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Fables Vol 1 Legends in Exile Bill Willingham Lan Medina Steve Leialoha Craig Hamilton Sherilyn van Valkenburgh 9781563899423 Books

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Fables Vol 1 Legends in Exile Bill Willingham Lan Medina Steve Leialoha Craig Hamilton Sherilyn van Valkenburgh 9781563899423 Books

Fables No 1, Legends in Exile introduces us to another variation on the concept of the Mother Goose characters as real if still somewhat magical and living among us. Or at least living among New Yorkers. Nicely included as add-ins are the back stories, that tell the tale of how it was that several centuries ago the people and creatures of the various fairy tales found themselves having to live, more or less concealed among us. The plot driver is a murder mystery and to keep us from guessing the solution we are entertained by the various tweaks and changes in the ancient characters to enable them to succeed while hidden in our world.

Altogether a fun read with a decent mystery and a worthy use of time. The art work is classic comic book realism but at a high level. Likely I will be buying more, but I cannot see this as a series that will sustain my interest for long. The stable of Bill Williams and Lan Medina has done better with this series than the somewhat parallel world in Fairest. Specifically the writing in Fables is better while the artwork there was more lavish. My opinion is based on a sample of one, but I will get back to you when I read, as I am likely to, Volumes 2 in each set.

The target audience is teens, mostly male. A lead character is Snow White as the real brains and hardest worker in this city of the fabled. So there is something to appeal to the ladies. There is a whiff of sex and more than a little violence. In this Fables keep with the concept once defined by Lenny Bruce, that a pillow used as a weapon to murder pretty ladies is family entertainment, but used to make her more comfortable during sex is gross. That said the mayhem and the ‘icky’ stuff are kept to a minimum and mostly off panel.

Of the various tests on our willingness to suspend disbelief there is one that I do not get. The humans of the Fables come into ‘our’ world as humans, maintaining most of their fairy story characteristics and allowing for the adaptation necessary to survive in ours. The creatures of the fabulist world arrive as creatures and are forced to live up state on a farm where they will not be too out of place. That said we have as the Chief Detective, the Man<?> with a nose for trouble. BigB, aka the Big Bad Wolf. Who walks among us as a man. Part of the extra back story is a re telling of The Big Bad Wolf that does not have him as a shape shifter. He is one in this book and why or how is not made clear.


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Fables Vol 1 Legends in Exile Bill Willingham Lan Medina Steve Leialoha Craig Hamilton Sherilyn van Valkenburgh 9781563899423 Books Reviews

Volume one of the Fables' graphic comic series is fun. It is a detective mystery, using characters from fairy tales who have been forced to immigrate to New York City through a witch's magic portal to our universe. Their own lands were invaded by a being they call ' The Adversary'.

The author has written a straightforward mystery, but there is irony in the roles the fairytale characters play. The Big Bad Wolf is the private detective hired to solve the murder of Rose Red, party girl and sister to Snow White, assistant to the mayor. Suspects for the murder are Bluebeard and Jack the Giant Killer, Rose Red's boyfriends.
Meanwhile, harassing Snow White for money, Prince Charming is hanging about, flitting from bed to bed while pleading for a loan to tide him over until the time the fairy tale folks decide to fight The Adversary and get their lands back. Snow White regrets that she ever loved the loser, but she arranges for a lottery to be held, the winner of which gets the Prince's title and lands if and when they are able to return to Fableland.

Very cute, and I did not guess who did it!
I’ve had this on my TBR list for-freaking-ever so it was a no brainer to read this as part of my ‘Horror Aficionados Mount TBR Challenge’ for 2018. I really liked the idea of taking the characters for fables and fairy tales and inserting them into the real world, and I really did like some of the characters and their stories. The way Beauty and Beast have to deal with their problem is hilarious. And you never really think about the fact that a fairy tale couple is going to be together forever since they don’t die. Talk about marital problems. I also really enjoyed seeing Bluebeard’s messed up story brought to the forefront.

Unfortunately, I just couldn’t totally get into the story and the predicament of these Fables being caught in our world. There really isn’t a lot mentioned about the Adversary who conquered their fable lands and forced them to move, and ultimately, I don’t care enough to find out.
Fables No 1, Legends in Exile introduces us to another variation on the concept of the Mother Goose characters as real if still somewhat magical and living among us. Or at least living among New Yorkers. Nicely included as add-ins are the back stories, that tell the tale of how it was that several centuries ago the people and creatures of the various fairy tales found themselves having to live, more or less concealed among us. The plot driver is a murder mystery and to keep us from guessing the solution we are entertained by the various tweaks and changes in the ancient characters to enable them to succeed while hidden in our world.

Altogether a fun read with a decent mystery and a worthy use of time. The art work is classic comic book realism but at a high level. Likely I will be buying more, but I cannot see this as a series that will sustain my interest for long. The stable of Bill Williams and Lan Medina has done better with this series than the somewhat parallel world in Fairest. Specifically the writing in Fables is better while the artwork there was more lavish. My opinion is based on a sample of one, but I will get back to you when I read, as I am likely to, Volumes 2 in each set.

The target audience is teens, mostly male. A lead character is Snow White as the real brains and hardest worker in this city of the fabled. So there is something to appeal to the ladies. There is a whiff of sex and more than a little violence. In this Fables keep with the concept once defined by Lenny Bruce, that a pillow used as a weapon to murder pretty ladies is family entertainment, but used to make her more comfortable during sex is gross. That said the mayhem and the ‘icky’ stuff are kept to a minimum and mostly off panel.

Of the various tests on our willingness to suspend disbelief there is one that I do not get. The humans of the Fables come into ‘our’ world as humans, maintaining most of their fairy story characteristics and allowing for the adaptation necessary to survive in ours. The creatures of the fabulist world arrive as creatures and are forced to live up state on a farm where they will not be too out of place. That said we have as the Chief Detective, the Man<?> with a nose for trouble. BigB, aka the Big Bad Wolf. Who walks among us as a man. Part of the extra back story is a re telling of The Big Bad Wolf that does not have him as a shape shifter. He is one in this book and why or how is not made clear.