Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges
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Author: Bill Willingham, Matthew SturgesBrand: DC Comics
Illustrator: Mark Buckingham
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-02-09
ISBN: 1401225721
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Vertigo
Book Reviews of Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
Book Review: Another Trifecta: Fables, Literals and Jack!
Summary: 5 Stars
Bill Willingham's "Fables" is the most interesting concept in comics in the last few years. The artwork by is consistently outstanding and for Fables fans that can't get enough, Bill Willingham hit us right between the eyes with the "Jack of Fables" series. Jack Horner, an outcast from Fabletown, is pure living, walking id. Now, comes the "Literals" which are immortal "Genres" such as Fantasy, Science Fiction, even Blockbuster. What happens when all three of these mix? A heady brew called "The Great Fables Crossover," that's what!
"Crossover" is a trade paperback that combines the latest three episodes of "Fables", the latest 3 episodes of "Jack of Fables" and the first 3 episodes of "Literals." Some fans have said that these are the weakest of the series. Not true! Yes, most of the vast original "Fables" story arc is over, and the shorter "Jack" story is complete as well. However, the way Willingham plays with words and ideas about the very act of writing itself elevates this book to a level above all of his previous work. The narrative is not as tight and uniform; the Crossover is a Jackson Pollock compared to the Monet that is "Fables." This book may be less uniformly accessible to the superhero crowd, but much more thought provoking. This subversive book rises to the level of the best contemporary art!
Read at face value, much of this book is pure absurdity. However, Willingham weaves into the story themes such as censorship, the role of editors, rewrites, writer's block, even the constraints of genres themselves. Yet despite all that, the book never bogs down. It is full of witty writing like this, describing the "literal" called Fantasy: "Born from the mists of the end world kingdoms during the time of Prince Lanvir of the Olpen'Dar, Fantasy's beauty is matched only by her puissance in magickal combat. After the third annunciation of the shadow regnum, she ... oh, screw it." What other comic book is full of writing like this - simultaneously mocking and celebrating an entire genre and its confines in a way only a serious reader of the genre itself could?
The art is uniformly outstanding and colors are perfect. I still find it a bit disorienting when different artists draw the different chapters, but that is typical with these trade paperback collections.
"Crossover" is the best collection of the Fables/Jack story yet.
Summary of Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
All nine issues of the long awaited crossover between Vertigo's two popular series Fables and Jack of Fables are collected here.The world of Fables is introduced to a whole new set of characters...The Literals. The Literals are characters that embody, literally, different literary genres such as Mystery, Comedy and Romance. One of The Literals goes by the name The Storymaker, one who can vanquish the world of Fables with one stroke of his pen.
When Jack discovers the existence of The Literals and their leader Kevin Thorn aka The Storymaker, Jack must leave his own book and crossover to the world of Fables to warn Fabletown about Kevin Thorn. Does the The Storymaker plan to close the book on the Fables universe once and for all?
The Great Fables Crossover features appearances from Fables favorites such as Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Rose Red, Jack Frost,
Beauty and The Beast.
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