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A review by otherwyrld
Jack of Fables, Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape by Bill Willingham
2.0
I didn't have high hopes for this spin-off of the Fables series, mostly because I am not a fan of the main character. Alas, even my fairly low hopes were not to be fulfilled. Having read all of the Jack of Fables stories now, the main problem is that Jack does not change or evolve in any way. He is still the same self-centered, shallow, obnoxious, sexist pig at the end of the story as he is at the beginning. He is, quite frankly, an appalling character. Now I get that this is meant to be ironic commentary, but it just didn't wash with me. I will probably not put any large reviews for the rest of this series for that very reason - how many ways can you say the same thing?
There were a few good things about this first story - the idea of the Golden Boughs Retirement home and the character of Mr Revise is quite intriguing. This is fatally undermined by the horrendously sexist treatment of the female characters not just here but throughout the whole series. I do not consider myself to be any kind of feminist (let alone a rampant one), but some of the things in these stories I was actually quite offended by. Not only was the writing sexist, but the art often was as well.
Only read if you want to pick up the Great Fables Crossover.
There were a few good things about this first story - the idea of the Golden Boughs Retirement home and the character of Mr Revise is quite intriguing. This is fatally undermined by the horrendously sexist treatment of the female characters not just here but throughout the whole series. I do not consider myself to be any kind of feminist (let alone a rampant one), but some of the things in these stories I was actually quite offended by. Not only was the writing sexist, but the art often was as well.
Only read if you want to pick up the Great Fables Crossover.