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By Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha (Vertigo)
ISBN 1-84023-729-5
Animal Farm further explores the conceit that fairytales are real and they’re hiding from the Bogeyman in our back yards. When The Adversary conquered the Realms of Fantasy, a Dunkirk-like exodus brought all these wondrous beings to our drab old Earth, where they still reside in opulent, desperate and obsessional seclusion.
Probably the most unique of these safe-havens is “The Farmâ€, a wilderness estate where all the beasts and non-human creatures of fantasy are confined – ‘for the greater good of all Fables’. Unable to transform every talking animal into a human simulacrum, the powers in Fable society have hidden them away from human eyes for centuries.
However ‘for your own good’ is no longer an acceptable excuse and rebellion is in the air among the talking animals, giants and monsters. Snow White and Co. must solve this diplomatic crisis before the Mundanes or worse still The Adversary discover everything.
This is another smart and savvy tale from Bill Willingham, full of sharp dialogue and brilliantly reasoned fantasy. The art from Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha is seductive and beguilingly efficient. This stuff is the purest of gold and should be compulsory reading for grown up readers of every type. You really must read these books.
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