original, and quite the opposite, lately there have been many of these, Fables still does it in an extremely cool way, if not else. And what's even more appealing is that it does not only include Disney characters and tales, but different folklore as well. For example, I had completely forgotten about the story of Rose Red and Snow White, which I used to read as a child, and for obvious reasons, I have been focusing much more on the Disney Snow White. It even took me some time to remember the exact name of Rose Red in Bulgarian.
Aside from the enjoyment I received from the way all of the characters fit together, I liked their depiction as well, even though I did not appreciate them as people. I absolutely loved Belle and the Beast going to "marriage counseling" and Prince Charming manipulating gullible girls for money and sex. The characters had problems just like normal people though, despite being the magical beings we praise in fairytales.
This first deluxe edition contained volumes 1 and 2 and I can boldly state that I enjoyed volume 2 much, much more. The entire Animal Farm idea was brilliant (I really love Animal Farm, surprise, surprise), and evil Goldilocks was both interesting and hilarious.
I also read some of the reviews and saw many negative ones, based on the art, for the most part. It was indeed straightforward and comprising of either close ups or extreme wide shots of the entire place where the action is happening, but it did not necessarily cripple the story. If it was a horror, maybe it would have been better to have more complicated and intricate panels, but in this case it was easy to follow both the art and the events which are being discussed, as there were many new things happening all at the same time.
October 25, 2023
I have been meaning to get around to reading this series for years. A friend of mine loaned me the first collected edition to try it out. OMG what a great read. Now I HAVE to read the rest. excellent comic, Highly recommended
March 29, 2015
My first taste of this literary work was the delectable, tender flesh of Cubs in Toyland, and I developed a strange appetite for Bill Willingham's fairy-tale saga ever since. I was reading through fifty issues already of my .cbr files when I finally bought the first volume of the new Deluxe edition. I was more than pleased to re-read everything in tangible and crisp pages. As a fan of the ABC series Once Upon A Time, I knew about the fact that OUAT (and another show, Grimm) were inspired by this graphic novel. But from what I've read in Cubs, I just know that Fables is on another level of craftsmanship and mythology.
The first volume of the deluxe edition collects issues #1-10 (five chapters each for Legends in Exile and Animal Farm). The premise is simple enough: fairy-tale characters we grew up with are real people who used to live in lands of their own until they were driven away by an oppressive force who fancied himself as an emperor. He laid waste to many fantasy lands and thus caused for these characters to flee in permanent exile, and the world that they chose is ours.
Fabletown is hidden from humans and the citizens have governed themselves within its confines for centuries. Snow White is the Deputy Mayor while the reformed Big Bad Wolf is a man called Bigby Wolf, the sheriff. Other characters include the womanizing Prince Charming, Snow's rebel twin sister Rose Red and her boyfriend, the swindler Jack (of the Beanstalk story) and so much more.
On the flip side of that coin is Animal Farm where animal characters who cannot blend in human society have a community of their own. The three little pigs, three bears and even the infamous self-professed zoophile Goldilocks herself are its constituents. The ensemble of characters are recognizable but are more adult in interpretation, seeing as this is a Vertigo publication, and Willingham aimed to capture the darker overtones and ancestral complications of such fantasy characters.
In Legends in Exile, Snow White tries to deal with her sister's fickle streak and eventual disappearance as Bigby Wolf launches an investigation. The quaint detective story angle of Legends was enjoyable and definitely allows new readers to get to know the characters, and get used to the setting and complex interplay among everyone in Fabletown. The contrast between Snow White and Rose Red was also a highlight and this dichotomy is then further fleshed out in Animal Farm where the animal characters are on a revolution against their human counterparts, seeking the same rights and privileges as they have.
Living in the fringes of society, the animals have waged a civil war to claim a more relevant way of life since they feel oppressed by Fabletown. This pseudo-socio-political storyline could have been cheeky, but it only further illustrated that Fables is not about happily-ever-afters and true-love-conquers-all; there are more deeply psychological issues among these characters where ambiguous alliances have long-term implications, and elusive foes continue to lurk and threaten the communities that they have built and forged.
Bill Willingham, together with his group of talented and dedicated artists, have created something that is bound to last for generations to come. Not since The Sandman did Vertigo publish something with such an extensive scope in folklore, dark fantasy and mythology, and these elements will only get better in the next issues and volumes of Fables.
So do yourself a favor and pick it up because this is bound to become a timeless classic.
RECOMMENDED: 9/10
* In the first volume, Willingam is still establishing characters and story arcs but it would be worth the development once you go through the rest of the next issues.
The first volume of the deluxe edition collects issues #1-10 (five chapters each for Legends in Exile and Animal Farm). The premise is simple enough: fairy-tale characters we grew up with are real people who used to live in lands of their own until they were driven away by an oppressive force who fancied himself as an emperor. He laid waste to many fantasy lands and thus caused for these characters to flee in permanent exile, and the world that they chose is ours.
Fabletown is hidden from humans and the citizens have governed themselves within its confines for centuries. Snow White is the Deputy Mayor while the reformed Big Bad Wolf is a man called Bigby Wolf, the sheriff. Other characters include the womanizing Prince Charming, Snow's rebel twin sister Rose Red and her boyfriend, the swindler Jack (of the Beanstalk story) and so much more.
On the flip side of that coin is Animal Farm where animal characters who cannot blend in human society have a community of their own. The three little pigs, three bears and even the infamous self-professed zoophile Goldilocks herself are its constituents. The ensemble of characters are recognizable but are more adult in interpretation, seeing as this is a Vertigo publication, and Willingham aimed to capture the darker overtones and ancestral complications of such fantasy characters.
In Legends in Exile, Snow White tries to deal with her sister's fickle streak and eventual disappearance as Bigby Wolf launches an investigation. The quaint detective story angle of Legends was enjoyable and definitely allows new readers to get to know the characters, and get used to the setting and complex interplay among everyone in Fabletown. The contrast between Snow White and Rose Red was also a highlight and this dichotomy is then further fleshed out in Animal Farm where the animal characters are on a revolution against their human counterparts, seeking the same rights and privileges as they have.
Living in the fringes of society, the animals have waged a civil war to claim a more relevant way of life since they feel oppressed by Fabletown. This pseudo-socio-political storyline could have been cheeky, but it only further illustrated that Fables is not about happily-ever-afters and true-love-conquers-all; there are more deeply psychological issues among these characters where ambiguous alliances have long-term implications, and elusive foes continue to lurk and threaten the communities that they have built and forged.
Bill Willingham, together with his group of talented and dedicated artists, have created something that is bound to last for generations to come. Not since The Sandman did Vertigo publish something with such an extensive scope in folklore, dark fantasy and mythology, and these elements will only get better in the next issues and volumes of Fables.
So do yourself a favor and pick it up because this is bound to become a timeless classic.
RECOMMENDED: 9/10
* In the first volume, Willingam is still establishing characters and story arcs but it would be worth the development once you go through the rest of the next issues.
October 27, 2025
No diviem stāstiem par pasaku varoņiem (“fables”), kas pasaku zemēs izcēlušos karu dēļ ir bijuši spiesti bēgt uz vientiešu pasauli un apmesties tur, labākais bija otrais - par tiem pasaku varoņiem, kam trūkst cilvēcisku vaibstu un kas tādēļ nevar slēpties cilvēku pasaulē. Skaidrs, ka šis ir tikai sākums citiem stāstiem. Tagad atliek tikai atrast draugus, kuriem ir kāds tālāks šīs sērijas sējumiņš :))
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2025. g. okt. - Nolēmu paturpināt sēriju, bet sapratu, ka nāksies lasīt visu no sākuma, jo nianses jau aizmirsušās. Vēl joprojām šķita labs stāsts. Patīk tā ideja par to, kādi gan tie mūsu iemīļotie pasaku varoņi būtu, ja dzīvotu cilvēku pasaulē gandrīz ikdienišķu dzīvi.
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2025. g. okt. - Nolēmu paturpināt sēriju, bet sapratu, ka nāksies lasīt visu no sākuma, jo nianses jau aizmirsušās. Vēl joprojām šķita labs stāsts. Patīk tā ideja par to, kādi gan tie mūsu iemīļotie pasaku varoņi būtu, ja dzīvotu cilvēku pasaulē gandrīz ikdienišķu dzīvi.
February 9, 2017
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
“Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One” by Bill Willingham is a collection of ten first issues of “Fables” comic book series. In this award-winning series, famous and infamous characters from numerous fairy tales are banished to the modern day world. The humanlike Fables live in the NYC-based secret community called Fabletown, while the nonhuman characters are hiding in the private upstate New York Farm.
The first five chapters comprise “Legends in Exile,” a typical whodunit in which detective Bigby Wolf, aka Big Bad Wolf, is investigating the apparent murder of Snow White’s sister Rose Red. The latter five chapters belong to “Animal Farm,” a story starring nonhuman Fables which start a revolution to throw off the exclusively human government of Fabletown and to organize an invasion of The Homelands occupied by The Adversary.
MY THOUGHTS:
Before reading “Fables,” I knew nothing about this comic book series except that it features fairy tale characters living in the modern day world. Naively, I hoped that “Fables” would resemble my beloved TV show “Once Upon A Time,” which is based on the same concept. Needless to say, I was highly disappointed. Although both series twist traditional tales in unique and ridiculously creative ways, the similarities end right here. While the characters in “Once Upon A Time” still posses the qualities - kindness, honor, and unconditional love - for which we love them so dearly, personages in “Fables” are adulterated with earthly vice. I might be among the minority, but I hate to think about Snow White as a mean, bossy, foul-mouthed bitch, and Prince Charming as a manipulative and narcissistic man-whore. Oh, and forget about their everlasting love: they got DIVORCED! I guess I am not a fan of the overhumanized fairy tale characters, the key selling point of “Fables,” which boldly suggests that HAPPILY EVER AFTER DOES NOT EXIST.
The main concept aside, I still wasn’t impressed by “Fables.” The first story is whodunit, but not the best of a kind. Although it is entertaining, well-thought-out and full of hilarious lines and smart references, I found it a little bit too obvious and just not captivating enough. The second story was quite different, but the style didn’t change: still not gripping enough, still lacking a bigger message…
The only thing I genuinely liked about this book was the illustrations. They are so detailed that it blows my mind just imagining how much time and effort (and talent!) each panel took.
VERDICT: 2 out of 5
The main concept of the overhumanized fairy tale characters did not sit well with me, the storyline did not impress me… Apparently, “Fables” wasn’t my cup of tea. Well, at least I enjoyed the artwork :)
01/02/2017 UPDATE: 2.5 out of 5
Gave Fables a second chance, this time without high expectations or comparisons to Once Upon A Time (TV show). Unfortunately, still not captivated enough to continue with the series, although I think I liked it a little bit better this time. At least the fact that the fairy tale characters are "adulterated with earthly vice" didn't bother me anymore, haha :)
“Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One” by Bill Willingham is a collection of ten first issues of “Fables” comic book series. In this award-winning series, famous and infamous characters from numerous fairy tales are banished to the modern day world. The humanlike Fables live in the NYC-based secret community called Fabletown, while the nonhuman characters are hiding in the private upstate New York Farm.
The first five chapters comprise “Legends in Exile,” a typical whodunit in which detective Bigby Wolf, aka Big Bad Wolf, is investigating the apparent murder of Snow White’s sister Rose Red. The latter five chapters belong to “Animal Farm,” a story starring nonhuman Fables which start a revolution to throw off the exclusively human government of Fabletown and to organize an invasion of The Homelands occupied by The Adversary.
MY THOUGHTS:
Before reading “Fables,” I knew nothing about this comic book series except that it features fairy tale characters living in the modern day world. Naively, I hoped that “Fables” would resemble my beloved TV show “Once Upon A Time,” which is based on the same concept. Needless to say, I was highly disappointed. Although both series twist traditional tales in unique and ridiculously creative ways, the similarities end right here. While the characters in “Once Upon A Time” still posses the qualities - kindness, honor, and unconditional love - for which we love them so dearly, personages in “Fables” are adulterated with earthly vice. I might be among the minority, but I hate to think about Snow White as a mean, bossy, foul-mouthed bitch, and Prince Charming as a manipulative and narcissistic man-whore. Oh, and forget about their everlasting love: they got DIVORCED! I guess I am not a fan of the overhumanized fairy tale characters, the key selling point of “Fables,” which boldly suggests that HAPPILY EVER AFTER DOES NOT EXIST.
The main concept aside, I still wasn’t impressed by “Fables.” The first story is whodunit, but not the best of a kind. Although it is entertaining, well-thought-out and full of hilarious lines and smart references, I found it a little bit too obvious and just not captivating enough. The second story was quite different, but the style didn’t change: still not gripping enough, still lacking a bigger message…
The only thing I genuinely liked about this book was the illustrations. They are so detailed that it blows my mind just imagining how much time and effort (and talent!) each panel took.
VERDICT: 2 out of 5
The main concept of the overhumanized fairy tale characters did not sit well with me, the storyline did not impress me… Apparently, “Fables” wasn’t my cup of tea. Well, at least I enjoyed the artwork :)
01/02/2017 UPDATE: 2.5 out of 5
Gave Fables a second chance, this time without high expectations or comparisons to Once Upon A Time (TV show). Unfortunately, still not captivated enough to continue with the series, although I think I liked it a little bit better this time. At least the fact that the fairy tale characters are "adulterated with earthly vice" didn't bother me anymore, haha :)
November 14, 2013
I've been meaning to read Fables for some time now, but kept putting it off - too busy, had other things to read etc etc. I should have read it sooner. Fables is ridiculously fun, with just enough of a dark edge to keep my attention. The re-imagining of old characters is pretty genius, with favourites being Snow White as the over-it-all deputy mayor of the fairytale community and the Big Bad Wolf reformed and now serving as Sheriff. The art is great. Everything is great. Being only the first volume, it isn't perfect but that only means there is plenty of room for it to grow even more awesome - can't wait to read the next volumes (and at this rate, I'll have caught up with the whole series by christmas!)
December 20, 2020
The first two stories in a long-running, imaginative series by Bill Willingham. Fables is a re-imagining of old fairy tale characters, who are now gathered in their own communities in the real world: in NY City and an upstate farm. The city enclave is run by Snow White, with the Big Bad Wolf as the town Sheriff. There are two stories in the first deluxe volume: in one, the Sheriff investigates a crime scene, the blood-strewn apartment of Snow's sister Rose Red, and in the other, there is a mutiny at the Farm, led by Goldilocks and the three Bears. The art is attractive, and the characters complex and intriguing. 3.5 stars. Looking forward to the next volume.
June 3, 2022
Beautiful art, cool stories!
I really enjoyed the updating of these wonderful fable characters! The new new Snow White and Rose Red, transformed into modern New Yorkers, trying to keep the lid on a wild bunch of misfits and strong-minded people, magical creatures and talking animals who are refugees living/hiding in plain sight in New York, is very engaging! The writers and the artists have outdone themselves in a creative noir reboot.
I really enjoyed the updating of these wonderful fable characters! The new new Snow White and Rose Red, transformed into modern New Yorkers, trying to keep the lid on a wild bunch of misfits and strong-minded people, magical creatures and talking animals who are refugees living/hiding in plain sight in New York, is very engaging! The writers and the artists have outdone themselves in a creative noir reboot.
June 24, 2022
Utterly brilliant. I had forgotten just how well-constructed and polished this comic is. The story is perfectly paced, exciting, and relevant; the art is intricate, cinematic, and endearing. The dialogue reads naturally and logically. I loved re-reading these comics in the enlarged "Deluxe Edition" format, but I wish that there were more extras included. There's a brief introduction by the author, one variant cover of issue #1, and a handful of character sketches. Personally, I want more.
April 24, 2018
Me encanta este cómic!!! Adoro los personajes de los cuentos y verlos vivir en nuestro mundo me ha gustado mucho. El dibujo muy chulo!!
November 2, 2016
Iako ne mogu reci da prica nije zanimljiva, crtez mi unatoc nekim od omiljenih ljudi koji su radili na Sandmanu nikako ne odgovara.
Drzgi problem je ta konstantna potreba da se bajke formatiraju u nikad ovako ispricane verzije. I to je ok, ali isto tako se osjeti dasak vremena u kojem zivimo, a koje voli sve relativizirati ili obojati cinizmom. To mi je recimo dosta iritantno.
Genijalno mi je kako je Bill integrirao Zivotinjsku farmu u Bajkograd, super mi je revolucija i ideja opce amnestije odnosno, ne spominjanje proslih zlocina svake pojedinacne bajke. Vjerojatno cu cekati punu godinu do izlaska druge knjige... Zanima me i tema druge knjige, a nastavit cu citati sve dok prica bude vise zabavna no iritantna.
Inace, nista spektakularno :)
Drzgi problem je ta konstantna potreba da se bajke formatiraju u nikad ovako ispricane verzije. I to je ok, ali isto tako se osjeti dasak vremena u kojem zivimo, a koje voli sve relativizirati ili obojati cinizmom. To mi je recimo dosta iritantno.
Genijalno mi je kako je Bill integrirao Zivotinjsku farmu u Bajkograd, super mi je revolucija i ideja opce amnestije odnosno, ne spominjanje proslih zlocina svake pojedinacne bajke. Vjerojatno cu cekati punu godinu do izlaska druge knjige... Zanima me i tema druge knjige, a nastavit cu citati sve dok prica bude vise zabavna no iritantna.
Inace, nista spektakularno :)
August 8, 2015
I'm not a big fan of fairy tales and fables, really. I may have been at one time, and I see their value culturally. Grimm's tales are classics and we need them for many reasons. I just am not into that them that much. When someone told me to read Willingham's adaptation/riff on the tales for the contemporary adult, I was willing to give it a go. I thought it was okay, amusing, entertaining. The idea is that the fairy tale and fable characters have been usher out of their domains and had to regroup, reconstitute themselves. And if Grimm's fairy tales were dark and we have lightened them for kids, Willingham takes us in a bother darker direction, setting them in contemporary urban adult NYC, with sex, violence and profanity.
This deluxe edition got me to read it again. It's beautifully done as deluxe editions usually are. I'm not a huge fan of the art, though I am sure it's more than solid. I don't like the coloring. I think there's a sort of retro intention with the coloring, a little throwback feel to it that may be appropriate, but I still didn't love it. This brings together two volumes, one, Exiles, that sets up a murder mystery that basically gets us to meet all the familiar characters, reconfigured in NYC: Snow White, Jack, Rose Red, Bluebeard, and so on. It's not a particularly original story, though the sex, violence and profanity is dark, and sometimes funny. It's a clever premise: How would they survive in today's world?
The second volume in this deluxe edition is Animal Farm, with a touch of Lord of the Flies mixed in to help us see our fable characters in a contemporary sociopolitical setting, ready for revolution. Again, this is a clever premise, though I wasn't that into how it gets enacted or depicted. I think my lower rating here is an issue of taste. Most people think this is one of the great graphic novel series of all time, another Sandman. I can see the argument, but I just don't agree. It's good and interesting as a conception. It's clear a lot of people are crazy about it. Chalk it up to taste, different strokes, I guess, for me, on this one.
This deluxe edition got me to read it again. It's beautifully done as deluxe editions usually are. I'm not a huge fan of the art, though I am sure it's more than solid. I don't like the coloring. I think there's a sort of retro intention with the coloring, a little throwback feel to it that may be appropriate, but I still didn't love it. This brings together two volumes, one, Exiles, that sets up a murder mystery that basically gets us to meet all the familiar characters, reconfigured in NYC: Snow White, Jack, Rose Red, Bluebeard, and so on. It's not a particularly original story, though the sex, violence and profanity is dark, and sometimes funny. It's a clever premise: How would they survive in today's world?
The second volume in this deluxe edition is Animal Farm, with a touch of Lord of the Flies mixed in to help us see our fable characters in a contemporary sociopolitical setting, ready for revolution. Again, this is a clever premise, though I wasn't that into how it gets enacted or depicted. I think my lower rating here is an issue of taste. Most people think this is one of the great graphic novel series of all time, another Sandman. I can see the argument, but I just don't agree. It's good and interesting as a conception. It's clear a lot of people are crazy about it. Chalk it up to taste, different strokes, I guess, for me, on this one.
January 3, 2017
Great with the shiny pages and the hardcover. Good detective style start as well.
June 22, 2015
Huh.
Well.
That's weird.
So I read this (Legends in Exile) when it first came out as a collected volume, way back in the day. It was AMAZING. It was like nothing else I'd read in comic book format. Well, ok, that's not quite true, but it was still breathtaking - fun and silly but a bit noirish and all built around the premise of all the fairy tales and folklores and legends having been driven from their imaginary lands and taking refuge in New York.
To readers not familiar with this series, I imagine this all sounds trite and "Once Upon a Time"ish only Fables came first. Fables paved this road, following a new and quite small path in the woods.
I read this (Legends in Exile) a second time after I found out Gabe hadn't read these at all and I checked out books 1-3 for him and re-read them, myself. Well, re-read 1 and 2, I'd never read 3 before. It was still quite entertaining, though by that time, the art, which had felt charmingly retro in 2002, now seemed dated and very comicky, like 70's super heroes comicky. Less retro, more cheese.
I read this for the third time this past weekend. All these deluxe editions came across my desk last month and I though, "I should read these all! I've never made it past book 4 so now is the time and these are lovely new editions, all hardbound and beautiful. Yes! I will DO THIS!"
But you know what?
Since the door opened to let people who are not white males into the world of comic bookistry, things have changed. Granted, comic bookistry is still dominated by white guys and that's fine. They write what their fans want. But now there are more stories and different art styles and new fans have emerged and this particular story, it doesn't hold up so well anymore.
Put another way, I can see what's missing, the glaring omissions.
All the humans in this story are white. The folklore represented is that of central European origin only. There's no Shaherezad, no Anansi. Kipling's Jungle Book characters are as exotic as these tales get and it's only the animals who are represented.
The women are dumb. Snow is running things as King Cole's proxy and she is the stereotypical organized good girl who has everything in order but the minute she's out of her comfort zone, she falls apart. She's also imperious and blind to reality which is funny, as she hasn't lived in a fairy tale in centuries. Her sister is a ditzy party girl who is full of street smarts and that's about it. Beauty hates her Beast husband and is interested in riches and titles only. And unless a female is rebellious, like Rose Red or Goldilocks, she wears skirts and dresses. And heels. Some of them even have pearls. Because change is scary, apparently.
These people have been living in NYC for a long time, right? They experienced the shift from the industrial age to the technological age. They're surrounded by vibrant communities (I assume) and an entire city teeming with life and things and nifty places to eat. There's no way they've managed to stay this insular for this long and yet...they have very little to do with the outside world. Again, with exception to a renegade here and there, they seem to keep to their own kind, at least the ones we get to follow do. Which, yes, I guess there are entire neighborhoods in cities that are like that and maybe this set of fairy tale people are supposed to represent that kind of solidarity, but, again, these people have been living in this community for decades or centuries or however long it has been. Aren't they getting bored with each other? Why aren't they hanging out at Starbucks, sucking up the WiFi on their iPhones and making friends with the local mundies? (I know there are no iPhones or WiFi in this set of stories, yet. It's all too early. The point I'm making is why are they still in their Fabletown buildings and mansions and not mucking about in Central Park or visiting museums or whatever?) No, the whole "they can't find out about us" thing doesn't apply, especially not in a city in this day and age. Everyone in a city is weird and no one is going to suspect you're really a fairy tale character come to life and even if they did, they probably wouldn't care.
I'm interested to see if my cynical skepticism remains as I complete this series. I'd give this book 2.5 stars and I'm rounding up to 3 because I really did love the story the first time I read it.
Note: This volume collects both Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile and Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm.
Well.
That's weird.
So I read this (Legends in Exile) when it first came out as a collected volume, way back in the day. It was AMAZING. It was like nothing else I'd read in comic book format. Well, ok, that's not quite true, but it was still breathtaking - fun and silly but a bit noirish and all built around the premise of all the fairy tales and folklores and legends having been driven from their imaginary lands and taking refuge in New York.
To readers not familiar with this series, I imagine this all sounds trite and "Once Upon a Time"ish only Fables came first. Fables paved this road, following a new and quite small path in the woods.
I read this (Legends in Exile) a second time after I found out Gabe hadn't read these at all and I checked out books 1-3 for him and re-read them, myself. Well, re-read 1 and 2, I'd never read 3 before. It was still quite entertaining, though by that time, the art, which had felt charmingly retro in 2002, now seemed dated and very comicky, like 70's super heroes comicky. Less retro, more cheese.
I read this for the third time this past weekend. All these deluxe editions came across my desk last month and I though, "I should read these all! I've never made it past book 4 so now is the time and these are lovely new editions, all hardbound and beautiful. Yes! I will DO THIS!"
But you know what?
Since the door opened to let people who are not white males into the world of comic bookistry, things have changed. Granted, comic bookistry is still dominated by white guys and that's fine. They write what their fans want. But now there are more stories and different art styles and new fans have emerged and this particular story, it doesn't hold up so well anymore.
Put another way, I can see what's missing, the glaring omissions.
All the humans in this story are white. The folklore represented is that of central European origin only. There's no Shaherezad, no Anansi. Kipling's Jungle Book characters are as exotic as these tales get and it's only the animals who are represented.
The women are dumb. Snow is running things as King Cole's proxy and she is the stereotypical organized good girl who has everything in order but the minute she's out of her comfort zone, she falls apart. She's also imperious and blind to reality which is funny, as she hasn't lived in a fairy tale in centuries. Her sister is a ditzy party girl who is full of street smarts and that's about it. Beauty hates her Beast husband and is interested in riches and titles only. And unless a female is rebellious, like Rose Red or Goldilocks, she wears skirts and dresses. And heels. Some of them even have pearls. Because change is scary, apparently.
These people have been living in NYC for a long time, right? They experienced the shift from the industrial age to the technological age. They're surrounded by vibrant communities (I assume) and an entire city teeming with life and things and nifty places to eat. There's no way they've managed to stay this insular for this long and yet...they have very little to do with the outside world. Again, with exception to a renegade here and there, they seem to keep to their own kind, at least the ones we get to follow do. Which, yes, I guess there are entire neighborhoods in cities that are like that and maybe this set of fairy tale people are supposed to represent that kind of solidarity, but, again, these people have been living in this community for decades or centuries or however long it has been. Aren't they getting bored with each other? Why aren't they hanging out at Starbucks, sucking up the WiFi on their iPhones and making friends with the local mundies? (I know there are no iPhones or WiFi in this set of stories, yet. It's all too early. The point I'm making is why are they still in their Fabletown buildings and mansions and not mucking about in Central Park or visiting museums or whatever?) No, the whole "they can't find out about us" thing doesn't apply, especially not in a city in this day and age. Everyone in a city is weird and no one is going to suspect you're really a fairy tale character come to life and even if they did, they probably wouldn't care.
I'm interested to see if my cynical skepticism remains as I complete this series. I'd give this book 2.5 stars and I'm rounding up to 3 because I really did love the story the first time I read it.
Note: This volume collects both Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile and Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm.
June 7, 2019
I picked up this graphic novel series because of one of my favourite games, The Wolf Among Us and it didn't disappoint. I love this fairytale reimagining of retired fairytale characters now living their lives in Manhattan, trying to hide their identities amongst the Mundys (normal humans).
Encompassing two complete volumes - Legends in Exile and Animal Farm, the two stories differed quite a lot in tone.
Legends in Exile - 4 stars
I loved this introduction to the inhabitants of Fabletown, with Bigby Wolf solving a possible murder mystery featuring Snow's sister, Rose Red. He goes around Fabletown accusing her various love interests of the crime, including Jack and Bluebeard. I loved meeting the different inhabitants of Fabletown and also the playfully antagonistic relationship between Snow and Bigby. A great introduction to the series and it's all wrapped up in a neat little bow.
Animal Farm - 3 stars
This time we focus on the Farm, inhabitated by animals, both farm and fairy tale ones alike. A tongue in cheek twist to George Orwell's story, this one also has the animals plotting to take over humans. Snow and Rose Red's strained sisterly relationship is the focus of this one, as the two are kidnapped at the farm. This one wasn't really for me - I much preferred the gritty upscale New York setting to the one filled with farm animals here.
Check out Happy Indulgence Books for more reviews!
Encompassing two complete volumes - Legends in Exile and Animal Farm, the two stories differed quite a lot in tone.
Legends in Exile - 4 stars
I loved this introduction to the inhabitants of Fabletown, with Bigby Wolf solving a possible murder mystery featuring Snow's sister, Rose Red. He goes around Fabletown accusing her various love interests of the crime, including Jack and Bluebeard. I loved meeting the different inhabitants of Fabletown and also the playfully antagonistic relationship between Snow and Bigby. A great introduction to the series and it's all wrapped up in a neat little bow.
Animal Farm - 3 stars
This time we focus on the Farm, inhabitated by animals, both farm and fairy tale ones alike. A tongue in cheek twist to George Orwell's story, this one also has the animals plotting to take over humans. Snow and Rose Red's strained sisterly relationship is the focus of this one, as the two are kidnapped at the farm. This one wasn't really for me - I much preferred the gritty upscale New York setting to the one filled with farm animals here.
Check out Happy Indulgence Books for more reviews!
August 14, 2018
"Imagina que todos los personajes de las historias más queridas fueran reales y vivieran entre nosotros, con sus poderes intactos. ¿Cómo sobrellevarían la vida en nuestra realidad mundana y sin magia?" FAAAN! MUY FAN!
March 4, 2023
Fantástico comic que me fui leyendo grapa a grapa, incluidas como capítulos en esta edición de lujo de ECC. Idea desde mi punto de vista (con tampoco mucho bagaje en el mundo del comic) la mar de original. Sin intentar ser algo rompedor, la historia te va sorprendiendo y te va manteniendo expectante sobre que será lo siguiente que sucederá, convirtiéndose en un fantástico pasa páginas. Con una trama sencilla pero no por ello simple te va contando las peripecias de las fábulas tanto en Villa Fábula (Nueva York) como en la Granja, donde están las fábulas que no se pueden ocultar a ojos de los mundanos.
La verdad que muy buen comic, muy interesante y que deja al lector con ganas de seguir descubriendo este maravilloso mundo y conocer quien es ese “adversario”.
La verdad que muy buen comic, muy interesante y que deja al lector con ganas de seguir descubriendo este maravilloso mundo y conocer quien es ese “adversario”.
September 3, 2013
This edition contains the first two comics in the Fables series, entitled Legends in Exile and Animal Farm. The Fables series is based around many characters of stories and fables, living in a magical area in New York City, disguised from the "mundy's" eyes.
Legends in Exile - 5 stars.
I adored this storyline. It gave the introduction to many characters, including Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Prince Charming, Bluebeard, Rose Red and more. The storyline of a murder investigation really brought the characters up to date, and got me interested straight from the start. I loved the world building, and how these old classic characters that I had grown up with had been transformed to the modern day. There was a lot of violence in the comic which I was surprised at, and I loved the inclusion of sex and language too. Fairy tales reinvented for the adults that read them as children. I did not see the twist coming, and loved the way the story was set up. A great start to the series.
Animal Farm - 4.5 stars.
I really enjoyed the fact that there were literary references throughout this story, specifically Animal Farm by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I delighted in seeing yet more famous characters such as the Three Little Pigs, Goldielocks and the Three Bears, and almost the entire cast of The Jungle Book included in here. Although I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous story, I still felt that Willingham had put an interesting, darkly comic and fresh twist on the two well-known tales. The humour was light relief, a necessity when some of the panels were rather shocking in their violence and exposition.
Overall I enjoyed this graphic novel a great deal, and am so happy that I finally have got around to starting the series. The idea of it is so clever that I wish I had thought of it myself. My previous conceptions of famous characters have been turned on their heads, and I can't wait to see what kind of stories will come next out of Fabletown. The artwork is right up my street, and I love how it is my little adult fix in what often is seen to be a childlike form of storytelling. An amazing series and a must-read.
Legends in Exile - 5 stars.
I adored this storyline. It gave the introduction to many characters, including Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Prince Charming, Bluebeard, Rose Red and more. The storyline of a murder investigation really brought the characters up to date, and got me interested straight from the start. I loved the world building, and how these old classic characters that I had grown up with had been transformed to the modern day. There was a lot of violence in the comic which I was surprised at, and I loved the inclusion of sex and language too. Fairy tales reinvented for the adults that read them as children. I did not see the twist coming, and loved the way the story was set up. A great start to the series.
Animal Farm - 4.5 stars.
I really enjoyed the fact that there were literary references throughout this story, specifically Animal Farm by George Orwell and Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I delighted in seeing yet more famous characters such as the Three Little Pigs, Goldielocks and the Three Bears, and almost the entire cast of The Jungle Book included in here. Although I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous story, I still felt that Willingham had put an interesting, darkly comic and fresh twist on the two well-known tales. The humour was light relief, a necessity when some of the panels were rather shocking in their violence and exposition.
Overall I enjoyed this graphic novel a great deal, and am so happy that I finally have got around to starting the series. The idea of it is so clever that I wish I had thought of it myself. My previous conceptions of famous characters have been turned on their heads, and I can't wait to see what kind of stories will come next out of Fabletown. The artwork is right up my street, and I love how it is my little adult fix in what often is seen to be a childlike form of storytelling. An amazing series and a must-read.
November 11, 2019
Mira que había pensado muchas veces en comenzar esta colección porque he oído cosas muy buenas de ella y me daba pereza, entre lo larga que es y que esto de traer a los personajes de cuentos al mundo real en su época sería más inusual, pero hoy en día es un tema recurrente en series y películas...
El caso es que al final me animé y ha sido todo un acierto, el ritmo narrativo, el dibujo, los diálogos... todo se une para formar un cómic muy difícil de soltar una vez que te metes en la historia. Desde el principio se nos van mostrando retazos de los antecedentes y lo que parece que será el arco principal. Un ser demoniaco llamado el adversario ha ido conquistando los reinos de las distintas fábulas, obligándoles a exiliarse en el mundo real, estos se reúnen en un edificio en nueva york al que llaman villa fábula.
Este tomo incluye dos arcos cerrados, el primero, "fabulas en el exilio", sirve como presentación de villa fábula y sus habitantes principales, mientras se sucede una investigación a cargo del sheriff feroz del asesinato de Rosa Roja, la hermana de blanca nieves. El segundo "rebelión en la granja" nos lleva a la granja, un pueblo al norte de nueva york oculto de los mortales en el que habitan las fábulas que no pueden pasar por humanos, allí se forma una revuelta encabezada por ricitos de oro que busca tomar el poder en villa fábulas para intentar la reconquista de los reinos que fueron arrebatados por el adversario.
La verdad es que la serie empieza muy bien y deja con ganas de seguir, los personajes enganchan, las tramas están bien pensadas y en ocasiones destilan más mala leche de la que sería de esperar, me arrepiento de no haberme metido antes en esta serie, aunque 150 números es un compromiso complicado merece la pena.
El caso es que al final me animé y ha sido todo un acierto, el ritmo narrativo, el dibujo, los diálogos... todo se une para formar un cómic muy difícil de soltar una vez que te metes en la historia. Desde el principio se nos van mostrando retazos de los antecedentes y lo que parece que será el arco principal. Un ser demoniaco llamado el adversario ha ido conquistando los reinos de las distintas fábulas, obligándoles a exiliarse en el mundo real, estos se reúnen en un edificio en nueva york al que llaman villa fábula.
Este tomo incluye dos arcos cerrados, el primero, "fabulas en el exilio", sirve como presentación de villa fábula y sus habitantes principales, mientras se sucede una investigación a cargo del sheriff feroz del asesinato de Rosa Roja, la hermana de blanca nieves. El segundo "rebelión en la granja" nos lleva a la granja, un pueblo al norte de nueva york oculto de los mortales en el que habitan las fábulas que no pueden pasar por humanos, allí se forma una revuelta encabezada por ricitos de oro que busca tomar el poder en villa fábulas para intentar la reconquista de los reinos que fueron arrebatados por el adversario.
La verdad es que la serie empieza muy bien y deja con ganas de seguir, los personajes enganchan, las tramas están bien pensadas y en ocasiones destilan más mala leche de la que sería de esperar, me arrepiento de no haberme metido antes en esta serie, aunque 150 números es un compromiso complicado merece la pena.
January 13, 2013
Legends in Exile. I was quite surprised by how mediocre this first story is. Willingham’s scripting is quite awkward. It’s full of expository lumps and little asides pointing out character bits from fairy tales. Further, Medina’s artwork is often coarse (particularly toward the end) and doesn’t reflect the characters as they were later depicted. (Flycatcher is particularly awful.) Finally, the story is a pretty simple caper without much depth. There’s fun character and the detective work is quite good, and obviously this was the start of something great, but I’m not sure you’d guess it from here [6+/10].
Animal Farm. In the second story, you can tell that Willingham is still figuring how to treat these fairy tales as characters, instead of just trying to shock with their use (ala Goldilocks). However, he generally manages a stunning job, creating the first terrific Fables story. There’s neat politics here, and good use of characters, but it’s really the denouement with Snow White and Rose Red which sells not only the series but these characters as characters [8/10].
Animal Farm. In the second story, you can tell that Willingham is still figuring how to treat these fairy tales as characters, instead of just trying to shock with their use (ala Goldilocks). However, he generally manages a stunning job, creating the first terrific Fables story. There’s neat politics here, and good use of characters, but it’s really the denouement with Snow White and Rose Red which sells not only the series but these characters as characters [8/10].
March 8, 2024
Soms kan een strooptocht in de bib wel eens onbekende boeken op uw pad brengen. Een week of twee geleden zag ik een kleurrijke kaft staan tussen al de andere graphic novels. Dan te denken dat ik daar elke twee weken passeer en het boek nog nooit opgemerkt had.
Het boek had de titel Fables, deluxe edition, book one. Fables of fabels. Het sprak me wel aan.
De achterflap gaf mij een hele uitleg over sprookjesfiguren die verborgen leven in onze mensenwereld. Blijkbaar is er één of andere slechterik erin geslaagd om hen te verdrijven vanuit hun eigen wereld. Ze proberen zich onder de radar te begeven en hun leven zo goed als maar kan herop te bouwen. Maar sommige zijn het daar niet meer mee eens en willen proberen om hun thuisgronden terug te veroveren.
Een kennis van sprookjes en fabel verhalen is echt wel nodig. De personages worden niet voorgesteld maar verschijnen gewoon in het verhaal. Ze krijgen allemaal wel hun rolletje aangemeten maar meestal anders dan in de sprookjes. Zo is sneeuwwitje gescheiden omdat ze haar prins in bed betrapte met Rose Red. Het koppel uit Beauty and the beast heeft ook wat problemen omdat Mr Beast terug meer en meer veranderd in een beestig lijf.
Bill Willingham schreef deze reeks samen met David Lapham en Lan Medina. De reeks Fables bevat ongeveer 22 delen uitgebracht tussen 2002 en 2015. In 2022 kwamen daar dan nog eens 12 vervolgen bij, samen met een 6delige spin-off Batman VS Bigby!A wolf in Gotham.
Die extra delen nog niet gevonden in onze bib.
Maar even terug naar de graphic novel.
Mooie kleurrijke tekeningen om het verhaal vorm te geven. Een verhaal dat wel wat diepgang bevat en voldoende uitgewerkt is om de lezer te kunnen boeien tot aan de laatste pagina.
Het plezante aan deze serie is om de gekende sprookjesfiguren te zien in een ander opzicht dan in de sprookjes zelf. Minder sprookjesachtig en meer serieuzer.
Een leuke graphic novel om te lezen.
Zo zie je maar dat een bib bezoek iets zeer leuks kan opleveren. Ik vind het altijd leuk om met de kids te gaan. Soms zie ik ouders daar rondtjolen achter hun kids met een gezicht tot op de grond of ze op te jagen omdat het te lang duurt naar hun gedacht. Blijkbaar maken boeken niet iedereen blij.
Het boek had de titel Fables, deluxe edition, book one. Fables of fabels. Het sprak me wel aan.
De achterflap gaf mij een hele uitleg over sprookjesfiguren die verborgen leven in onze mensenwereld. Blijkbaar is er één of andere slechterik erin geslaagd om hen te verdrijven vanuit hun eigen wereld. Ze proberen zich onder de radar te begeven en hun leven zo goed als maar kan herop te bouwen. Maar sommige zijn het daar niet meer mee eens en willen proberen om hun thuisgronden terug te veroveren.
Een kennis van sprookjes en fabel verhalen is echt wel nodig. De personages worden niet voorgesteld maar verschijnen gewoon in het verhaal. Ze krijgen allemaal wel hun rolletje aangemeten maar meestal anders dan in de sprookjes. Zo is sneeuwwitje gescheiden omdat ze haar prins in bed betrapte met Rose Red. Het koppel uit Beauty and the beast heeft ook wat problemen omdat Mr Beast terug meer en meer veranderd in een beestig lijf.
Bill Willingham schreef deze reeks samen met David Lapham en Lan Medina. De reeks Fables bevat ongeveer 22 delen uitgebracht tussen 2002 en 2015. In 2022 kwamen daar dan nog eens 12 vervolgen bij, samen met een 6delige spin-off Batman VS Bigby!A wolf in Gotham.
Die extra delen nog niet gevonden in onze bib.
Maar even terug naar de graphic novel.
Mooie kleurrijke tekeningen om het verhaal vorm te geven. Een verhaal dat wel wat diepgang bevat en voldoende uitgewerkt is om de lezer te kunnen boeien tot aan de laatste pagina.
Het plezante aan deze serie is om de gekende sprookjesfiguren te zien in een ander opzicht dan in de sprookjes zelf. Minder sprookjesachtig en meer serieuzer.
Een leuke graphic novel om te lezen.
Zo zie je maar dat een bib bezoek iets zeer leuks kan opleveren. Ik vind het altijd leuk om met de kids te gaan. Soms zie ik ouders daar rondtjolen achter hun kids met een gezicht tot op de grond of ze op te jagen omdat het te lang duurt naar hun gedacht. Blijkbaar maken boeken niet iedereen blij.
July 6, 2017
Estoy encantada, me alegro mucho de haberme comprado este cómic.
Me costó un poco cogerle el punto porque nunca he leído comics, pero cuando me he hecho con el ritmo no he podido parar.
Blanca es hasta ahora mi personaje favorito. Cuando ha aparecido con el dragón hasta he aplaudido (a mí me pones un dragón y me tienes ganada, a no ser que sean hijos de cierta rubia...). Feroz también me ha gustado bastante.
Me gustaría conocer cosillas que pasaron antes de la amnistía, y saber quién es el adversario, pero sé que para eso tendré que esperar.
Seguiré haciéndome con esta colección porque he disfrutado muchísimo.
Me costó un poco cogerle el punto porque nunca he leído comics, pero cuando me he hecho con el ritmo no he podido parar.
Blanca es hasta ahora mi personaje favorito. Cuando ha aparecido con el dragón hasta he aplaudido (a mí me pones un dragón y me tienes ganada, a no ser que sean hijos de cierta rubia...). Feroz también me ha gustado bastante.
Me gustaría conocer cosillas que pasaron antes de la amnistía, y saber quién es el adversario, pero sé que para eso tendré que esperar.
Seguiré haciéndome con esta colección porque he disfrutado muchísimo.
May 30, 2022
A dobro, nije loše, fora ideja, zanimljiv plot i pristojan crtež. Uz loš prijevod kao i obično za Fibru i eto. Možda 3.5. Nastavci slijede.
July 12, 2024
A strong beginning to what appears to be a great series. 2 strong story arcs contained in this volume that build a wonderful world of intrigue and possibilities. The artwork immerses you into the story and temporarily moves you into their world like you are watching it all as a wonderful movie that you want to continue after the last page ends. Thank goodness there are several more volumes collected of this to keep trotting down the road and seeing what will happen next to our Fairy Tale friends.
August 26, 2014
I should preface this by saying that I am not a comic book or graphic novel fan. Nothing against the medium, I've just always found them difficult to enjoy. Or read at all, actually -- something about the visual/text combination doesn't work for me.
UNTIL NOW.
Back in May, I was full-on fucking addicted to PewdiePie's walkthrough of the 'Fables' game. The characters, the art, the fun of remixed fairy tales -- absolutely hooked. A little research uncovered this series, on which the game is based, but I couldn't bring myself to actually read it...but...I kept coming back to it. Thinking about it. So, I bit the bullet.
In terms of story, this is nothing exceptional. No really new ideas or archetypes (well, I guess DUH for the last one lol), but there's something about the atmosphere that sucks me in hard. The art has a lot to do with it -- much easier to forgive a simple story when it's a package deal. Though maybe I'm not doing the stories justice -- I'm only at the beginning, after all. There's so much more to go. Consider this my initiation into the graphic text world ---- with the richness, grime, and potential of this series, I'm starting to get it.
UNTIL NOW.
Back in May, I was full-on fucking addicted to PewdiePie's walkthrough of the 'Fables' game. The characters, the art, the fun of remixed fairy tales -- absolutely hooked. A little research uncovered this series, on which the game is based, but I couldn't bring myself to actually read it...but...I kept coming back to it. Thinking about it. So, I bit the bullet.
In terms of story, this is nothing exceptional. No really new ideas or archetypes (well, I guess DUH for the last one lol), but there's something about the atmosphere that sucks me in hard. The art has a lot to do with it -- much easier to forgive a simple story when it's a package deal. Though maybe I'm not doing the stories justice -- I'm only at the beginning, after all. There's so much more to go. Consider this my initiation into the graphic text world ---- with the richness, grime, and potential of this series, I'm starting to get it.
March 5, 2017
Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One by Bill Willingham
August 26, 2024
Snow White: What do you need, Mister Wolf? I'm busy right now.
Bigby Wolf: You need to prepare yourself for some bad news, Snow.
Snow White: Don't be so dramatic. I already know. My ex is back in town. Apparently, he managed to finally wear out hi welcome among even the most inbred elements of European royalty.
Bigby Wolf: This isn't about Prince Charming. It's about your sister, Rose Red.
Snow White: This may surprise you, Mister Wolf, but I'm not entirely an idiot. I actually know my sister's name. So what's she done this time?
Bigby Wolf: I've received a report--unconfirmed, mind you--that she's gone missing. She's possibly the victim of violence.
Bill Willingham's opening volume of his long-running comic series Fables hits the ground running. The reader is immersed in this alternative world where characters from myth and fable actually exist--the ones which can pass for human live in a community in New York City and those which cannot (i.e., animals, giants, dragons, etc.) live on an isolated farm away from the eyes of "mundanes." It's tenuous, but Willingham makes his world believable because, at least in these opening ten issues, we never really encounter non-Fable characters. The fact they have a government, a police force, and rules, is both amusing and fascinating.
More importantly, I'm uncertain to Willingham's criteria in selecting characters, since many of his creations bear a closer relation to Disney films than to the Brothers Grimm. Yet I believe I have only scratched the surface--these opening issues provide a glimpse of the possibilities of this series, of the wild avenues wide-open for exploration. For now, I'm in. I will continue.
But I want to note what troubles me already as well: the stereotyping of characters, especially females (Snow White is the no-nonsense power woman; Goldilocks is the Marx-spouting guerrilla out to wrest control from the man). The dialogue is often stilted, even uninspiring. Despite these issues, I will carry on, optimistic that the stereotyping will erode and the dialogue become less dull.
I'll let you know, of course...
Bigby Wolf: You need to prepare yourself for some bad news, Snow.
Snow White: Don't be so dramatic. I already know. My ex is back in town. Apparently, he managed to finally wear out hi welcome among even the most inbred elements of European royalty.
Bigby Wolf: This isn't about Prince Charming. It's about your sister, Rose Red.
Snow White: This may surprise you, Mister Wolf, but I'm not entirely an idiot. I actually know my sister's name. So what's she done this time?
Bigby Wolf: I've received a report--unconfirmed, mind you--that she's gone missing. She's possibly the victim of violence.
Bill Willingham's opening volume of his long-running comic series Fables hits the ground running. The reader is immersed in this alternative world where characters from myth and fable actually exist--the ones which can pass for human live in a community in New York City and those which cannot (i.e., animals, giants, dragons, etc.) live on an isolated farm away from the eyes of "mundanes." It's tenuous, but Willingham makes his world believable because, at least in these opening ten issues, we never really encounter non-Fable characters. The fact they have a government, a police force, and rules, is both amusing and fascinating.
More importantly, I'm uncertain to Willingham's criteria in selecting characters, since many of his creations bear a closer relation to Disney films than to the Brothers Grimm. Yet I believe I have only scratched the surface--these opening issues provide a glimpse of the possibilities of this series, of the wild avenues wide-open for exploration. For now, I'm in. I will continue.
But I want to note what troubles me already as well: the stereotyping of characters, especially females (Snow White is the no-nonsense power woman; Goldilocks is the Marx-spouting guerrilla out to wrest control from the man). The dialogue is often stilted, even uninspiring. Despite these issues, I will carry on, optimistic that the stereotyping will erode and the dialogue become less dull.
I'll let you know, of course...
June 2, 2022
I loved the first five chapters but wasn't really a fan of the second Animal Farm inspired chapters.
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