The Joker’s Last Laugh #1-6 (2001)

“Didn’t figure you for the prayin’ type, boss.” “Why? Because I kill people and do really rotten things to puppies and kittens?” My first digital comics read on my new tablet is this six part series from DC. The series writers were Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty. There were numerous… Continue reading

Fairest #1-6 (2012)

  Quote: “I smell a rat! No, I smell whatever sort of vermin a rat smells when he smells a rat!”   The recent publication of issue 6 of Fairest marks the end of the first story. Fairest is the latest spinoff from Fables and will focus on the female… Continue reading

Fables: Inherit the Wind (2012)

  Quote: “That’s the trouble with prophecy. It seldom helps and often harms.”   Volume 17 of Fables collects issues 108 – 113. The book was again written by creator Bill Willingham and the four issue main story, and the standalone story following it, was again pencilled by the ever… Continue reading

Fables: Super Team (2011)

  Quote: So basically, you’ve been wasting my time with nine different costume fittings. Was all this a dodge to watch me undress so often?   This is volume 16 of the popular Vertigo series and collects issues 101 – 107. As usual it was written by Bill Willingham and… Continue reading

Fables: Rose Red (2011)

  Quote: He’s never fought a duel. I’m an expert at it. He’s agreed to a game he barely knows, where I own the game board, the pieces, the dice – everything.   This is volume 15 of the ongoing Vertigo series and collects issues 94 – 100. As usual… Continue reading

Jack of Fables: The End (2011)

  Quote: What kinds of heroes would we be if we retired having never slain an actual dragon?   And so we come to the final collection of the Jack of Fables comics. This is volume 9 and it collects issues 46 – 50. It was again written by Bill… Continue reading

Jack of Fables: The Fulminate Blade (2011)

  Quote: I fully intend to kill that giant and ensure that no more virgins are sacrificed!   This is volume 8 of the Jack of Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 41 – 45. It was again written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges. The art was by various… Continue reading

Fables: Witches (2010)

  Quote: Cry havoc and let slip the woody heads of war!   This is volume 14 of the Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 86-93. The volume contains three stories that were again all written by Bill Willingham. The art on the first story was by Jim Fern and… Continue reading

Jack of Fables: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack (2010)

  Quote: “Get your paws off me, you damned dirty ape!” “There’s no need to be rude. It isn’t as if hot baths are easy to come by in the jungle.”   This is volume 7 of the Jack of Fables paperbacks and it collects issues 36-40. It was again… Continue reading