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Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves (Fables #8)
by
Bill Willingham (Goodreads Author),
Mark Buckingham , Steve Leialoha , Shawn McManus , Andrew Pepoy
Collecting issues #48-51 of writer and creator Bill Willingham's award-winning Vertigo series, WOLVES also 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.
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
December 6th 2006
by Vertigo
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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.)
"Same Scene: They kiss. This...more
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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 reunion lacked the emotional impact it...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 reunion lacked the emotional impact it...more
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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.
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In this volume we have a Fairy Tale Happy Ending!! Maybe not happily ever after, but close enough to it as Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf finally tie the knot and move into their own part of the farm that has been given to Bigby as remuneration for all his help and hard work in the campaign against the Adversary.
We all know this is going to be the calm before the storm really, but good stories (and life) needs the happy times to get through the tough ones. The wolflings are getting older and m...more
We all know this is going to be the calm before the storm really, but good stories (and life) needs the happy times to get through the tough ones. The wolflings are getting older and m...more
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 question we cal...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 question we cal...more
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...more
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.
Once we find Bigby, the whole thing becomes a little fan-service li...more
Once we find Bigby, the whole thing becomes a little fan-service li...more
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 consis...more
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 larger than...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 larger than...more
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.
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This is the eighth installment in the Fables series. I really enjoyed this installment, we finally get a reunion between Bigby and Snow! We also get to learn more about Snow’s children.
In this installment Mowgli finally finds Bigby and Bigby is given a mission to the Cloud Kingdom. If Bigby can complete his mission there’s a chance that him and Snow can finally be together once and for all.
I liked this book much better than Arabian Nights (and Days); we finally get some resolution around the who...more
In this installment Mowgli finally finds Bigby and Bigby is given a mission to the Cloud Kingdom. If Bigby can complete his mission there’s a chance that him and Snow can finally be together once and for all.
I liked this book much better than Arabian Nights (and Days); we finally get some resolution around the who...more
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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. Still, the st...more
Apparently Fables really, really believe in God. It was mentioned four times just on one page in the big finale scenes. Seemed a bit odd with all of them coming from so many different kingdoms and religion not really being mentioned before, and this sudden Israel analogy being made very clear. We'll see how it gets carried out, or not.
But that's just a comment, not a review. Overall it was a good story that combined bringing one fan favorite story to culmination in a believable way that I'm sure...more
But that's just a comment, not a review. Overall it was a good story that combined bringing one fan favorite story to culmination in a believable way that I'm sure...more
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.
I love that Bigsby went on a mission before coming back,...more
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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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 classic fairy t...more
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...more
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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'...more
Although relatively short (being only 4 issues, #48-51) Fables wolves is a completely satisfying piece of work. Story Spoiler alert!
The Big bad Wolf himself is back, and if Bigby wants to enjoy being with his family he must embark on an extremely dangerous mission- infiltrating the Empire and sending a message to the man behind the throne in a big way! Bigger plot spoiler this volume also includes the wedding of Bigby and Snow White! Meanwhile Cinderella working as one of Fabletown's special age...more
The Big bad Wolf himself is back, and if Bigby wants to enjoy being with his family he must embark on an extremely dangerous mission- infiltrating the Empire and sending a message to the man behind the throne in a big way! Bigger plot spoiler this volume also includes the wedding of Bigby and Snow White! Meanwhile Cinderella working as one of Fabletown's special age...more
Improved from the last one... What happened to the awesomeness that was in the first 10 or so issues... This seriously continues to almost bore me.. Yet I keep reading, hoping for that awesome moment.
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 issues. Of cour...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 issues. Of cour...more
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...more
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 mission they nee...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 mission they nee...more
I am a sucker for marriage issues in comic series. This has one of the better ones in recent memory. For that alone it gets a bump in score. But the issues detailing Mowgli's search for Bigby are very well told and the Cinderella story about the diplomatic mission to the cloud kingdoms is a nice one-off. I said that Volume seven felt like a stumbling block because it didn't advance the plot of the series too much in the grand scheme of things, the same could be said of this volume but there had...more
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.
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Loved it, as always. I won't bore you with my gushing.
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Bigby Wolf has been AWOL ever since it was revealed to him that he would be forbidden to live with his cubs on the Farm. Not even Snow White, the mother of his children, has seen or heard from him in years. But Prince Charming has a mission against the Adversary that only Bigby can complete, so he sends out Mowgli to find him as quickly as possible. This will bring Mowgli on an adventure around the world where he must communicate with both man and beast to locate his target.
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Oh boy a wedding issue. Yawn. My teenage self would probably have fawned over this collection with the great big fairytale wedding, but my current self is sad that Snow has finally completed her transformation from the street-smart leader of Fabletown to living barefoot with babies on a farm. Some good action and I'm always glad to see spy girl Cinderella but I couldn't follow some of the treaties and politics they're trying to put in place. Here's hoping that the story picks up again in the nex...more
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In the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many...more
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“I love you, Snow, and have since the hour we first met. Hell, I wanted you even before then. Since before we existed. As if every movement of every star and planet, every tick of creation's clock occurred only so that we could someday find each other.”
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