Collecting issues #60-69 of the hit series, collecting the epochal "Good Prince" storyline. Flycatcher is drawn into the spotlight as he ...
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Aug 22, 2010
Andrew
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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. More...
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. More...
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Jan 12, 2009
Jack
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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 t More...
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 t More...
Oct 07, 2008
Derek
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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 w More...
I loved the way that Willingham took a minor character who w More...
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Jul 05, 2008
Jen
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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 undefe
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Jun 01, 2008
Danna
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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 alre
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Jul 12, 2008
Emma
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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.
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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.
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Apr 07, 2009
Jocardo
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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?
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Jan 29, 2012
John
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An interesting story, with some unpleasant revelations.
<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 dump More...
<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 dump More...
Jan 26, 2012
Jelinas
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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 More...
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 More...
Oct 18, 2011
Jeffrey
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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 pe More...
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 pe More...
Oct 10, 2011
Jess
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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 More...
When he is returned to human form after having transformed back into a frog, Ambrose is forced to relive More...
Sep 28, 2011
Skipper
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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
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Jul 26, 2011
Matti
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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 She More...
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 She More...
Oct 29, 2010
Chibineko
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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 More...
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 More...
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Feb 19, 2010
Thomas
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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 the
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Jul 21, 2009
Ryan
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Apr 20, 2009
Meredith
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Aug 27, 2011
Ian
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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
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Apr 04, 2011
Ben
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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
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Feb 16, 2010
Nicola
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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 More...
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 More...
Apr 24, 2009
Purplycookie
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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. Fl More...
His tranquil family life was shattered when the Adversary invaded his realm. Fl More...
Dec 23, 2009
"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 giv
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Jan 19, 2010
Ted
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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 interest More...
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 interest More...
Apr 01, 2010
Icats
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Don’t hold me to it because perhaps I overlooked a demise of a Fable or two in the 228 pages, but this may be the first in the series where we don’t flat wipe out 20 of them during the duration of the graphic novel. The story centers around Flycatcher, the janitor prince, regaining his memory of the execution of his family. With the assistance of the Forsworn Knight and other Fable Ghosts, Flycatcher makes his way back into the Homelands where he must defeat the Adversaries forces in order to cr
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Apr 05, 2009
sean
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Apr 25, 2011
Kim
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In a string of issues where I've felt we haven't accomplished anything, "the good prince" storyline was a welcome addition. I've never liked the Frog Prince from Grim; he's kind of a jerk. But Ambrose is a really loveable character. I like how Fables uses their cast to the fullest and that there are very few "throw away" characters. The storyline does feel a little rushed, though. Ambrose gets his holy quest and BAM he knows exactly what to do, to the point of omniscienc
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Apr 16, 2011
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Jun 21, 2011
Caroline
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Mar 03, 2010
I happened upon this series one day browing my job's graphic novel collection. I love this series. The basis is that the people of Fabletown (aka most of the fairy/folk tale characters) now live in the Mundy world. Of course, there is an adversary to battle, wars to fight, romances, and more.
This collection continues the ongoing storyline and I found it very intriguing. The authors are very good at only letting out a little information at a time (kind of like the show "Lost"), s More...
This collection continues the ongoing storyline and I found it very intriguing. The authors are very good at only letting out a little information at a time (kind of like the show "Lost"), s More...
Dec 09, 2010
Dana
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This was, I thought, a really cool addition to the Fables catalogue. We learned the tragic background of Ambrose (the "frog prince" of old) in a previous issue...I think it was 1001 Nights of Snowfall. And from the earliest issues it's established that his "punishment" of infinite janitorial detail is simply how he's sustained his blissful ignorance, forgetting or denying the heartbreak of his past.
The Good Prince brings Ambrose to the foreground and restores him More...
The Good Prince brings Ambrose to the foreground and restores him More...
