false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167321619m/21341.jpg 21341 3 Stepping out of <b>Bill Willingham</b>'s acclaimed Vertigo series <b>FABLES</b>, the charming and insufferable Jack of Tales is the center of attention once again, this time in his very own ongoing title. In this first collection, Jack is thrown into a prison-like "retirement" community for wayward Fables, where he discovers a sinister plot to eliminate all traces of magic from the Mundane World. <P>Written by Willingham and Matthew Sturges, <b>THE (NEARLY) GREAT ESCAPE</b> features art by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy as well as painted covers by James Jean and a special sketchbook section by Akins. 2239934 28 2 2007 Jack of Fables, Volume 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape total:676|5:104|4:257|3:261|2:49|1:5| 676 2434 861 60 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 13:39:12 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:09:46 -0700 2009 1 Jack of Fables is a spin-off of the comic book Fables, which shows the adventures of Jack Horner/Jack and the Beanstalk after his exile from Fabletown. If you're a reader of the Fables series as I am then there are no need for introductions, just a wee bit of recap.

Jack of Fables: The (...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 16:56:06 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 07:42:04 -0700 2009 2 "Jack of Fables" is a spin-off of the comic book "Fables", which shows the adventures of Jack Horner after his exile from Fabletown. A preview of the series was shown in Fables #50 and culminated in the publishing of its own issue. If you're an avid reader of the "Fables"...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 15 07:29:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 07:36:32 -0800 2009 Jack is THE Jack from all fable tales. Jack and the beanstalk, Jack jumped over a candlestick, Jack fr...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 17 05:35:18 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 09:23:17 -0800 2008 Fables spin off comic Jack of Fables and collects issues # 1–5 of that title. Bill Willingham is here joined by Matthew Sturges on the writing chores and the art is well handled by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy. The result is a fun comic, but nowhere near as good as Fabl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 15:46:40 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 15:55:00 -0700 2007 Fables series of comic books, but I was a little skeptical about a spin-off series featuring only Jack of Fables. I should not have doubted Bill Willingham and crew, though - with Jack of Fables Vol. 1, The (Nearly) Great Escape, they've turned out a light-hearted yet exciting sto...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:27:57 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 10:31:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:05:04 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:07:44 -0700 2009 1 Jack of Fables introduces an institution that appears to be a danger to Fabletown and (at least from this first volume...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 20:51:10 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 09:47:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:52:39 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:54:20 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 11:55:56 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 11:58:03 -0800 2008
And I like that Willingham is expanding on the Fables-verse with this series, not just in terms of introducing other fairy tale characters but by introducing new players like Revise.]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 19:25:05 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 05:06:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 26 12:50:29 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 09:52:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:15:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:15:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 15:31:19 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 21:01:48 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 17 18:02:07 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 15:04:32 -0800 2007 Fables, and this is more of the same. Jack gets himself into trouble, and then he gets himself out of it again, with plenty o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 06 17:49:32 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 17:51:57 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 23 09:45:59 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 09:52:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri May 29 06:44:42 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 06:45:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:19:46 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 08:12:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:56:26 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:57:22 -0700 2009 Fables. I'm hoping it picks up a bit in volume 2.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21341