Fairest #1

[arbre_rieur]

Rescue comes to Briar Rose at long last, but in an unlikely form...









So the bottle imp leads Ali Baba to a source of great treasure:

Comments

[righthondude]

Briar Rose needs to step away from the make up gun. Otherwise, very cute. I've just started Jack of Fables, is the Cinderella spin off any good?

[deleonjh]

I thought it was ok, it's more a James Bond spy thriller with Fables-type characters and situations than the kind of thing you'd expect from the series proper or even from Jack of Fables.

[arbre_rieur]

It's all right, but it's not on the same level as the series proper in my opinion, though I can't really place my finger on why. It's just missing... something. That and the first mini-series went on for longer than I felt its premise warranted.

[terrykun]

I think she was specifically tarted up a bit by the Imperial Remnant (yeah, I said it) when they were trying to find any Prince who could wake her; part of 'manufacturing' love rather than finding it.

The curse has been shown to be a bit flexible at times, as Briar has previously been woken up by a friendly police dog named Prince licking her face. X3

[lieut_kettch]

Wait... SIX seasons of Firefly? I want off this Mundy world!

[lakrids404]

I really hated the last seven season of Firefly, joss heart was not in it more. And I truly don't get why the spin offs have become so popular, there are original in them. Sometimes I wish we only had one perfect season one of firefly instead of the pathetic sell out of the heart of soul of the show, yes I am disappointed!!!

[rainspirit]

The Firefly video game was half-decent, though. Did you ever play it? Pity it scored so low on Multicritic!

[lakrids404]

Well it was full of bug when it came, so that was (rightly) part of the low score. I bought it couple years ago on steam on sale. Now is't a pretty good game especially if you uses it with the Browncoats Blue Hands Mega mod.

[q99]

Yea, that was just mean!

[icon_uk]

I know it divided fans, but I actually quite liked the Firefly/Red Dwarf crossover episode

(Though, that being said, even I thought the "Enterprise" pisstake episode was just cruel...)

[pallas_athena]

Yeah, that scene with the Cat and Inara was just wrong.

[darkblade]

When you introduce the cast of Red Dwarf to a "Companion" wrong is bound to happen in some form or another.

[nezchan]

To be fair, when you introduce the cast of Red Dwarf to anyone wrong is bound to happen.

[glprime]

Lets be honest: we ALL hated the first season being massively retconned by Season 2's Wham Episode opening, with the made-for-TV movie being a giant dream sequence training for River? And Wash and Zoe have their kid already? And Kaylee and Simon are fighting in between having lots of sex?

Yeah, it took awhile, but they got better.

[joasakura]

Oh, god. the scene with the beagle and the mock shuttle pod.

[deleonjh]

So the Snow Queen's not dead, right? Because it would be rather dumb to show her and then reveal in the next issue that it was actually just her frozen corpse. And the power passed to her son Jack Frost because she was in a coma or something, I'm guessing.

[arbre_rieur]

I don't see any reason she'd be dead. Plus, you'd think Ali Baba would notice if she were.

[mrstatham]

She's front and centre for the cover of Fairest #3, so I'd imagine she's far from dead.

[terrykun]

She should be waking up just a bit after Briar Rose, along with any other Imperial high mucky-mucks that survived the inferno Prince Lindwurm and his goblins turned the thorn-covered capital into.

[cainofdreaming]

"I'm Ali Baba, prince of thieves."

Also, performer of outrageous heroic poses for no discernible reason whatsoever.

[bestiasono]

No no, when you say your title, you strike a pose. Especially when it's "Prince of Thieves." Makes perfect sense to me.

[glprime]

I like to shout, "For I am king... KING of the Misfits!" while holding my hand up as though I were cradling an invisible wine glass, supervillain style.

[turtlefu]

It appears that the comic that is SUPPOSED to be about the main female fables is ACTUALLY about Ali Baba.
Wonderful.

[ravenous_raven]

Yeah, I had to recheck the title of the post too. This better be a one-time thing.

[arbre_rieur]

The first four issues are one story arc, and both Briar Rose and the Snow Queen look to be playing starring roles in the remaining issues. It is a weird way to begin the series though, I agree.

[beyondthefringe]

I just noticed that also. Three male (or male-identified) characters driving the story, while the two females are essentially quest objects. Great way to start off a female-centric series, no?

[dahlia_moon]

TBQH, I totally picked this up solely because of the cover (OMG it's gorgeous - there I said it) and okay, the premise of it intrigued me too, but, mostly, it was the cover. I still haven't read any of Fables, but am thinking of picking up the first trade soonish.

I'm really intrigued by Fairest though. I want to know what happened to the ruined city Ali Baba rummages in at the beginning. And about the Snow Queen and Briar Rose (the auburn princess is Briar Rose, correct?).

[arise]

Maybe it's just me, but there seems like some serious pornface going on in that cover. The inside art is nice, though, so idk.