Fables: War and Pieces (Fables, Volume 11)

by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham (Illustrator) Steve Leialoha (Illustrator) Niko Henrichon (Illustrator) Andrew Pepoy (Illustrator)
Fables: War and Pieces (Fables, Volume 11)
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November 4th 2008 by Vertigo

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Paperback, 192 pages

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1401219136    (isbn13: 9781401219130)

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From the back cover: "Collecting issues #70-75 of writer Bill Willingham's award-winning VERTIGO creation, FABLES: WAR AND PIECES also features a...more




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The Man In The Hat
11/24/08
The Man In The Hat rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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Disappointing.

As the Afterword in the book says itself, this is what we've been leading up to for 6 years.

THIS? THIS is what we've been leading up to for six years?

This ... damp squib?

The story was told through an omnipresent narrator with a prose style very much of "This happened, then this happened, then this happened, then this happened ... ". Which is about as exciting and dramatic as "A, B, C ...". There was no tension, ...more
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Tim
02/17/09
Tim rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
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Wealhtheow
04/15/09
Wealhtheow rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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Read in April, 2009
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Conrad
03/24/09
Conrad rated it: 1 of 5 stars

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Jessi
02/01/09
Jessi rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
This was the first book I read in 2009, and I don't think I could have made a better choice. In War and Pieces, the war against the Adversary reaches it conclusion, and I found it very satisfying. The story starts out with Cinderella's clandestine mission to get the upper hand on the Empire; watching Cindy in super-spy mode made me wish she had her own spin-off. It would be just like Alias! And seeing Beauty's confused/enraged reaction to Cindy getting her own mission ("SHE-ONLY-SELLS-SHOES...more
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Purplycookie
04/13/09
Purplycookie rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
Volume 11 of this Eisner-winning graphic novel collects issues # 70-75, and arrives at what Willingham had been working up to from the first issue of "Fables": Fabletown goes to war against the Adversary.

But, before the main event, the story arc "Kingdom Come"provides us with the last-minute war council among the leaders of Fabletown and also for Boy Blue's confession of love to Rose Red. We get a glimpse on the pseudo-transition of Fabletown government officials ...more
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Kathryn
02/20/09
Kathryn rated it: 2 of 5 stars

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Read in March, 2009
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Christopher
03/30/09
Christopher rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in March, 2009
I'm a sucker for airships, even if they are powered by flying carpets. This is finally the war between the Fables of mundy New York and Gepetto's multi-dimensional Empire. I can see why Willingham was nervous to finally give us this war. While his characters are great and small-group actions (like Cindarella's spy mission at the start of the book) are well presented. The bigger military portions seem badly forced though. It's all over a little too fast for my taste, but still a worthy addit...more
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Justin
01/19/09
Justin rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
As Bill Willingham has continued the Fables series the sheer number of planned spin-off is indicative of the deep mythos the story has established. That mythology obtains a whole new level of astounding complexity in the latest addition to the series, Vol. 11 War and Pieces. In epic and brilliantly masterminded detail, the war between the storybook characters stranded in our mundane world and the evil forces occupying their magical homeworld finally occurs. Very few stories are presented with su...more
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Cameron
12/08/08
Cameron rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: urban-fantasy
Read in December, 2008
Oh my the war is here. Oh my the war is done. Okay, so the war started a long time ago, and we've been building for a very long time in a very close place, but I felt like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop and smash something to bits. Where was the vaunted horror of the Empire and the Adversary? Maybe it is the horror of comparison to our own vaunted American Empire and how brittle it truly is? Whoops, I'll skip the rhetoric and instead contend that there was a lot missing, and I tru...more
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Jen
12/06/08
Jen rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
Oh, Fables. How I love thee! This is the last trade we've gotten - we finally caught up to the single issues, so we're getting those now. For the unindoctrinated, Fables is an ongoing serial comic about characters from myth and legend, fables and fairy tales who have been driven from their homelands by the evil and blood-thirsty adversary and have settled in a community in New York. They've been there for centuries, plotting how to take down the adversary. And this book is the culmination o...more
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Chantel
12/30/08
Chantel rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: comics-graphic-novels
Read in December, 2008
The Fables books keep coming and coming. I didn't even know there was a new one in the series until the other day when I got an ILL request for it. I quickly put myself on the request list so I could get it as soon as it was available. I picked it up yesterday and read it all last night.

I don't want to give away any exciting secrets, but in this installment, the good guy and gal Fables finally go to war with the evil Empire/Adversary.

I thought the story was well written a...more
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Shedrick Pittman-Hassett
04/27/09
Shedrick Pittman-Hassett rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
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Patty
01/01/09
Patty rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: graphic-novel
Read in January, 2009
I just read the fourth volume of Jack of Fables and was disappointed because it didn't seem to be leading anywhere. The eleventh volume of Fables didn't disappoint. It got right into the action. Granted, it had ten previous volumes to set up the story, but Fables always keeps you entertaining. It included many of my favorite characters at least a little bit. Who doesn't love the big, bad wolf? Cinderella's side story was entertaining. She is a strong female protagonist. You can't say tha...more
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sean
04/05/09
sean rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2009
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Andrew
12/05/08
Andrew rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: yes-i-m-a-geek
Read in December, 2008
So if all the build up was for this, you'd kinda hope for a little more. At the same time, it was what I was starting to expect. This still goes to prove that Fables better days are behind it, but at the same time I have no idea where we are headed now. So maybe Willingham will surprise me. But I am doubting it at this point. It is still entertaining, but one can't help but be disappointed considering what came before.

Buckingham's art is his norm. I like it, but he didn't imp...more
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Kate
06/19/09
Kate rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: graphic-novel
Read in June, 2009
Overall, I greatly enjoyed this series. Some of the books I devoured in a couple of hours. I marveled at Willingham's uses of fables, well-known and obscure. My husband and I researched several to understand their back-stories. I have also started reading the Blue, Red, and Grey Fairy Tale books because Willingham whet my appetite to know more about how he shaped his characters.

The final book was succinct and logical; however, I was disappointed in the Adversary's outcome. I d...more
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Elizabeth
01/19/09
Elizabeth rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: graphic-novels
Has a copy to sell/swap — Read in January, 2009
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Jenny
06/05/09
Jenny rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2009
The war... it has begun. *insert dramatic music here*

We all know how it has to end... this is the world of fairytales... of course the good has to triumph ultimately. But at what price? Who is going to be sacrified?

It was a fitting ending to a good series. I almost wish there had been more focus on Snow White and her children... but I can see how that didn't fit very well into the overall story arc.

Final thoughts on the series: It was a great introduction to...more
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Loyd
05/22/09
Loyd rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: graphic-novels
Read in May, 2009
War and Pieces is another amazing, creative chapter in the epic that is Bill Willingham's Fables. In an age where everything is doled out 140 characters at a time, it's awe-inspiring to see someone who actually took the time to plan out seventy-five consecutive issues of a series and make them all add up to something.

This time it's a climactic war between Fabletown and the enemy hordes, and the inventiveness of the story lines, involving everything from talking animals to flying car...more
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