Fables 2: Animal Farm

This of course was the second arc of Fables I had read, and I gotta say, I'm really enjoying the title as I read more and more. While the story for "Animal Farm" was more exciting and gripping to me than the first storyline, I still had some problems with it. Nevertheless it was a really enjoyable read, and will probably follow up on Fables, since like so many of other titles from Vertigo, it's nearing its end.

I too appreciated the greater depth into characters' backstories and liked how the creators 'up-ed' the stakes as it were, broadening the events to affect not only this small cast of characters, but the entire world of Fables that has yet to be seen. And of course that dark twisted humor that I'm sure is a huge part of the entire series is always great to read. There are so many instances where both words and images used in different and varied combinations make for some hilarious scenes. One of my favorites was the first page of the last issue when Snow and Colin the pig (now a head on stake) are both standing in front of a white page in a limbo like state, and have great conversation that esentailly summarizes the previous issues for readers, but not in a way you expect, and is actually fun to read.

My one complaint is that the story seemed a bit simplisitic, at least compared to the first arc. It just seemed like issues #2-4 was essentially one really long chase scene and didn't seem to have any major character or story developments to the larger scheme of things until the very end.

All in all though, "Animal Farm" was a great read, and I'm glad we were able to read this before the semester ended.