I’ve been making my way through the fabulous "Fables" series of comic books. I’ve never been much of a fan of American comic artwork, so it says a lot that I have enjoyed these stories so much. I have even at times found even the artwork delicious.
The basic premise of the story is that all the fairy tale characters we have ever imagined are real, and live in their respective lands. However a dark fearsome enemy known as the Adversary is tearing through these lands one by one, conquering them. The Fables make the decision to flee from their lands into the world of the Mundys, us. Here they set up Fabletown, a place for Fables to live amongst us in secrecy. The less human Fables are resigned to the farm, in the deep countryside.
As any town does Fabletown has it’s own rulers, none other than Snow White. The job of sheriff goes to infamous Mr Bigby Wolf.
Fables is an exciting re-imagining of all the fairy tale characters you’ve ever heard of, and perhaps some you haven’t. For anyone interested in this genre and perhaps wanting to pick up their first graphic novel I’d heartily recommend this.
