Saturday, May 23, 2009

Jack of Fables #34

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


The Great Fables Crossover continues, and while this issue has plenty of decent moments, overall, I'm beginning to feel like the Crossover isn't a little padded and drawn out.

In this issue, Bigby gets transformed into a few different things, and Kevin Thorn discovers that it is his twin brother, Writers Block, that is causing his difficulties in re-writing reality (and is the guy in the straight jacket we keep seeing). Not much more than that happens.

I think it is a strange choice to not have Jack appear in his own title, but to keep the silliness and cartoon-ish art that it is known for. I hope, when the dust settles on this story, that the two titles will diverge in their styles once again, as I rather like the more serious nature of Fables, while still enjoying the usual madness that is Jack of Fables.

On the positive side, it's good to see Brian Bolland draw the monkey from Animal Man #25. Does this mean that Bigby has been transformed into Grant Morrison?

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