Product Description

"Fables" is the hugely imaginative story of a group of fairy tale characters exiled from their mythical homelands and forced into a secret existence in modern-day America. Featuring such familiar names as Snow White, Prince Charming and Bigby (formerly Big Bad) Wolf, this is hard-edged fantasy in the grand tradition of "The Sandman".The war has begun, as the Fables trapped in our world muster their forces and mount an aerial - and land - assault on the Adversary's armies and gateways. Great triumph and terrible tragedy unfolds as the battle for the Homeworlds rages!Volume eleven of the award-winning fantasy series by Bill Willingham and regular artists Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha changes everything!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252423 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"Instantly compelling." - Cinescape.com "Funny and engaging; original, too." - Time Out "Great fun." - Booklist"

About the Author
Bill Willingham is a writer and artist whose work includes Coventry and The Sandman Presents. He is currently writer/artist of Shadowpact and Jack of Fables. Mark Buckingham has worked on many titles, including Death: The Time of Your Life, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Fables and Hellblazer. Steve Leialoha has been a professional illustrator for many years, and his work includes Nevada and the comics adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Customer Reviews

Fables? Fabulous...
The Fables storyline continues in this, the eleventh installment of the trade-paperbacks. The series has, to this point, been based around the notion that the Fables (Snow White, Prince Charming, the Big Bad "Bigby" Wolf) exist in exile from their native, Fable, worlds in response to the Adversary's domination of those worlds.

The title, War and Pieces, defines clearly the scope of this instalment and is brilliantly realised. From the secret agent espionage of one character (I don't like spoilered reviews!) rescuing another, the war plans and battles to the pathos of heroism this storyline excels. It ties together a few threads, including the thread behind the story's realisation, and opens some more for the future.

The characterisation is wonderfully true to each character's back-story, the art, as ever, is wonderfully evocative and draws you into the story.

It's hard to recommend this as a stand-alone read, mainly because, if you get and read this (presuming you have an affinity for the fantasy/magic-realism genre), you will subsequently want to read the others, too. Though that is heartily recommended.

Some reviews suggest that the main players aren't sufficiently involved in the story, which makes sense, since the generals wouldn't be in the trenches (possibly why wars are so badly effected), but is also without, or with reduced, merit since there are two main characters involved in the battles with a third entering the climactic battle towards the end.

In closing, all I can really say is that I wanted to read it again the minute I put it down the first time. And the second, and the third. It is truly wonderful story-telling, caught between true literature and a more cinematic style, marrying the two aspects in a near-perfect union of the strengths of both.

Fables - War and Pieces Vol.11
Yet another great installment from the writers of the Fable series. The final battle in a war that has gone on for centeries. A most enjoyable read with a few suprises. But to understand this volume, you need to start from Vol 1. I only hope there is more to come.