Saturday, January 31, 2009

Jack of Fables #30

Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges
Art by Tony Akins, Russ Braun, and Jose Marzan Jr.


This issue continues the excellent Books of War arc, as the siege of the Golden Boughs becomes even more complicated by some fifth column work by Goldilocks, and the rage of the Pathetic Fallacy. This arc works on ground that was laid back in the first issues of this title, and is a very satisfying read for that reason.

It also details a little more of the history of the Literals, and the work that Revise has been doing for a very long time. Willingham and Sturges are able to step back in time to fill in their readers on essential backstory, without taking away from the sense of urgency that this issue is permeated with.

The 'Babe the Blue Ox' page in this issue is one of the funniest ones yet.

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