Jack Of Fables
Comic Summary: Written by Bill Willingham Art by Tony Akins & Andrew Pepoy Cover by Brian Bolland In the conclusion of 'The Bad Prince,' our hard-luck group of crash survivors try to find a way out of the wilderness. And along the way we learn more about Wicked John, and our boy Jack doesn't like a bit of it. But it does give him an idea of how he might possibly get fabled Excalibur removed from his chest. In the story of the Sword in the Stone, Jack hates playing the stone.
Codes: 76194125067001511 JUL070304
- Price:
$2.99$2.39- Artist:
- Tony Akins
- Artist:
- Andrew Pepoy
- Author:
- Bill Willingham
- Cover Artist:
- Brian Bolland
- Release Date:
- September 26, 2007
- In Stock?
- Yes!
- Contains content intended for mature readers
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Colouring:
- FC
- Lists:
- Not on any lists. Start your own!
Customer Reviews
This spinoff of Willingham’s Fables title stars Jack, the immortal fictional hero of many a fairy tale, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack the Giant Killer, and more. Akins delivers clean artwork that’s just slightly cartoony, providing a perfect setting for Jack’s offbeat adventures.
This issue serves as an interlude of sorts, allowing Jack to share his unique perspective on his origins. Jack has been embroiled in an argument with John of Fables, a doppelganger of Jack, about who is the original and who is the copy.
Gary, the Pathetic Fallacy, settles the argument once and for all, creating a new status for Jack among Fables, and alluding to the “storyverse,” presumably the bigger universe that encompasses fictional concepts. Beyond that, however, most of the issue tracks other plot threads, updating us on The Golden Boughs, the Fable retirement home/prison, and revealing Gary’s unique family relationship. Pieces are moved into place, characters are spurred onward toward confrontation, but the reality is that this issue is meaningful only in context to preceding and upcoming issues.
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