A review by mjfmjfmjf
Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham

4.0

There were lots of scattered and somewhat uneven bits in this one. The stories around Red Riding Hood getting an updated look are nice and set us up for Ambrose taking more central stage. But the snippet of Rapunzel was even better. Any of the bits around the Adversary are harder to take, Hansel in particular. But the conflicting predictions of battle plans and results between the Snow Queen and Pinocchio went off pretty well. The setup with Blue and Rose with the flying carpet was nice, but the Santa Claus bit was a little annoying. And then there was the trip to see the North Wind, or as the cubs call him, Grandpa - and that was some of the best bits - including the further development of the cubs as individual characters. All in all, not one of the best volumes but still pretty good.