Fairest Vol. 1: Wide Awake [Kindle Edition] Author: BILL WILLINGHAM PHIL JIMENEZ | Language: English | ISBN:
B009TH2EL8 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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You can download Fairest Vol. 1: Wide Awake Free PDF from 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror link New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator Bill Willingham presents a new series starring the female Fables. 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.
The first 6-issue tale follows the misadventures of Briar Rose immediately after the events of Fables #107(collected in Fables Volume 16: Super Team), in which she was stolen away by the goblin army. Following this first collection, Willingham will serve as a consultant on all story arcs and introduce new writers from other mediums to the Fables mythos.
Fan-favorite artist Phil Jimenez (Wonder Woman, The Invisibles) returns to Vertigo to pencil the opening storyline. Award-winning cover artist Adam Hughes (Wonder Woman, Batgirl) provides covers, starting with a wraparound cover on issue #1 that spotlights the lovely ladies who will star in the series. Books with free ebook downloads available Fairest Vol. 1: Wide Awake Free PDF
- File Size: 99810 KB
- Print Length: 160 pages
- Publisher: Vertigo (November 27, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B009TH2EL8
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I've been a Fables fan for years and when I heard about Fairest, a book solely devoted to the female fables getting to be better explored, I could not wait to get my hands on it! As excited as I was about this book, when I read the trade I felt more than a bit underwhelmed by it and I'll explain why, but first I would like to first explain why I'm glad to have purchased it.
**This review contains Spoilers!**
The very first story arc of Fairest issues 1-6 Briar Rose is woken up by Ali Baba's kiss, breaking the enchantment on the Snow Queen Lumi. They're accompanied by a bottle imp Jonah Panghammer who knows most everything there is to know. After initially showing Briar and Ali hostility Lumi plays the defrosting ice queen and eventually warms to the trio mainly because she is addicted to being told stories and Jonah is more than happy to take the role of storyteller to her, particularly regarding the story of Sleeping Beauty (which, as pretty much anyone should know is the tale of Briar Rose). Jonah, while telling the story, accidentally gets the group into trouble because he numerously references the true name of the wicked fairy who is always itching to start trouble. The fairy starts a fight and Lumi, who has begun to fall for Ali Baba, takes it upon herself to finish it. BUT in a twist that I really loved, it turns out that Briar is the only one who can rightfully vanquish the evil fairy through a loophole in her curse. In the end Briar Rose learns a very important lesson from Jonah about "true love" and a way of looking at her curse (only being able to wake from her curse-caused sleep by the kiss of a prince who's love for her is true) and Lumi is allowed the chance to start over and be happy with her new boyfriend Ali Baba.
If you haven't read any of the wonderful volumes of the Fables series, then you'll be entering into Fairest with a distinct handicap. The story within this volume can mostly be read as a standalone volume, but you will absolutely feel like you are missing on a massive back story. Considering that there are at least fifteen volumes of Fables books before this one and you'd be correct. That's why I'm recommending that if you haven't read the Fables books so far, that you not start with this one. There are better volumes in the series and you won't fully appreciate all of this spin-off without knowing all of what is going on- especially the short at the end concerning Beauty and her husband Beast. For any who might be curious, this volume centers specifically on Briar Rose, Ali Baba, and Lumi the Snow Queen.
That said, this was a lot better than I initially gave it credit for. I remember first picking up some of the single issues of this when it first hit the stands and not being overly impressed with it. Reading it without having to wait for the next issue really did help, as it made the read more cohesive and interesting. At the same time I'll admit that this series doesn't have the pull that the main Fables comics do, as I didn't experience that "OMG, put that next volume in my hands RIGHT NOW" sensation I so wanted to feel. Not entirely, anyway.
One of the nicest parts of this had to have been the artwork. The panels are lovingly drawn and other than a few pages where Lumi is drawn somewhat strangely (to where she isn't really "Fairest"), the female characters here are incredibly beautiful. I didn't terribly mind the parts where Lumi was drawn with lines and angles, as it's sometimes nice to see a bit of variety. Not everyone can be the fairest all the time, after all.
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