Fairest Vol. 2: Hidden Kingdom
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401240216 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A really great series" according to Damfino. A great series for anyone who enjoyed Fables. I really liked that they are soft back and fit well on my shelves without taking up too much room.. A Real Beginning for the Series! Hapax Legomenon I really enjoyed Volume 1 of Fairest when it was released; however, I never got the feeling while reading it that it was a series unto itself. It seemed more like a very long backup issue for the Fables series proper, and I was afraid that it would set a status quo for this new title, which would have been a shame because I was really looking forward to a spin-off that would explore the lives and stories of some of Fables' lesser-utilized characters. Luckily, Fairest Volume 2: Hidden Kingdom assuaged that fear.This collection of . Love this series, not my fav book They kind of forced a romance with rapunzel and a hot asian woman who happens to be a kitsune. Not that i am opposed to the ladies having a relationship, but this kind of thing feels forced and cheese-cakey. They also has rapunzel sort of develop an evil weird power, which was unexpected and still inadequately explained. It did have some nice creepy Japanese-style horror in it, but then they threw in the blondest of the blonde, it just had a forced mash-up feel. An interesting and fun read.
"By the time I put the book down I was already anticipating the further adventures of the Fairest fables. Willingham's love for these characters is a abundantly clear and palpable on every page."—boingboing"This is a different, more fantastical take on the characters of the Fable setting, with little to no interactions with the modern world, instead a more imaginative approach to recreating the fantasy at the heart of the tales that inspired the setting. Jimenez’s detailed art is fittingly gorgeous and gives the magic all the grandeur it deserves.—Publishers WeeklyPraise for Bill Willingham's Fables:"Wonderful."—LA City Beat"The best comic book currently being pr
. Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's written many critically-acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, ROBIN, SHADOWPACT and SALVATION RUN. A multiple winner of the Eisner Award, Willingham has also been nominate
Balancing horror, humor and adventure in the FABLES tradition, FAIREST explores the secret histories of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, Snow White, Rose Red and others.In a stand-alone tale, Beast must hunt a beauty, but what is her relation to his past? And then, in a 6-part epic, Rapunzel lives one of the most regimented lives in Fabletown, forced to maintain her rapidly growing hair lest her storybook origins be revealed. New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator Bill Willingham presents a new series starring the female FABLES. But when word of her long-lost children surface, she races across the sea to find them--and a former lover.