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Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons Paperback – April 1, 2005

by Bill Willingham (Author), Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)
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Collecting issues 22 and 28-33 of the hit VERTIGO series, this trade paperback features two tales of Bigby's exploits during World War II as well as "The Year After," which follows the aftermath of the Adversary's attempt to conquer Fabletown — including the birth of Snow White and Bigby's children!
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Fables, the comic about fairy-tale characters ("Fables") living in exile in Manhattan and upstate New York, started with a jaunty mystery (Legends in Exile, 2003) full of irony, but it has steadily darkened. Some major figures--Bluebeard, for instance--have been killed, and in March of the Wooden Soldiers (2004), the Manhattan enclave was attacked by forces of the Adversary, which drove them from their home world. The title story here depicts the year after the attack. Summer sees the birth of Deputy Mayor Snow White's sextuplets (the father is Sheriff Bigby Wolf); fall, Prince Charming's election as mayor; winter, bad decisions by the new administration; and spring, plans to counterattack the Adversary. Two shorter pieces show Bigby Wolf on a secret mission during World War II and Cinderella entrapping a Fable who is collaborating with the Adversary. Tony Akins draws the shorter stories with less detail than Mark Buckingham does the big one; both uphold Fables' snappy good looks. Ray Olson
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Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than 20 years. During that time, he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business, and he's created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, Coventry, Proposition Players, and of course the seminal Vertigo series Fables, as well as its spin-off series Fairest, Jack of Fables and The Literals. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz comic industry awards and the International Horror Guild award. He lives somewhere near a good poker room.

Born in 1966 in the English seaside town of Clevedon, Mark Buckingham has worked in comics professionally for the past twenty years. In addition to illustrating all of Neil Gaiman's run on the post-Alan Moore Miracleman in the early 1990s, Buckingham contributed inks to The Sandman and its related miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life as well as working on various other titles for Vertigo and Marvel through the end of the decade. In 2002 he took over as the penciller for Bill Willingham's Fables, which has gone on to become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed Vertigo titles of the new millennium. When not in Clevedon, Buckingham can be found with his wife Irma in the Asturias region of northern Spain.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vertigo (April 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1401204864
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401204860
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.73 x 0.39 x 10.16 inches
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Bill Willingham never fought a desperate and losing battle in a good cause, never contributed to society in a meaningful way, and hasn't lived a life of adventure, but he's had a few moments of near adventure. At some point in his life Bill learned how to get paid for telling scurrilous lies to good people, and he's been doing it ever since. He lives in the wild and frosty woods of Minnesota.

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Nathaniel R Reilly
5.0 out of 5 stars Fables ..... always awesome
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013
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A masterfully crafted tale that rips hours from my life but keeps me blissfully content; Always wanting more..... my only sadness is that i will catch up to date, and then i will have to wait for the next issue..... i suppose there is always the side story iteration, and perspectives, and some with separate lives..... but i do love the main story, and haven't tried the others yet, soo im not qualified outside of the main series up until vol. 8... for now... good read though...

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T. Noever
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant stuff for a fairy tale buff
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2005
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Comics left me cold. Fables: Legends in Exile and its sequels have changed all that. I remain unenthusiatic about most 'comic' fare, but this stuff is simply brilliant. Fairy-tales, dark, grim and gritty, with lots of in-jokes, allusions and amusing bits and pieces to delight someone brought up, as I was, on the 'real' Grimm's Fairy Tales.

At the time of writing this, Mean Seasons is the last in the trade series, which compiles individual comics into books. I can hardly wait for the next one. Almost tempted to buy the actual comics, but I much prefer the bound versions and getting a significant chunk of story each time.

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David
4.0 out of 5 stars A lull in the war, but plenty of new plot twists
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2006
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Since the Adversary's first attack in the previous volume, it was obvious that the war had come to Fabletown and that this would be an ongoing theme for the rest of the series. However, aside from the first story, which features a treacherous Fable, the war with the Adversary hardly figures at all into this volume. Instead, we mostly get to see what happens as Prince Charming takes over Fabletown, and Snow White tries to deal with her litter of flying babies. There is also another murder mystery with a sad ending, and a flashback story featuring Bigby Wolf behind enemy lines in World War II. A great collection of stories, but a bit slower-paced than previous volumes.
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Corey Beth
5.0 out of 5 stars Fable Excellence Continues
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2024
The story continues and the plot thickens. I love the many nods to tales of all kinds, including mythology, even famous song lyrics. The population of Fabletown (and the Farm) is made up of historically famous fictional characters well known and little known. It is fun in this technological day and age to look up some of the names I might not recognize and see what their stories might be.

There is a lot of set up in this book for the plots to come. Most of the major players have had their backstory explored & its fun to meet new characters and see the relationships developing. The worldbuilding is exceptional while still holding out on some of the juiciest bits, like who is the Adversary & why he took over the Fablelands in the first place.

I have really enjoyed rereading these first few volumes, but this is the last one I have previously read, so I am highly excited to see where the story goes from here & how things continue to develop. The art continues to be colorful and detailed, bringing the Fables and their stories to vivid life in these pages.

I do have one complaint this time about the KU digital version of the graphic novel. Normally I like to read the story using the built-in tool that zooms in on each panel, making it easier to read (especially on my small phone screen). However this time I don't know if they didn't measure right or what, but several of the panels cut off part or all of a word bubble within the panel, meaning I had to stop the panel-by-panel & zoom out so I could see the dialogue.

Bottom line, even with those "technical difficulties" this was a great read. At this point I am highly invested in the story and finding out what's next for all of our favorites. There are a number of different plotlines that seem to be coming to fruition soon, and I can't wait to see what's next!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2021
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LadyWolf
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping!
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2014
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Couldn't put it down!
This is the first comic book.......err.....I mean.....Graphic novel, I've read since I was a little kid. I never thought one could be so enthralling!
A must-have! I have already read volumes 1 thru 4. 😁
Also awesome!
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Marshall barton
5.0 out of 5 stars Logic
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2019
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I have hundreds of comics, and this series though old is my favorite
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Summer D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2018
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Read this if you love a good twist on fairytales
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Marie Schiffer
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice I love it
Reviewed in Germany on June 19, 2021
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Just as expected! I love it...
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Ana Costa
5.0 out of 5 stars Este é meu vício
Reviewed in Brazil on August 17, 2019
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Quero mais 🥺 vou esperar impaciente pelo momento em que poderei continuar a ler esta saga maravilhosa
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TheTechGirl
5.0 out of 5 stars Great books - will stand the test of time!
Reviewed in Canada on September 12, 2017
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Great books - will stand the test of time!
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Matt
5.0 out of 5 stars sustained excellence
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2015
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Another captivating and engrossing chapter in the ongoing story of the fables. Exploring the backgrounds of some characters and how this affects the present. There are big changes in New York and you get the feeling that this is all setting things up for a very big action packed next issue.
I have loved every part of this series, from the art to the amazing imagination, one of my favourite comic properties!
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Benjamin Cappas
2.0 out of 5 stars A weak volume in a decent series
Reviewed in Japan on August 1, 2013
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So there were things I liked, and things I did not. However, there were a whole heap more things which were just a bit... meh. In a long series like this, I suppose every volume cannot be great, and coming after the very enjoyable March of the Wooden Soldiers, it should be no real surprise that this one falls a bit flat.

There are three main story arcs. Bigby's recollections of World War II are quite fun and help to highlight the unaging nature of the Fables. On the other hand, it is a bit of a tired trope with that superheroes/supernaturals supporting the allies against Hitler and his delvings into the occult. I did like the nostalgic feeling of this story though.

The next story relates to Snow White and her pregnancy, and what comes after. While it is a logical continuation of what has come before and it shall no doubt lead on to more interesting story lines later on down the line, it is not such a great story in itself. On the plus side it does introduce at least one new character.

Meanwhile, running parallel we follow the unfolding political situation back in Fabletown. While this is not exactly dramatic, it does advance the main storyline and presumably set things up for later stories.
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