Jack of Fables Vol. 5: Turning Pages
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (782 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401221386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fabulous looking, fabulously entertaining.""Its got a little bit of everything that any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy."
Mir said Reposting as other review got eaten up: Outlaw Jack in Wild West with Lawman Bigby On His Trailand the Pages are "Turning". There is less humor than usual in the first storyline of this volume. Jack is in the wild west, and he's as wild as anything else out there. He's still messing with the ladies, but he's also robbing and killing and leading an outlaw gang. Bigby is dispatched to stop him--aided, transportationaly, by Incitatus, aka "Tate", the famed horse of Caligula and Roman Senate fame--from doing damage to mundies and drawing attention to himself. The spots of humor come in . M said Thoroughly enjoyable. The story of the Literals is a bit fantastic even for a story about Fables, but then I guess the Fables had to come from somewhere. This is a solid installment in the Jack of Fables series, but I curse the cliffhanger that made up the end of the book and am most eager for Volume 6.. Jack's getting good again Jack of Fables, the tongue-in-cheek spinoff of the award-winning, long-running, utterly-fantabulous Fables series, has always felt like writer Bill Willingham's playground for new ideas. While Fables has a well-formed plot with organized tributaries and a detailed universe, Jack comes across more as a bonkers, issue-by-issue madcap sort of tale.Most of the time, this is brilliant - Willingham is clever and funny and the unlovable rogue protagonist is well-suite
Bill Willingham is the critically-acclaimed, award-winning creator of several iconic comic book series, including the bestselling Fables franchise. In 2003, its first year of publication, Fables won the prestigious Eisner award for Best New Series, and has gone on to win fourteen Eisners to date. . Bill live
Get ready for Jack's adventures out West, as Smiling Jack Candle crosses paths with a grim sheriff from back East who carries no gun. Collecting issues #22-27 of the series Publishers Weekly says "any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy."