I've decided to dip into the deluxe editions. I will be ordering the first 3 volumes. I heard that it really finds it's groove around volume 3, so I want to give it a fair chance. I love the concept of these stories, so I am excited. And i'll look forward for more volumes. If somehow, it does fails to hold my interest, I'll just stop at Volume 3.
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Just to add some more love to "Cubs in Toyland". One of my faves story arcs ever.
You were right about Jack of Fables. I bought the first hardcover (Second HC is on its way) and it's pretty good. I'd say it's at least on an equal level to the main Fables title.
Willingham somehow made Jack into an entertaining character in this book. It's also fun seeing appearances from some of the other characters from the main title. After I finish reading the second hardcover, I think I'll go back and re-read the entire Fables series (JoF included).
I have to ask, what was so bad about the Literals crossover?
^I'm glad you liked it. Yes, Jack was much more enjoyable in his own run
As for the crossover, it just felt forced and unnecessary, and ran way too long. No real repecussions as far as i remember either, although i haven't read any JoF after the fact to confirm this. Just seemed like an excuse to bring the 2 series together for the most part
I might check it out, anyway. I have volumes 1-8 of the deluxe hardcovers, while the rest of what I have are tpbs....I'm thinking of upgrading the rest of my Fables collection to the deluxe hardcovers, and I'll include that one.
I noticed it's been well over a year since they released any other Jack of Fables hardcovers. Makes me wonder if sales were low on that title so they didn't bother any further. If that's the case, I might have to get the tpbs that comprise of the rest of the series.
Being the rabid party animal that I am, I just bought volumes 9-15 of the deluxe hardcovers on IST while they're doing an extra 3% off sale on DC comics (Added with my extra 2% off for having done another recent purchase).....I also ordered the Fairest vol 2 tpb. I'm not too crazy about the Fairest line, as it's the weakest of the Fables series, but I figured I'd check that one out.
Lol nice. I'd hoped Fairest/Cinderella would get the deluxe treatment eventually to coordinate all the material, but if they don't even bother to wrap up JoF then obviously that won't happen
D C can not even get Alan Moore's Swamp Thing or John Byrnes Superman or Scott Snyder's New 52 Batman run in Omnibus
and for sure each one would be one of there best sellers
And even now they are consistently cancelling omnibuses they had solicited for months and many being collections that would
surely fill many readers personal library.
Bottom line, yes it is a soap opera with Fairy Tales. It is the love affair of Snow White and the big Bad Wolf. Who is the Emperor? The man who conquered all of the kingdoms, driving the fairy tales out of their lands. How will people be able to defeat him and reclaim their land. That is the premise for early parts of the storyline.
I think restorative nostalgia is the number one issue with comic book fans.
A fine distinction between two types of Nostalgia:
Reflective Nostalgia allows us to savor our memories but accepts that they are in the past
Restorative Nostalgia pushes back against the here and now, keeping us stuck trying to relive our glory days.
I kinda got bored by about volume 11 or 12 of the trades, and then there were all those TV series and movies trying to do the same thing.
Spoke to Mark Buckingham this weekend and asked if he knew about omnibusses? Unfortunately he didn't.
I think the first arc is the weakest but it just sets up the characters, the book is one of the best crafted of all time and the quality rarely dipped. I was hoping for an HBO adaptation but might be a while since the storylines are so similar to ABC series Once Upon a Time. The stories are better but too similar for a series right now. It would feel like Fables was ripping OUAT off when in fact it predates it.
Now that the Fables Compendiums seems to be a hit. Any chance they will revisit the idea of an HC omnibus? It seemed to be in the grapevine rumor then dropped before the compendiums came out.
Fingers crossed.
I'd love to see this in an omnibus format -- provided the series was published in reasonably sized volumes.
But something tells me, b/c it's DC/Vertigo, that they would try to cram this run into two or three massive volumes.
In that case, it would be an easy pass for me.