Jack of Fables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham

Rated for mature readers, the tale includes sex, nudity, corruption, so it's got a little bit of everything that any sophisticated comics fan will enjoy. Readers will enjoy this more if they first familiarize themselves with Willingham's established Fables world ( Legends in Exile more 3. When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore. Jack reveals the secret of his former relationship with the illustrious Snow Queen - when he took her powers and became. Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges. Willingham and Sturges give Jack a bad-boy attitude, making him an everyman hero that readers won't always identify with, but will enjoy watching flub and fake his way to freedom, complete with clever riffs on the Turtle and the Hare, the Toothfairy, Mother Goose and Humpty Dumpty. The first five issues of the popular FABLES spin-off series are collected in this amazing new volume Last seen hitchhiking from Hollywood, Jacks now a. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape Bill Willingham (Writer), Matthew Sturges (Writer), Tony Akins (Illustrator). 'Jack of Hearts' Collects Jack of Fables (2006 Vertigo) 6-11. Enlisting the support of Goldilocks and a cage full of fairies, Jack plans the entire retirement community's escape. Jack is forced into the Golden Boughs Retirement Community, a jail of sorts where Fables are imprisoned until society-at-large forgets about them, thereby diminishing their magic powers. A new story line further develops Jack Horner's escapades in Hollywood and establishes him as the most dangerous Fable loose in the 'mundy'-short for 'mundane'-world. The first five issues of the popular FABLES spin-off series are collected in this amazing. He continues that success with Sturges, who co-writes this recent spinoff. (W) Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham (A) Tony Akins (CA) James Jean. Willingham first created a contemporary world inhabited by fairy tale characters in his series, Fables

Jack of Fables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham