Jack of Fables #37

Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges
Art by Russ Braun and Jose Marzan Jr.
With the close of the Great Fables Crossover, and the resolution of nearly three year's worth of stories pitting Jack up against the Literals, this book needs to find something new to do. Apparently, that involves shining the spotlight on Jack Frost, Jack's son, as he gets the majority of pages in this book.

Young Jack travels to the heart of the Empire, renounces his parentage and his mother's abilities, gets into a fight with some deserters, and makes friends with a wooden owl. It was a good start to his adventures, but didn't feel like new ground. Instead, it feels like the beginnings of a new buddy movie.

The Jack who this book is usually about only shows up for a few pages, wherein he gets treated poorly by the artist, in a way reminiscent of some old Warner Brothers cartoons. All we needed was the big hand and pencil. Personally, I thought that we would be done with the fourth wall stuff, now that the Literals are gone.

I think this title might be finding itself falling off my pull list, if the next issue doesn't restore some of the things I like about this book....