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The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man (The Unwritten #2)

by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author), Peter Gross (Illustrator), Yuko Shimizu (Cover Artist)

4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 · rating details · 3,445 ratings · 234 reviews

In this volume, Tom arrives at Donostia prison in Southern France and falls into the orbit of another story: The Song of Roland. Unfortunately for Tom, it's a story that ends with a massacre. .Tom discovers the true meaning of "out of the frying pan" after his escape from Donostia jail takes him to Stuttgart in 1940, a ghost city inhabited by the master liar of the Third R...more

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Published August 17th 2010 by Vertigo (first published December 2009)

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Jun 22, 2011 Teresa rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This installment started off as a 3, but picked up considerably by the middle, turning it into a 4 for me. The questions of the nature of narrative in our lives, the (un)truthfulness of stories and whether the veracity or lack thereof makes a difference (using the "Song of Roland" as a reference point), and the effect on the work itself when it's been 'tortured' into its opposite by those who twist it into something it isn't for their own purposes all elevate this story.

The last few pages conce...more

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Jun 30, 2011 Tyler Hill rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

This started out a little slow to for me, partially because it has been probably a year since I'd read the first volume (and needed to re-familiarize myself with the characters and concepts), and partially because it just gets more interesting and effective as the story moves along.

With this series, Carey's developed the perfect way to balance commenting on the nature and power of "the story" while also weaving a powerful narrative himself. He's managing to have his cake and write about it too....more

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Jun 17, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Still good, still engrossing, still moving. The paucity of characters of color (unless they're criminals) and women in anything but occasional mother, vixen, or girl-sidekick roles is starting to really irritate me, though. It makes me look a little differently at the Kipling section from the end of the first collection; although it's clear that evil forces are at play in preserving and spreading British imperialism, I can't help but wonder if the portrayal of Kipling's pro-imperialist, racist i...more

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May 30, 2011 Kerrilyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

I think I like the themes and ideas covered in this volume better than the actual plot of the story. And I will admit that I was confused reading it the first time through (although I can blame that on staying up way too late to finish reading it all in one go).

The last chapter was absolutely genius...and hilarious. It could definitely stand on its own, but I liked that just a few times it pulled in elements of the main story.

I love that you can read this just as a graphic novel, or you can read...more

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Apr 05, 2011 Julie Hayes rated it 5 of 5 stars

The internet is rife with rumors and accusations regarding Tom Taylor. Is he the rather boring son who lives in the shadow of his famous late father, living off of his memories? Or is he even Wilson Taylor’s son at all? Is Tom Taylor responsible for the slaughter at the Villa Diodati? Is he the incarnation of Tommy Taylor, boy wizard? And what about the stories of a flying cat—where do those fit in? The Inside Man wants to know.

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Mar 16, 2011 Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dark, fantasy, graphic-novel, literary

This post/review is going to be chock full of spoilers, and is really written for those people who have already read the first two collections. For that reason, I want to sum up my overall view and suggestion of The Unwritten now, so if you’re the kind of reader who doesn’t like to know too much about a story, you can still get something out of this post:

If you didn’t like the first collection because you felt like it was more promise than substance, then read the second collection before you gi...more This post/review is going to be chock full of spoilers, and is really written for those people who have already read the first two collections. For that reason, I want to sum up my overall view and suggestion of The Unwritten now, so if you’re the kind of reader who doesn’t like to know too much about a story, you can still get something out of this post:

If you didn’t like the first collection because you felt like it was more promise than substance, then read the second collection before you give up on it. And if you haven’t read either of them, then make sure you can read both of them back-to-back so you can get the most out of them.

There. You can keep reading if you want, but be aware that I’m going to get into specific details that might spoil the series for you.

One of my favorite things about the series so far is that it has something to say about literature as a whole. The story arc involving Tom’s imprisonment, and his escape, touches on how children’s stories can have such a profound effect on their audience. Tom may as well be Harry Potter, and the authors take that opportunity to look at the character and its fan frenzy that inspires a sort of worship in the readers. Even more telling is that the authors look at that theme from both sides, where it encourages the development of readers, and where it blurs the line between fantasy and reality. In fact, the story touches on how badly that line can blur and the consequences of such things, but it still suggests that the stories are important, and play a large part in a child’s development.

Furthermore, the last story in the collection looks at the treacly innocence of stories like those by Beatrix Potter and A.A. Milne by placing a very non-innocent character smack in the middle of them. It almost reads like it’s trying to be a riff off of Fables, but the authors instead take the story in a direction where they talk about the sacrifices authors have to make in order to write those freely innocent stories. The vulgar character tries to confront the writer-character with this knowledge, and learns that the stories have to pretend like the dark, terrible realities of life are there, but the characters all have to pretend like they’re not there. By extension, the writers have to do that, and since writing can be an act of catharsis, a lot of those frustrations and anxieties are pushed aside in favor of those stories. Is it valuable? Is it damaging? Again, the authors look at both sides, and don’t really present a definitive conclusion. But it gets you thinking.

There’s something very organic in the way that the authors are developing the story. In the previous book, Tom went to the Villa Diodati, the last place his father was seen, and also the place where Mary Shelley came up with the idea to write Frankenstein. It wasn’t just a lark that he showed up there; he was trying to find answers about who he was. And it wasn’t a coincidence that his father was there, either, because the series is slowly establishing that the places where stories are told have a certain gravity that draw certain forces to it, and his father was looking for answers there, too. Events took a seriously demented turn at the house, and Tom and the story wound up going in another direction, but his showing up at that location wasn’t just random; it was a part of the story. In this collection, Tom runs into the embodiment of the character of the monster, but quickly dismisses him. The monster tells him, “We will speak again when you are ready to admit the truth about yourself,” and then the current story continues on. Even in this situation, the encounter isn’t random. He gets out of his jail cell and wanders around the prison, and that’s when he encounters the monster, but the cell being left open wasn’t an accident, or some latent piece of magic on his part. It was intentional, and part of the larger plot that began in the last collection. It’s a deft sort of storytelling, and one that doesn’t really become apparent until you start reading more of the series.

Of course, that sort of storytelling can suffer, if only because it requires some patience on the reader’s part. The first collection of The Unwritten was a little clunky and disjointed, mainly because there were a lot of strange things going on that were establishing the direction of the story. It’s absolutely necessary, and the writers at least made the premise interesting and promising enough to create the incentive for people to stay with it, but there’s always the risk of readers giving up because of its weirdness. And I guess this is the point where I should restate my point: If you gave up on the first collection because of its structure, try the second one to see if it changes your opinion of the series.

The premise is good, and the characters are interesting, and that alone would be enough for me to keep reading. Now I know that I’m in the hands of some skilled storytellers, and I’m even more interested in seeing what happens next. I just hope that the series doesn’t run out of steam and start forcing the diverse parts of the shorter story arcs to fit the premise. It’s been set up too well to let it suffer that way.(less)

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Feb 02, 2011 Geoff Sebesta rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have been a lone voice crying in the comic book wilderness all my life, saying yes, yes, I love comic books, I love them so much it makes my head hurt and my bank account shrink, but this is not literature. We are not even close to opening up the can of worms that a really good writer, like Dostoyevsky, or Nin, or J. Crowley or PKD or Zola can. The feeling that you get from a really good book -- the feeling that they are taking off the tops of people's heads and showing you the gears and wires...more

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Dec 14, 2010 Karin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, fantasy, wizard-school, mages-wizards, magic, comics, violence, bookworld-realworld-crossover, adult-fiction, secret-societies, borrowed-from-dave

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Tom Taylor’s father, Wilson, wrote a series of best-selling books for children (think “Harry Potter”) about the magical adventures of Tommy Taylor and his battles against the evil vampire, Count Ambrosio, and Tom was able to eke a decent living out of posing as Tommy Taylor. But his status as a celebrity figure works against him when he is discovered in the wrong place at the wrong time – at a crime scene where multiple people have been murdered. And, although Tom has not yet been convicted of t...more Tom Taylor’s father, Wilson, wrote a series of best-selling books for children (think “Harry Potter”) about the magical adventures of Tommy Taylor and his battles against the evil vampire, Count Ambrosio, and Tom was able to eke a decent living out of posing as Tommy Taylor. But his status as a celebrity figure works against him when he is discovered in the wrong place at the wrong time – at a crime scene where multiple people have been murdered. And, although Tom has not yet been convicted of the crime, the world is buzzing about his possible culpability – mostly people are horrified that the guy who has been the face of Tommy Taylor has become associated with such a terrible crime. Tom is sent to prison, pending his trial, and the warden is particularly set against him as his children love the Tommy Taylor books and are practically living the stories. He makes arrangements for Tom to meet with a fatal “accident,” but Tom manages to escape before any of these plans come to fruition. He has some inside help from a blogger (who is chronicling his story), and a mysterious woman, Liz (she’s been in communication with Tom’s father), who brings him Tommy Taylor’s door knob (the one that the book hero uses to create doorways to whatever places he wants to go). Tom is able to use the knob to take them all out of the prison. But he transports them into the book world – specifically, into a Jewish novel that was brought to film and twisted into Nazi propaganda. There he begins to realize that he has some unusual powers – not unlike the Tommy Taylor of the popular series.

This is an amazing beginning – dark, creepy, and unusual – and I’m intrigued. Full color artwork illustrates Tom’s story, and is interrupted (and complimented) by news alerts (forum posts, news articles, blogs, and Google search results) – all relating to his arrest and the allegations made against him. There are hints that Tom might not be a real person, that he really is the fictional character Tommy Taylor, but that something has happened to make him real. So far, he’s able to use some of Tommy Taylor’s powers (the door knob), but he’s also able to travel into other books, and call other fictional characters to him. Liz “talks” with Tom’s father (the author) by picking up books and reading his responses to what she says. We still don’t know exactly what Wilson Taylor’s part in this is, or if Tom is guilty of the murders, or what he’s going to do next, but it’s clear he’s going to have more trouble – his nemesis is now in the real world, and he’s on the prowl. (less)

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Oct 06, 2010 Mollymillions rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, comics

If you haven’t started reading Unwritten yet, please do so at your soonest convenience. It’s a meta-fantasy in the mold of Fables, focusing on the role that stories play in our lives and culture. The protagonist, Tommy Taylor, is the adult son of an author who penned a series of children’s books similar in scope and fame to Harry Potter. Tommy’s father disappeared under mysterious circumstances and left his son a problematic legacy.

Though Unwritten is about authors, writing and the power of stor...more

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Sep 14, 2010 Michael Barron rated it 5 of 5 stars

Tommy Taylor is a boy wizard and hero in a billion-dollar fantasy series.
Tom Taylor is the son of the author and has spent his life living in the shadow of his fantasy counterpart.
After a series of bizarre and deadly events, Tom realizes that there is more of a connection between him and Tommy than just their names.

By far one of the best written and freshest comic book series to come along in years. Think Y: The Last Man meets Sandman.

It did take me a bit to get used to Tom. At first he comes...more

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Apr 19, 2013 John Wiswell rated it 4 of 5 stars

So our magical boy has grown up into a self-righteous slacker, most recently framed for murder. Carey and Gross have largely dropped the social criticism angle of the story to focus more on the intrigue of just what the heck is going on. Tommy Taylor is at least a hybrid of fiction, if not entirely pulled from another world, and now finds himself pursued by a killer who is likely the same, serving some murky purpose that, at least it feels like, it will take several more volumes to puzzle out.

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Mar 04, 2013 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars

The second collection of The Unwritten takes a while to get rolling. The entire first arc, to be exact. You would think that having our intrepid hero accused of murder most foul and imprisoned would be a bit more exciting but, in the end, I spent most of these issues waiting for something to happen. All we are really given is a couple of breadcrumbs, a child with an unhealthy imagination and the feeling that something else should be going on.

The Inside Man arc concludes with a bang, though, and...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, graphic-novel, magic-users, paranormal, read-in-2012, urban, vampire

The intro was really interesting and helpful but also made me think that maybe I'm not smart enough to really understand this series. But it sure made me want to try.

There was something really beautiful about Tom finding and helping Jud Süss find redemption from the canker Goebbels and the Nazis turned it into. It was a great example of the real power of stories.

The story at the end about Willowbank Wood was really twisted.

The cover and occasional full page artwork is really beautiful. The style...more

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Aug 06, 2011 Nicholas Whyte rated it 4 of 5 stars

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A collection of seven issues (I think), the first four taking Tom Taylor to a French prison where the governor reads Tommy Taylor books to his children and the Song of Roland makes an appearance, the next two taking Tom and his allies Savoy and Lizzie Hexen to Stuttgart in 1940 and a confrontation with Goebbels over the film of Jud Süss, and the last being a horrifying side story of a thug trapped in the form of a fluffy bunny rabbit in a children's book....more

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Sep 29, 2010 Bludhaven rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, 2010, comics-and-graphic-novels

This graphic novel collect the issues 6-12.

Again the intertexuality is ever present and engaging and the limits between reality and fiction get blurred further in this volume. Tom Taylor is arrested as an alleged murderer and sent to prison. The prison happens to be on his “map of stories”: Roncevaux is the place where the massacre of the Song of Roland takes place and again fiction and reality began to overlap.

A second tragic story line follows the director of the prison and his family. His two...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Myles rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: sequential-art, books-about-books, fantasy

In Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity Tom Taylor's life changes dramatically. He goes from being a coat-tails riding literary namesake to being a possible new messiah to child wizard loving children and internet geeks everywhere and suspected murderer. He might also be a fraud and there might have been some magic in his father's books after all.

Tom is extradited to France for trial and is placed in the Donostia prison. He must escape and figure out the powers that are available to him with the...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-graphic-novels, read-horror, read-scifi-and-fantasy

Really enjoyed the second round of this graphic novel series.

Rather than focusing on the secret literary cabal, this one targeted the power of story and how it can change people's perceptions - using the propaganda of the Nazis as an example, including Goebbels' actual film "Jud Suss."

The plot is complex - Tom Taylor is slowly discovering who he is (most likely answer - a book character brought to actual life by an author who is now missing), as he spends time in jail for the series of murders h...more

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Mar 19, 2012 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, age-adult, age-ya, graphic-novels

Tom Taylor, found alone at the scene of a massacre at the Villa Diodati, is shipped off to prison in France. The prison warden's two children are intense fans of the Tommy Taylor books and the warden plots to off Tommy to spare them from seeing their fallen idol. Tom begins having visions straight out of "La Chanson de Roland," and with the help of his cellmate Savoy (a reporter) and Lizzie Hexam, they escape the prison using a magic doorknob straight out of the Tommy Taylor books. They end up i...more Tom Taylor, found alone at the scene of a massacre at the Villa Diodati, is shipped off to prison in France. The prison warden's two children are intense fans of the Tommy Taylor books and the warden plots to off Tommy to spare them from seeing their fallen idol. Tom begins having visions straight out of "La Chanson de Roland," and with the help of his cellmate Savoy (a reporter) and Lizzie Hexam, they escape the prison using a magic doorknob straight out of the Tommy Taylor books. They end up in a ghostly Nazi scene where Tom might be in mortal danger.

A short chapter follows, about a bunny in a storybook who appears to have realized that he is trapped in an inane children's book. The bunny, Mr. Bun, has an extremely foul mouth and seeks to kill his creator, which is fairly amusing given that the illustrations look like something from Beatrix Potter.

I loved the way the various works of literature are woven into the story. It's all about the power of words over reality. The similarities between Tommy Taylor and Harry Potter continue to amass. I feel like the author is playing up the similarities to give the reader a sense of familiarity with the Tommy Taylor stories, so the reader can understand how obsessed two children could get over a book, but part of me wonders if it could be considered some kind of copyright infringement.

Originally I had bought these graphic novels for the teen section of my library, because they were on the YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens list, and the concept seemed made for teens. The chapter about Mr. Bun the bunny, however, is making me wonder if this is the right decision. In the first volume, there was some foul language and a bloody massacre. This volume takes it one step further with the use of the "c" word and the deaths of children... That and the fact that it is "suggested for mature readers" on the back cover makes me think I ought to move it to the adult section - because honestly, the themes and references seem more adult to me as well. It's a conundrum...(less)

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Dec 07, 2012 Jaimie rated it 5 of 5 stars

With his miraculous escape from prison,, Tom Taylor has finally started to believe in his own magic. The doorknob that is a gateway between time and space is only the first part of the puzzle, along with the mysterioius map that he found in his father's study, and Tom must figure out what they can do to figure out who he really is. It looks like these objects are a way for Tom to visit the times in the past when the great books were written, but I'm not sure yet how these tie in to the whole sto...more

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May 23, 2011 Ian Hrabe rated it 4 of 5 stars

An excellent progression to the story. Though Carey & Gross could have made it feel like they were being economical by showing the story from a few different character POVs, including some of the same scenes two or three times, it works remarkably well to give you that sense of connectedness that makes things good. The prison escape sequence is awesome, and ultimately fucked up and kind of cool in the manifestation of the main villain (who even in a brief glimpse, is fucking scary). The "Jud...more

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Jan 03, 2011 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, graphic-novels

I mentioned in my review of the first volume of The Unwritten that it was too light on actual story; this volume corrects that by moving the story along nicely, while at the same time continuing to develop the themes implied by the premise.

Tom Taylor continues the journey he started in the first volume, encountering a variety of fictional characters who are starting to seep into the 'real' world. What's really interesting here, though, is the subtle argument for the divine nature of story - Fran...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Mur Lafferty rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

This was nominated for the 2011 Hugo Award, and while it was pretty good, I didn't see it as award-worthy. The book starts a bit confusing and slow, and doesn't really pick up till the end, when you discover it's brilliant. I still think the underlying truths could be hinted at more effectively, ie I know we're to be kept in the dark as much as Tommy is, but if I'd been reading this via comic book instead of graphic novel format, I'd probably have lost interest.

Don't get me wrong, it's a brillia...more

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Mar 01, 2011 Alan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mike Carey, who is also a published novelist, is helping to keep the tradition of literary fantasy alive at Vertigo. Tom Taylor is supposed to be the basis for his father's best selling series of YA fantasy books about boy sorcerer Tommy Taylor (yes, I assume all Harry Potter allusions are intended). But this is much more than a Harry Potter pastiche. Tom has been framed for multiple murders, and this had lead to an examination of his role in the world's popular culture and unfavorable examinati...more

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Apr 28, 2011 Sarah Payok rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics

I enjoyed volume 2 of the Unwritten far more than volume 1, but you really need volume 1 to understand the story. Volume 2 gets right into the actual story without having to provide the annoying backstory that volume 1 required. The story itself is *so* good but this volume still spends too much time on world reaction to the Tommy Taylor story. In this day and age, I think you can assume that a celebrity story is getting discussed on the internet; devoting pages to showing excerpts from blogs, f...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Abby rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-about-books, fairytales-folktales-and-retellings, fantasy, graphic-novels

Volume 2 of The Unwritten picks up where Volume 1 left off. If you haven't read Volume 1, this review will be a bit of a spoiler. If you've read Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, read on! I promise not to spoil anything for you. :)

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Aug 01, 2010 Lizzie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, chris-s, comics, borrowed, new-stuff

I've actually read through issue 15, the most recent released to date, but this collection will cap at 12. I really like several things about the next issues, though, so I look forward to reviewing upcoming volumes. More stars!

This volume mostly deals with Tom's ordeal in prison after the events of the first book, and where he begins to go after it's destroyed. He still doesn't have a plan really, or any idea why terrible things are following him and how much to trust the new capabilities he's p...more I've actually read through issue 15, the most recent released to date, but this collection will cap at 12. I really like several things about the next issues, though, so I look forward to reviewing upcoming volumes. More stars!

This volume mostly deals with Tom's ordeal in prison after the events of the first book, and where he begins to go after it's destroyed. He still doesn't have a plan really, or any idea why terrible things are following him and how much to trust the new capabilities he's picking up. How could he trust what he sees? He's walking blind with all these things going on. Lizzie keeps telling him to walk the path, which is totally pissing him off. She clearly knows what's happening. Lizzie, what is happening?!

I really like the addition of the blogger friend. In general Carey's use of the internet and media is pretty great, and the comic is full of big intimidating ideas so a goofy dude is appreciated. The tragedy of the prison governor and his transformation is impressive. The reflective Frankenstein monster popping up is an occasionally surprising touch: "We have that in common. ... We are made things. And those who made us do not love us." And Lizzie's ability to communicate with Wilson through the words in books is freaking awesome.

Also there's a flying cat.

Less excited about the three following issues, two with the unexpected time-travel visit with Goebbels, Jud Süss, and the, ah, literary "canker" as it's unfortunately named. Though the art is really cool. Tom's abilities don't really make enough sense yet. Why did he get to deal with the messiest mess right away, and is he going to do a lot of this "healing" of historical contradictions? It's just a different type of focus than the rest of the series has had.

And the creepy last issue with the warning fable of Paul the bunny, authorial enemy turned fairy tale character, is just kinda weird. Or, more Beatrix Potter/Milne character than fairy tale. It's kind of funny too -- a suicidal rabbit cursing up a crazy storm with all these huggy forest animals -- but majorly weird. But, I really want to see what other kinds of things like this can happen.

Really excited for more of this, because it's going to get even better.

While reading these issues, I learned that my nightstand drawer is pretty much exactly the same size as a stack of comic books. So that's gonna be a thing now.(less)

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Aug 07, 2011 Thom Foolery rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: metafiction, fiction, comics, fantasy, horror, library-public

I have the intuition that in "real life" a filmy gauze of story is all that stands between us and the overwhelming enormity that is Reality. I think Mike Carey intuits that as well, because a similar notion resides at the heart of this series. Does life imitate art, does art imitate life, or do art and life arise from something else? From stories? So there are lots of big ideas about the power of story in these comics, which is good. And there is lots of beautiful artwork, which is also good. Un...more

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Oct 16, 2011 Alison rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, fiction-fantasy, graphic-format

I think the best part about this series so far is that even with the ridiculousness and insanity, it's all very literary. It loves literature and references it, in the form of the aforementioned Pooh spoof and an extended riff on the Song of Roland and of course all of the Harry Potter/fantasy-in-general allusions. It is also way more than its premise; sure, there's adventure and potential wizardliness, but there's also a lot to think about in terms of the role of media, the effect of childhood...more

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Dec 16, 2012 Mark rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Mark by: Sara Q Thompson

Shelves: graphic-novels, from-library

This certainly furthered the story but also took it in unexpected ways building up plenty of maneuvering room to keep the series going for a while. But this also left me less sure of my appreciating its future direction.

There is a fair bit of French and German in this volume and I did not appreciate that they left it all untranslated. They could use a different way of lettering or put the different languages in some symbol, like << ... >>, as in the Luba stories. And it wasn't even c...more

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Mar 17, 2013 Brian rated it 5 of 5 stars

Spoilers for volume 1

Volume two picks up with Tom(my) Taylor being arrested for the murders at the Villa Diodati. This book introduces the Ron surrogate character (or so I assume) in Richie Savoy as well. More importantly, this volume begins explaining more about what magical fictional powers Tom has as he steps in a Jewish novel twisted by the Nazis (it's a long story).

Oh, and there's a seemingly out of place story about a Peter Rabbit style character knowing that he's been trapped in a fiction...more

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