Collecting issues #48-51 of writer and creator Bill Willingham's award-winning Vertigo series, WOLVES also includes newly-created maps of Fabletown...
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Aug 26, 2010
Bry
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One of my favorite installments to date. The plot was great, seeing the growth of the wolf cubs was adorable, and the resolution of Snow and Bigby's storyline great.
A great part about this collection was that the original script for issue #50 (The Wedding Chapter) was included complete with snarky remarks and hilarious comparisons. This was my favorite! (Note: I am not marking this review as a spoiler since it says in the table of contents what happens in the end.)
A great part about this collection was that the original script for issue #50 (The Wedding Chapter) was included complete with snarky remarks and hilarious comparisons. This was my favorite! (Note: I am not marking this review as a spoiler since it says in the table of contents what happens in the end.)
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Jul 06, 2007
Punk
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Graphic Novel. Book 8 in the Fables series follows Bigby on a secret mission, gives us his schmaltzy reunion with Snow, and then we go on another secret mission, this time with Cinderella. It also includes the script to Fables #50.
I just wasn't that impressed with this volume. The first stories were kind of all over the place, a lot of "ONE DAY LATER" and "MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE FARM" so that I was getting whiplash from one page to the next. The Snow/Bigby reunio More...
I just wasn't that impressed with this volume. The first stories were kind of all over the place, a lot of "ONE DAY LATER" and "MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE FARM" so that I was getting whiplash from one page to the next. The Snow/Bigby reunio More...
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Jan 25, 2012
Jelinas
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There's been a lot of build-up for this volume. Mowgli's hunting down Bigby, Fabletown is still strategizing for a war against the Adversary, and Snow White is raising six kids/cubs on the Farm.
It's the will they/won't they of the series, and we finally get answers. The tying off of that thread is beautifully and satisfyingly done, but Willingham's a smarter writer than to just leave it there. He knows how to keep us on the line, even though we've already gotten the answer to the que More...
It's the will they/won't they of the series, and we finally get answers. The tying off of that thread is beautifully and satisfyingly done, but Willingham's a smarter writer than to just leave it there. He knows how to keep us on the line, even though we've already gotten the answer to the que More...
Oct 04, 2011
Jess
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There are some good action/adventure styled tales told in Fables, Volume 8: Wolves, but the weaknesses of this series are becoming more apparent. Mowgli tracks down Bigby, Bigby is sent on a mission to confront and threaten the Adversary so that he can settle down with Snow and their cubs, and Cinderella is sent on a diplomatic mission. For a reader who was, for a moment, quite taken with the potential of the Snow/Bigby relationship for character development and lots of brooding, this resolution
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Mar 28, 2011
Kim
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I liked this installment, probably more in the beginning than in the end. First, I love Mowgli's character in these stories. Mowgli was never terribly compelling to me in the Jungle Book, being everything annoying about animals AND little kids. Also, he had several animals invested in keeping him alive and managed to put himself in deathly peril again. Thankfully, he has matured in the fables stories, and is charming and capable.
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Sep 04, 2010
Ruth
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Fables: Wolves had several things going for it, much of which being art consistency. I do rather loathe it when a different is artist is used for individual chapters, so that when they're gathered into the collected books it becomes just drastically jarring. Now granted, I'm not especially fond of Bigby's appearance in this particular volume (what can I say, I'm a manga girl, I'm used to things being pretty) but I will settle for enjoying the appearance of all of the other characters, and cons
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Dec 28, 2009
Nicola
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Reason for Reading: next in the series.
Comment: A very good issue! Lots of secret missions involving action, adventure and revenge. The tying up of an old plot and the introduction of a new fairy tale realm sets the stage for the focus to shift in a new direction come the next volume. As the title obviously tells us this volume concentrates mostly on Bigby, Snow and family. We start with a 2 part issue with the titular name that focuses on Mowgli's mission to find Bigby. Then comes a More...
Comment: A very good issue! Lots of secret missions involving action, adventure and revenge. The tying up of an old plot and the introduction of a new fairy tale realm sets the stage for the focus to shift in a new direction come the next volume. As the title obviously tells us this volume concentrates mostly on Bigby, Snow and family. We start with a 2 part issue with the titular name that focuses on Mowgli's mission to find Bigby. Then comes a More...
Jan 30, 2012
John
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Another good story, although it's a bit odd that Mowgli can talk to "mundane" wolves, since it's been established elsewhere that mundane mice and cattle can't talk.
<spoiler>I particularly liked the conversation between Cindy and Bigby at the top of the beanstalk. Looking at the script for #50, it's interesting to see what changed between that and the final version. In particular, the script didn't specify that the perpetually scruffy Bigby should be clean-shaven at hi More...
<spoiler>I particularly liked the conversation between Cindy and Bigby at the top of the beanstalk. Looking at the script for #50, it's interesting to see what changed between that and the final version. In particular, the script didn't specify that the perpetually scruffy Bigby should be clean-shaven at hi More...
Sep 29, 2009
Stephanie
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Jan 25, 2009
Troy
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As I said in my last review of the last Fables book, the politics in these are disturbingly simplistic and retrograde, and the author uses the creakiest of hoary tropes, which can be fun, but can also be annoying. In this case, it's somewhere in between the two, with a WWII commando story that doesn't compare to the many great WWII commando stories in comics or movies. This one uses Bigby, as a werewolf commando working for "the good guys" and even throws in Frankenstein's Monster. Sti
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Jan 08, 2012
Amanda
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Oh, resolution tpb. This is the one which brings Bigsby (and Ghost) back. And sets Bagira free, because Mowgli accomplished that earlier task, through fire and great schemes of Bigsby not wanting to be found.
I *LOVE* all the scenes with the little kids. And I like that they are being trained up proper by The North Wind, and that they get challenged that until they can make 30 days they can not leave. I love how much Red continues to grow.
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I *LOVE* all the scenes with the little kids. And I like that they are being trained up proper by The North Wind, and that they get challenged that until they can make 30 days they can not leave. I love how much Red continues to grow.
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Aug 03, 2011
Jeff
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This volume of Fables was very enjoyable for a few reasons. The first being the return of Bigby Wolf. After being gone for a while after "losing" his family to the politics of Fabletown and the Farm, Mr. Wolf re-enters the fold, strikes a deal with Prince Charming to go on a fantastic mission to strike back against the Adversary. Boy Blue's adventures during volume 6 have paved the way for Bigby to get revenge for the attack of the Wooden Soldiers. Cleverly plotted and using some c
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Apr 24, 2009
Purplycookie
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Where is Bigby? Will Mowgli be able to find him? If he does, can he get him to come back? Those are the questions driving this volume of Fables which includes newly-created maps of Fabletown and the Homelands illustrated by Willingham and, as a special bonus, Willingham's complete script to the double-sized issue #50. Now you can see how an issue goes from story to comic. Interesting in an intellectual way, but after just reading the same story in comic format, it lacked a little something for m
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Feb 15, 2010
Michael
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I do like the way Willingham takes a break in between arcs to relax and let the characters breath a bit. Issues 48-49 are taken up with Mowgli's mission to track down Bigby. Now to me this is an extra special mission. The big Bad Wolf aka Bigby wolf is the best character in the series and the reason I fell in love with Fables in the first place, so it's great news that he is coming back from moping about in the wild. The bumper length landmark 50th issue tells the story of Bigby and Snow White'
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Mar 23, 2009
Wealhtheow
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Mowgli continues his search for Bigby through Russia and the wilderness. Meanwhile, Snow White tries to raise the cubs at the Farm.
SPOILERS: Mowgli finds Bigby and convinces him to come back to Fabletown for one last mission. Cinderella has negotiated a treaty with the Cloud Kingdom, so Bigby is able to climb a beanstalk, travel through the clouds, and land right in the Adversary's Empire. He burns down the Sacred Grove, and in thanks Fabletown gives him a valley where he More...
SPOILERS: Mowgli finds Bigby and convinces him to come back to Fabletown for one last mission. Cinderella has negotiated a treaty with the Cloud Kingdom, so Bigby is able to climb a beanstalk, travel through the clouds, and land right in the Adversary's Empire. He burns down the Sacred Grove, and in thanks Fabletown gives him a valley where he More...
Sep 29, 2011
Jeffrey
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Fables:Wolves covers Mowgli's hunt for Bigby and the opportunity Mowgli carries with him. While it's told reasonably well and provides some interesting fodder for later in the series, Bigby's too much Wolverine and not enough his own character.
This volume is also short. It only collects four issues, including one double-sized. Though it does have some extras, I'm not sure it's worth spending the price for the graphic novel when the other volumes typically collect closer to eight iss More...
This volume is also short. It only collects four issues, including one double-sized. Though it does have some extras, I'm not sure it's worth spending the price for the graphic novel when the other volumes typically collect closer to eight iss More...
Feb 01, 2010
Will
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This is probably my favorite of the trade comics for Fables. Bigby (the Big Bad Wolf) is an amazing, full-blown character. His gravitas was almost palpable through the visuals and his development. Quite the bad-ass with many admirable points to balance out (and at times supercede) his bad points. The writing and artistry of this series is super great. The stories are intricate, layered, and have many twists and surprising turns. This writer knows his historical/cultural tall tales and he weaves
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Aug 11, 2009
Icats
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Spoiler alert for those who haven’t read the previous volumes of Bill Willingham’s Fables series.
Fables Volume 8: Wolves continues with Mowgli’s search for Bigby and we find out what Prince Charming has in store for the wolf once Mowgli finds him. Meanwhile, Snow is trying to control her changeling children and their Grandfather, the North wind, decides it is time to blow from the farm. Not a lot of side storied in this book, mainly just follows Mowgli’s search for Bigby and the missio More...
Fables Volume 8: Wolves continues with Mowgli’s search for Bigby and we find out what Prince Charming has in store for the wolf once Mowgli finds him. Meanwhile, Snow is trying to control her changeling children and their Grandfather, the North wind, decides it is time to blow from the farm. Not a lot of side storied in this book, mainly just follows Mowgli’s search for Bigby and the missio More...
Jun 18, 2011
Caroline
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Finally, we get Bigby back in action in this volume--I'd been missing him in the previous stories. Not only does this volume further build the war between the Adversary and Fabletown, but after so much time the central romance is developed further.
<spoiler>I had been disappointed that there was no mention of Snow White's and Bigby's seventh child since she first sent him to go to his father, but this volume finally cleared that question up. And while the whole "traditional More...
<spoiler>I had been disappointed that there was no mention of Snow White's and Bigby's seventh child since she first sent him to go to his father, but this volume finally cleared that question up. And while the whole "traditional More...
Aug 28, 2008
Conrad
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I had to downgrade this one for its utterly boneheaded politics, and also its overly pat ending, even though it was in some ways pretty moving.
Things Bill Willingham does well: knowing when to leave well enough alone, Bigby's dialogue, coming up with unexpected ways for his characters to interact. I really like how he drops certain plotlines and picks them up later - he doesn't really force it most of the time. The scope of the book feels natural and well-earned.
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Things Bill Willingham does well: knowing when to leave well enough alone, Bigby's dialogue, coming up with unexpected ways for his characters to interact. I really like how he drops certain plotlines and picks them up later - he doesn't really force it most of the time. The scope of the book feels natural and well-earned.
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Jul 13, 2009
Vicki
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A good strong volume of Fables. The main plot is moving on apace and the were no side stories that felt out of place. The main artist seems to have randomly changed the way he draws Prince Charming, but other than that the art is good throughout.
Extras with this volume were a couple of simple maps of Fabletown and the Farm, plus the script for issue #50. I'm sure some people would find the script interesting, but other than a brief glance it didn't really hold my attention.
Extras with this volume were a couple of simple maps of Fabletown and the Farm, plus the script for issue #50. I'm sure some people would find the script interesting, but other than a brief glance it didn't really hold my attention.
Dec 23, 2009
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1285829.html#cutid3[return][return]This was not so bad, though again I found the politics rather dodgy and it seems to be getting easier and easier to penetrate the Adversary's domain. Lots of quite good character moments, rather stalling on plot. Also rather thin - only four issues of the comic here, bulked out by maps and the script for one of the issues."
Jul 24, 2007
Geoff
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I love the comic medium, but I hate the brevity of the average comic book, and absolutely despise serialized story arcs. Graphic novels have come to my rescue (along with DVD collections) in allowing me to enjoy comics (or TV shows) with big story arcs without having to schedule my life around the release of the next installment.
I'm not a big comics nerd. I have read several of the Vertigo titles, a little Frank Miller, and Neil Gaiman. Bill Willingham's Fables is slowly rising in my More...
I'm not a big comics nerd. I have read several of the Vertigo titles, a little Frank Miller, and Neil Gaiman. Bill Willingham's Fables is slowly rising in my More...
Jan 28, 2009
Tamra
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Once again Fables delivers reactionary politics - in this volume we get a blindly pro-Israel screed AND bonus patriarchy in the joys of 'traditional' marriage. And yet I keep reading these damn things, so there must be something to recommend them. Curiosity? Appreciation of a general concept? I can't quite put my finger on it, but Fables is kind of compelling. Really icky, but compelling.
Jun 26, 2010
Josh
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Fables continues to delight with its intricate characters based upon traditional fairy tales. I am interested to see what happens next in the series as things seem to have stabalized on the grand political front, with the adversary a known quantity now. He is still dangereous, but a new source of tension needs to be found in the series.
Apr 19, 2011
Rita
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I like that Willingham wrapped up the Snow/Wolf plot here, but it felt a bit rushed. I was also happy to see more of Mowgli--I'm intrigued, and I hope that he becomes a stronger presence in the series. Overall, this volume was a mishmash, and seemed to lack a strong arc. I'll keep reading, though!
Mar 04, 2011
Jeremy
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Definitely getting back on track. This up, Bigby makes a return and a secret mission, Snow and her children return, and Cinderella returns from a diplomatic mission. I just don't understand what happened to Cind for the potion from Frau Totenkinder. Hope that gets answered soon.
Mar 28, 2009
Meredith
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Sep 03, 2010
John
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Bigby and Snow's cubs continue to grow, while Mowgli is sent on a mission to track down Bigby for a secret assignment that will take him and Cinderella to the Cloud Kingdom and eventually to the Homelands to confront the Adversary. Add to all the well-paced action a while romance and this is another solid installment in the Fables series.
Particularly enjoyed the sassy Cinderella trying her had at diplomacy in the Cloud Kingdom.
Particularly enjoyed the sassy Cinderella trying her had at diplomacy in the Cloud Kingdom.
