Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince

Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince (Fables #10)

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Collecting issues #60-69 of the hit series, collecting the epochal "Good Prince" storyline. Flycatcher is drawn into the spotlight as he discovers the startling truth about his own past as the Frog Prince. At the same time, he learns that the Adversary plans to destroy his foes once and for all. How can the meek Flycatcher stop this deadly foe?
Paperback, 238 pages
Published June 17th 2008 by Vertigo (first published 2008)
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Andrew
I will admit this story could have used some refining. There are portions where Willingham feels like he wants to get from point A to B so strongly he forgets to make the journey. And the Fabletown activities are just prep work.

But still, the story gives Ambrose his due. Do I wish it was better crafted? Yes. Do I feel that some necessary growth steps got entirely bypassed? Well, yes. Do I feel some of the movers were a little too inaccessible? Aye. But still, it's Ambrose.

As for the art, I thi...more
Jack
Jan 12, 2009 Jack rated it 3 of 5 stars
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It's been a long time since I've had a freshly unread Fables trade and I was really looking forward to reading this. Sadly it wasn't all that great, but just good enough to keep me interested in reading this series (when I can get them from the library).

Flycatcher -- always a bumbling, comical sort of character -- has just realized that he was a prince in the Homelands and that his family was killed horribly. After the spirit of Lancelot (which had been hanging around Fabletown all this time --...more
Derek
Oct 07, 2008 Derek rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: comic book or Grimm's Fairy Tales fans
Recommended to Derek by: Awesomed By Comics podcast
I stopped reading Fables in the singles format a long time ago. The way the stories are constructed it just made more sense to read them all at once. However, after I made that decision I just never got around to picking up any of the trades. I was listening to the Awesomed By Comics podcast and they really talked up 'The Good Prince' storyline. When I got a bit of extra money I bought it and was blown away by the story.

I loved the way that Willingham took a minor character who was little more t...more
Jen
I love this series with all of my little heart. Bringing old fable and fairy-tale characters into a modern-day setting in our world, united by a threat to their Homelands, I think the series is utterly brilliant and creative. This particular volume focuses on a character who has previously been mostly in the background. Flycatcher, known to most of us as the Frog Prince, takes on a central role in this book and finds his strength to fulfill his destiny. Which is, essentially, being an undefeatab...more
Danna
Though I still have many on my "currently reading" list that I need to finish, I've had a lovely Sunday afternoon reading comics with my feller. For him, each issue is a snack to be savored until the next issue comes out. I would rather wait until at least one story arc is complete, then read a bunch of issues in one sitting so it feels more like a complete novella (or at least a short story) instead of just a few teaser pages at a time. Before starting my goodreads profile I'd already read thro...more
Emma
First off, this remains one of my very favourite current graphic novel series and I rush out for every new trade. (I couldn't imagine trying to read it in individual issues and it's worth the wait.)

Volume 10 was no different and I'd eagerly been anticipating Flycatcher's story for a while. But for an issue that had the potential to be very dark... it all just got kind of fluffy. The story took a different turn than I expected, but I just maybe wanted a little more angst.

And I agree with the revi...more
Jocardo
This is my favorite volume!!! I loved Flycatcher (Prince Ambrose) from the moment I first read about him. He was quite, unassuming, sweet and a red-head! What more could you ask for in a man?
Sofia
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Scott Foley
The Good Prince--a more appropriate title for a book has never existed. Fables is, far and away, the best comic book series running at the moment. The Good Prince comprises issues 60-69 of the title, and having read the entire run thus far, I can attest that Fables just keeps getting better and better.

In The Good Prince, Flycatcher takes hold of his lineage and accepts his true name of Prince Ambrose once more. While Fabletown and the Homelands continue to plan and engage war with one another, P...more
John Kirk
An interesting story, with some unpleasant revelations.

(view spoiler)[It was good to see some of the dead characters again, but it does raise the question of why Fabletown have been dumping all the bodies down the well rather than just burying them in a graveyard somewhere. This also shows a slight lack of forward planning, since Shere Khan apparently went down the well rather than being buried at the farm (as shown in the map in vol 8). They addressed that by saying that he was dumped down the...more
Jelinas
Boy, oh, boy, was this a good one. When it comes to straight-up action/adventure, I have to give this volume top props.

In Sons of Empire, we learned that Ambrose, also known as Flycatcher, better known to us mundys as the Frog Prince, was destined for an important future. The Good Prince tells the tale of Ambrose's realization of his fate.

We take a trip down the Witching Well, and are reunited with characters that we thought were dead and gone from as far back as Volume 2, Animal Farm. The scope...more
Jeffrey
Without getting too sappy, I hope, I loved this volume of Fables

In this volume, Bill Willingham takes the character of Flycatcher and sets him upon a heroic quest. But, much like the author himself, Flycatcher is being pointed on his way. Who is pulling the strings and can Flycatcher escape his fate?

Willingham draws heavily on other fantastical stories for this arc which I won't reveal to avoid spoilers. Because Flycatcher can foresee the end of his story, it could be perceived that there is a l...more
Jess
AMBROSE! In Fables, Volume 10: The Good Prince, the Frog Prince, a.k.a. Flycatcher, a.k.a. Ambrose, previously a background character, usually only used as a comic foil, is given a substantial narrative which builds not only his character but also advances the plot in a really satisfying way, suggesting that this episode will be integral to the foreshadowed Fables v. Adversary war.

When he is returned to human form after having transformed back into a frog, Ambrose is forced to relive the memory...more
Skipper Ritchotte
This is my favorite in the series so far. I'd come to love janitor Flycatcher's unassuming quirkiness in earlier issues, but had no idea what his past was nor what his future held, and it now plays out in The Good Prince. It's the most gratifying and satisfying narrative of any Fable's journey thus far. The storyline seems almost an homage to the kindhearted of the world, those who could not resort to violence no matter how unavoidable it might momentarily seem; those who would rather play ball...more
Matti Karjalainen
Bill Willinghamin käsikirjoittama Fables-saaga on ehtinyt jo kymmenenteen trade-julkaisuunsa saakka. "The Good Prince" keskittyy aikaisemmin lähinnä lattioiden luuttuamiseen keskittyneen Flycatcherin vaiheisiin.

Sympaattisesta antisankaristamme tehdään - sanalla sanoen hieman epäuskottavasti - viisas ja hyvä hallitsija, joka saa johdettavakseen kuningaskunnan. Willingham marssittaa Sir Lancelotin mukaan uutena hahmona, ja toisaalta taas aikaisemmista osista tutut pahikset Shere Khan ja morsiamen...more
Chibineko
If you aren't familiar with the series then you shouldn't be looking at this book. Start at the beginning, as there's a LOT of story to catch up on.

This volume gives us the chance to catch up with Ambrose AKA Flycatcher after he has regained the memory of what really happened to his family. After a semi-false start, he finally realizes what he has to do and gains the help of the last fable that anyone would ever has expected... the Forsworn Knight. Flycatcher then descends into the witching wel...more
Thomas
Something that occurred to me while reading Fables is that comic book series (not graphic novels, necessarily) seem to be focused more on creating a structure by which many, many stories could be told. Usually, this is a character who can interact with several different situations (look at Superman, Batman, or even Swamp Thing), but with Fables, that structure is the premise itself, that the characters from fairy tales are all real, living in Manhattan, and waging war against the evil from their...more
Ryan
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Meredith
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Shannon
I can't say how much I'm disappointed by this volume. After 'Sons of Empire', I felt like things were looking up, but this wasn't what I was expecting. There were a few scenes I really enjoyed. I liked seeing Bigby prepping the armies. I was especially impressed with how Charming handled himself. I was honestly surprised by him because I had become convinced he was a complete failure at being mayor. Those were a few bright spots in this. However, for the most part, I was bored to tears. It was m...more
Karissa
This is the tenth book in the Fables series by Willingham and was absolutely fantastic. It tells the story of Flycatcher, as he regains his place of power as the Frog Prince and becomes a force to be reckoned with.

Flycatcher remembers his past and realizes that he has a large role play against the Adversary. Armed with Excalibur and the special armor of Lancelot he will become a force for good against the Adversary. The Fables in Fabletown are finally fully aware of the plans for war that the A...more
Ian
I knew I'd love this volume the moment I finished vol. 9's Santa Claus story. The emotional journey taken by Flycatcher, the revelation of the Forsworn Knight's true identity, the journey through the Witching Well... It was all wonderful and fantastic and handled about as well as it really could be. I'm glad they didn't bog it down with endless, drawn-out battle scenes like some sort of Americanized Dragon Ball Z; for the most parts the battles were handled with an admirable economy; when they w...more
Nancy O'Toole
For the longest time, Flycatcher (aka The Frog Prince) was simply the janitor for the Woodland Building. But before that, he lived in the Homelands as Prince Ambrose, a man who lost both his wife and children to the Adversary. Flycatcher has lived for years with these memories erased from his mind, but now he has been given them back, and finds himself overwhelmed with grief. That is until a gallant knight emerges and shows Flycatcher how he can strike back at the Adversary.

The Good Prince is th...more
Ben
Although this is the first compilation of Fables comics that I've listed on Goodreads.com, I've read all of them to this point, and I have to say that I enjoyed this one as much as the best of the rest. A cracking compilation. For those who haven't discovered them yet, they're take the characters that we grew up hearing about in Fairy Tales and say what if they were real, and what if they had been forced out of the world they lived in by an evil dictator 'The Emperor' and forced to flee into our...more
Nicola
Reason for Reading: Next in the series.

Comments: This is a big issue and I mean that literally and metaphorically. It's a nice, hefty book containing ten issues with nine of those continuing the title story. In the middle there is a one issue intermission that centres on the cubs. The main story, though, without giving anything away, focuses on a minor character who has been around since Vol. 1: Flycatcher, whose real name is Ambrose, and is better known to mundies as the prince who was once tur...more
PurplyCookie
Flycatcher was a happily married man in the Homelands, with many children. He lived peacefully with his family, his only quirk being the occasional resumption of his frog curse when he was nervous, scared or especially excited. Fortunately it only took a kiss from his loving wife to return him to human form, and, as time went on, he would often go for years between instances of the curse asserting itself.

His tranquil family life was shattered when the Adversary invaded his realm. Fly geared up...more
Jami Zehr
This was quite a hefty volume and delved deeply into a lot of issues that have been tangential to the story line previously. In addition, Bill Willingham begins to explore the role of fate and destiny in the lives of the Fables. Prince Ambrose (as I can only think of him now after reading this volume, and that says a great deal) not only comes into his own, but he drags along a whole lot of evil and ambivalence and turns it good. He learns his lesson, he applies it, and he lives his learned less...more
Nicholas Whyte
"http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1288963.html?#cutid2[return][return]Having grumbled about the last few volumes in the series (including vol. 11 which I read a couple of months back) I am relieved to say that I really liked The Good Prince, in which Ambrose, the former Frog Prince, attempts to lead an army of the resurrected to establish his own haven of peace and tranquility on the territory of the Adversary. It's a good story; I felt it was not totally consistent with the way we've been given to...more
syrin
Oh Fables Fables... how much do I love thee?
What an amazing volume! I was a bit disappointed with Vol. 9, but the story of the Good Prince was so well crafted and so engaging... it never ceases to amaze me how Bill Willingham can bring these characters to life and how it actually changes my perception of those classic stories.
Move over Snow White and Bigby, 'cause there's a new sheriff in town and his name is Flycatcher! No more preparations, no more ultimatums, no more waiting: the opening sal...more
Ted Child
In the last few books Willingham has slowed the pace of the storytelling way down but in this book, thankfully, it seems to be picking back up. One minor character, Flycatcher, and one ornament, the Forsworn Knight, take center stage while Snow White and Bigby continue to come in and out of the story.
Originally, Fables was about fable characters living in contemporary New York but this has never really been its heart, rather instead the hundred worlds of the Empire, which is more interesting to...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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