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Fables vol 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham

I am now head over heels in love with this series.

It starts out with another flashback, told by Boy Blue about the last battle that allowed the last ship of Fables to come to our world.  Many Fables gave their lives in order to let others go.  The night before the battle, Boy Blue meets Little Red Riding Hood and they fall in love.  But tragedy strikes and, as Blue puts it, “That’s the point at which this story becomes a ridiculous farce, isn’t it?  A Grotesque parody of an insipid O. Henry tale.”

This is the set up for what the rest of this volume is all about, what they’ve always dreaded…The Adversary’s Soldiers have come through the gateway.  And at their helm is Little Red Riding Hood…or is she?

One of the really great things about graphic novels is that things can be hinted at in pictures.  The soldiers look strangely familiar…

The battle that ensues is epically stunning.  Brilliant.  Exciting. Everything that you want from something that is necessarily action-packed as well as complicated.  

But it leaves the reader hungry for more.  What will happen next?  Who will come through the gate?  And who the Hell is the Adversary, anyways?  

I finished the volume yesterday and today I’m going to the library to put in my book request for the next one.

 
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Other works by Bill Willingham:

Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Fables vol. 2: Animal Farm
Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons
Fables Vol. 6: Homelands
Fables Vol. 7: Arabian Nights 
Fables Vol. 8: Wolves 
Fables Vol. 9: Sons of Empire 
Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince 
Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces 
Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages 
Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover 
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
Peter & Max: A Fables Novel 
Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book One 
Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Two 
Jack of Fables Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape 
Jack of Fables Vol. 2: Jack of Hearts 
Jack of Fables, Vol. 3: The Bad Prince
Jack of Fables Vol. 4: Americana 
Jack of Fables Vol. 5: Turning Pages 
Jack of Fables Vol. 6: The Big Book of War 
Jack of Fables Vol. 7: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack 
Day of Vengeance (Countdown to Infinite Crisis)
House of Mystery Vol. 1: Room and Boredom 
Sandman Presents, The: Thessaly – Witch for Hire
Sandman Presents, The: Taller Tales
Ironwood Book 2
Shadowpact Vol. 1: The Pentacle Plot 
Robin/Batgirl: Fresh Blood
Robin: Unmasked!
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