If handsome princes did not exist, we would have to invent them

[arbre_rieur]

Terry Moore (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, ECHO) guest-pencils this month's issue of FABLES, a standalone story that catches us up with Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. When we last saw her, she had purposefully pricked her finger to reactivate her curse, in order to defeat an entire city of the Empire by putting them all to sleep. There's she's remained for many, many months now, dreaming in her Sleeping City...



When none of the princes have any luck, this would-be new Emperor's sergeant suggests changing tacks.




If you paid attention to the background in the previous page, you noticed the sentry getting assassinated. It turns out some folks aren't cozy with the idea of the Imperial City reawakening, so they've decided to steal Briar Rose away so that she can never be kissed and woken. And by "they" I mean ninja goblins.

Comments

[arilou_skiff]

For some reason the "no singing" part amuses me.

[espanolbot]

Well, he does look kind of like the King of Swamp Castle from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail.

[arilou_skiff]

I think it's more the fact that it's an addition to the original sign, like they wrote the first instructions before thy let people in butthen people started singing...

[thatnickguy]

But father!

[filkertom]

Listen, Alice....

[thatnickguy]

...Herbert.

[thosefew]

Wait for the guy to show up with the boombox playing "In your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel.