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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
After a couple of duller volumes , Fables is back into fine form with 'The Good Prince'.
I admit Flycatcher wasn't one of my favourite background characters but I think it a fine choice to bring him to the fore here. His journey through the underworld is an interesting one, and the Kingdom he builds is just like him - kinda simple, but sweet and true.
This volume also helps to set up the events of the next volume which is even more gripping than this!
I admit Flycatcher wasn't one of my favourite background characters but I think it a fine choice to bring him to the fore here. His journey through the underworld is an interesting one, and the Kingdom he builds is just like him - kinda simple, but sweet and true.
This volume also helps to set up the events of the next volume which is even more gripping than this!
Just when I was wondering when we were going to get Arthurian, Lancelot shows up to kick off this unexpectedly huge arc: a supporting character ends up as the most powerful figure in the kingdoms.
Bill Willingham, Fables: The Good Prince (Vertigo, 2008)
Flycatcher has regained his memory, and now, as Prince Ambrose, it's time for him to claim—or reclaim, as it were—his destiny. With some surprising allies, he undertakes a quest that may well change the balance of power in the upcoming war between Fabletown and the Empire. Meanwhile, Fabletown are preparing for what they assume will be an all-out attack by the Empire on the mundane world, and to do that, they're going to have to find themselves some very specialized teachers. Willingham is doing a great job with the politics of this thing, above all, and that's what makes it the compelling series it is; the characters are great, but this one's definitely situation-driven. I'm not usually a big fan of political thrillers, but between this and Ex Machina, it's been quite the season for them. ****
Flycatcher has regained his memory, and now, as Prince Ambrose, it's time for him to claim—or reclaim, as it were—his destiny. With some surprising allies, he undertakes a quest that may well change the balance of power in the upcoming war between Fabletown and the Empire. Meanwhile, Fabletown are preparing for what they assume will be an all-out attack by the Empire on the mundane world, and to do that, they're going to have to find themselves some very specialized teachers. Willingham is doing a great job with the politics of this thing, above all, and that's what makes it the compelling series it is; the characters are great, but this one's definitely situation-driven. I'm not usually a big fan of political thrillers, but between this and Ex Machina, it's been quite the season for them. ****
Focusing solely on story, and not on social/ geopolitical commentary, actually made this volume is really good.
Beautiful. I didn't see any of it coming and I love what he did with the main characters.
Boy Blue and Flycatcher are the amazing heroes of this series. I thought this was a great addition to the ongoing saga - and I loved that Gepetto finally is showing his evil a bit - even his own sons are not spared.
The frog prince, AKA Ambrose, AKA the janitor, returns to his homeland with Excalibur and Lancelot at his side.
Once again they are changing artists and the graphics are inferior.
Fables indulges in an explicit hero's journey, with blatant religious imagery and gives us a utopian visage built by pacifist means. While it may ring a little saccharine, such tales aren't very common these days, and to see conflict resolved with empathy and acceptance is a real treat.
The one where Flycatcher discovers the truth about his own past and goes to fight the Adversary.