Jack of Fables: Babe the Blue Ox pt. 1 of 3

[glprime]

Having recently acquired the entire current run of Jack of Fables by... certain means... I wanted to share a part of the hilarious fun the series embodies with its most beloved background character.



Who is Babe?
The Blue Ox that Paul Bunyan ran around with.

Why's Babe so small?
It's slightly complicated; read Jack of Fables.

What's all this craziness in the scenes going on around Babe?
The little guy tries not to concern himself with such matters. He is a wandering poet, adrift in the world. Long as there's someone to feed him, take him out for walks, and give him a good nuzzle once and a while, his worries are few.

Why doesn't Babe ever talk?
He prefers to keep to himself; largely he thinks a lot.

What does a miniature blue ox think about all the time?
Good question...



















Back with more of the Blue Bull tomorrow.


9 pages from 9 issues of Jack of Fables.

Comments

[mullon]

I always wanted to try writing one of those.

[silverzeo]

Somebody has been with Garfield and Hobbes too long.

[jlbarnett]

Snoopy. Garfield has fantasized occasionally and Hobbes is one, but it's Snoopy that puts that kind of detail into his fantasy life.

[crinos]

Now I want to see Snoopy and Babe team up to fight the Red Baron.

[glprime]

Which a latter issue even lampshades.

[just_kazari]

Adorable! Very "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty".

[sinisterlink]

I would so read a series about Alonzo the cruelty-free pirate.

[neuhallidae]

God, I love Babe.

[thatnickguy]

Just to the negative nancy combo breaker...I really don't get the appeal of these. For one, it's just the same image repeated for six panels with different dialogue. It's no different than Dinosaur Comics, which I hate to say it, but I'm not a fan of either.

Plus, it adds nothing to the story and is kind of a waste of a page every month.

Sorry, folks. It's just one of those things I just don't get.

[sethgray]

Yeah, I don't get it either. The one with him pissing on the bike rack was kind of humorous but the rest make me wish he'd get some therapy.

[icon_uk]

Why would you need therapy for a little harmless daydreaming?

[sethgray]

There's something oddly macabre about these to me. As if he's coming up with zany scenarios to escape being a small house pet. I dunno. Just seems weird.

[icon_uk]

I don't get macabre out of this so much as endless imagination. And sort of reminds me of the song Rich Fantasy Lives (Which is a 3.56Mb MP3 file before anyone on dialup clicks on it) by our own resident filker (well one of them) Tom Smith.

[cmdr_zoom]

Do you feel the same about Snoopy's various fantasy lives?
Serious question.

[sethgray]

I couldn't say. I'm not a huge reader of Peanuts.

[ondine]

But it's funny.

[thatnickguy]

To you, yes.

To me, no.

[ghosty732]

These pages are just another example of why Jack of Fables is not my kind of book, even though Fables is probably my favourite book out there.

I just don't find them funny, either.

[goodfellow-puck.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Booooooooring. Never funny and too much to read with next to nothing going on in the panels. I always skip them, but it's still annoying to me since (as you said) it's a waste of a page they could be using elsewhere. Not to mention I feel for the artist having to keep track of a little blue pet that does nothing through most the book. :-P

[halloweenjack]

Yeah, it's sort of different (and occasionally dirty) iterations on the Snoopy-Sopwith Camel theme, but they're still funny. I'll probably check this out, if for no other reason than to find out where that black bra came from.

[arbre_rieur]

Even though I didn't like Jack of Fables at all (though I've giving it another shot these days because of the change in protagonist), the Babe pages were always great. Before I dropped the series, they were often the only thing I truly enjoyed in a given issue.

[glprime]

The new leading character does seem a lot more fun, and while Gary the Pathetic Fallacy is a character I'll miss, he could really only go so far before becoming tiresome.