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Fables 2: Animal Farm – Bill Willingham et alia
(Vertigo 2003) Note that there are spoilers in this post for events which happen in the first collection, Legends in Exile. After the events of the first Fables collection, wherein Rose Red and her long-time boyfriend, Jack, were found to … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fantasy, Fiction
Tagged Bill Willingham, Fables, Goldilocks, graphic novel, guns, loyalty, pigs as leaders, revolution, treachery
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Fables: Legends in Exile – Bill Willingham et alia
(Vertigo 2002) (drawn by Lan Medina, inked by Steve Leialoha and Craig Hamilton) Legends in Exile collects the first five issues of the award-winning Fables comic, which form a good introduction to the ‘Fables’ universe and also a coherent story … Continue reading