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Title: Legends in Exile (Fables, Book 1) by Bill Willingham ISBN: 1-56389-942-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of last year's revelations
Comment: Subverting expectations and inverting cliches is one thing, but Fables is also a book with heart underneath its undeniable style.
The art by Lan Medina is deceptively good: at first glance it looks fairly standard but covers all the basics of storytelling, creates some interesting visuals and is attractive to look at. More importantly it serves the story and is one of the major reasons it works so well.
But the book is all about the story. Willingham takes a good premise and runs with it. The characters are engaging and seem human, despite their origin. The climax of the story is a little staged and generic, but everything else about the story (including the actual explanation) sparkles. Overall, one of the best Vertigo books of recent years.
Rating: 3
Summary: Amazing covers, good art, mediocre characters
Comment: Ok, the art is quite good and Willingham takes a sort of dumb idea: fairy tale characters taken to contemporary NY, into quite an interesting crew of people. However, I really missed more character development. Ok, there's conflict and relationships between them, but it all seemed so straightforward and simple!
Besides, Snow White appears like such an interesting character with her attitude and all, along with B. Wolf, but I really think that they've been treated with not enough respect. I think they deserved more development, more texture and depth.
And the end of the story is kinda obvious. Although if you take it as a sort of wink to classic detective novels such as Agatha Christie's, etc, it may acquire a better edge. Though not enough.
I still liked the book, read it quickly and enjoyed it enough to get me the second part. However, I don't see how this can compare to other Vertigo titles such as Sandman or Preacher, which are an absolutely different kind of literature, more mature and the kind that really makes you think and question things.
And I REALLY don't see how this could ever be compared to Sandman... please...
Still, I want to see how the series develops, I have some faith in it. Take a look at the covers for the second book: wow.
Rating: 3
Summary: Clever, but uninvolving
Comment: Basically, this is an okay episode of Columbo set in a world of storybook characters. There are many witty inversions, like how one of the little pigs crashes on the wolf's sofa, or how Prince Charming is a deadbeat, but it's so self-conscious that there's always a wall between the reader and the characters. Extremely postmodern types will probably like it more.
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Title: Unmanned (Y: The Last Man, Book 1) by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jr. Jose Marzan ISBN: 1563899809 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 02 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Cycles (Y: The Last Man, Book 2) by Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan, Brian K. Vaughan ISBN: 1401200761 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Fables: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham ISBN: 140120256X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: One Small Step (Y: The Last Man, Book 3) by Brian K. Vaughn, Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan ISBN: 1401202012 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Endless Nights (The Sandman, Book 11) by Neil Gaiman ISBN: 1401200893 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 17 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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