Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape

Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape
by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges

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Author: Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges
Photographer: Tony Akins
Photographer: Andrew Pepoy
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-28
ISBN: 1401212220
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Vertigo

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Book Review: Terrific spin-off with its own great voice
Summary: 5 Stars

The (Nearly) Great Escape is the first collection in Jack of Fables - the spin-off series from Willingham's long-running 'Fables'.

Jack is a bit of a weasel - he's unpleasant, sexist, mean and kind of a loser. But he's a loser that's been around for a long, long time, and, whether or not he wins, he loves to play the game.

Unfortunately, Jack's in bad shape at the start of this story. Although virtually immortal thanks to his successful movie franchise (see 'Fables'), he's penniless and stuck on the road. He's quickly snapped up by the Page sisters and Mr. Revise - a group of 'vigilantes' that are trying gather up fables and hide them away until they disappear so...).

As an adventure, The Nearly Great Escape is straight out of Fables, but it is colored throughout by Jack's unique, sarcastic and unusually non-self-aware tone of voice. He's a hilariously and strangely engaging character, off on a very wacky and extremely enjoyable adventure.

This volume also introduces many of the characters that resurface throughout the later Jack of Fables adventures. So not only is it terrific on its own, but it keeps on rewarding the reader in later volumes as well.

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Summary of Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape

Stepping out of Bill Willingham's acclaimed Vertigo series FABLES, the charming and insufferable Jack of Tales is the center of attention once again, this time in his very own ongoing title. In this first collection, Jack is thrown into a prison-like "retirement" community for wayward Fables, where he discovers a sinister plot to eliminate all traces of magic from the Mundane World.

Written by Willingham and Matthew Sturges, THE (NEARLY) GREAT ESCAPE features art by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy as well as painted covers by James Jean and a special sketchbook section by Akins.

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