Fables #125
Written by Bill Willingham
Pencils by Mark Buckingham
Inks by Steve Loughridge
Letters by Todd Klein
Vertigo
Has it really been 125 issues? Fables is still a fun book with tons of good characters. And with this issue we are back with a new arc where Bigby Wolf is on the hunt with a badger named Brock Blueheart hunt for Bigby and Snow Whites children. Driving a magic convertible Corvette across dimensions, Bigby is trying to smell his way to them.
For me, reading Fables is like visiting old friends since it’s been going on for over 10 years with the same writer and artists doing the same book for years. The stories Willingham weaves with these public domain characters have taken on new meaning with his tales. Who would, after watching Disney movies, have thought Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf would marry and make a pack of children together?
And Mark Buckinghams art is always top notch. I especially love the boarders he puts on each page. Usually they change from one page to the next depending on the setting of the story. In this book however, we only have a single border style with a silver and gold rose. I’m not sure of the significance of the roses, but I’m sure it will become evident as the tale unwinds.
In the past, when previous issues of Fables have made it to the top of my weekly purchase pile, I always remark on how libraries should get it. It certainly not for young children, but teens and older would enjoy the intricate storytelling with familiar characters.
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