Compared to the main Fables series, this one seems a little fluffier.

Jack was never one of my favorite Fables but I still enjoyed his adventures and mischiefs very much! At this point Bill Willingham can do no wrong in my eyes with the direction of the series and Jack just proved this once more! I will definetely keep reading the spin-off series!!

While the main Fables series is completed, there seem to be a plethora of other spin-offs available. That is absolutely fine by me as I am a big fan of Fables. I am also a fan of dry humor. Combine the two and you have "Jack of Fables".Remember Jack? Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack Nimble? Yes. Him. Turns out jack had stolen money from Fabletown and then moved to Hollywood. He made movies and became famous as well as wealthy. However, the fables sent their Sheriff (Beast) to retrieve their lost fund...

This was very good, but for whatever reason I didn't like it quite as much as the regular Fables series. So in this volume Jack gets caught by a group that imprisons Fables for whatever reason until their magic is gone and everyone has forgotten them. Not much is said about why this is being done, but as expected Jack was a little more then they were prepared for.

Jack has always been a problem for the Fables, he is always looking to make that quick buck, he never feels guilt or self-doubt and he is always in it for himself. Still this makes an interesting read. Jack is an asshole. Vulgar, but true. He is also a rebel, quick witted and willing to cause considerable damage to any existing structure/society that tries to control him. His is an anti-hero, but I will continue to read these volumes as I would like to find out what he gets up to and whom he mee...

I did like this spinoff and this first entry finds us in the midst of a prison escape. Jack leads a group to escape a mad villain who is trying to rid the world of magic. There were some great introductions but the story lacked that punch, it just ends without any threat. This isn't a strong lead in for the spinoff but the foundation is there for further adventures.

When you have a successful franchise, there's soon talk of a spin-off; and on many occasions that spin-off is rubbish, as a spin-off of Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile, Jack of Fables is pretty pretty good!Jack's got over a million dollars in a suitcase, the freedom of the Mundy (human) world and nowhere to call home, as he hitchhikes away from Hollywood, surely not that much can go wrong from there? Right? With the introduction to a whole other part of this reality, Bill Willingham and co. giv...

Better the second time.

Okay, one of you mundy assholes pull over and give me a ride.This volume starts off right after the Jack events from Volume 6 of Fables. Basically, Jack has nothing but a few million dollars to his name and is banished from Fabletown after breaking a bunch of Fable laws. So he's aimlessly hitchhiking and traveling when suddenly he gets kidnapped. He's then brought to a place called Golden Boughs Retirement Village where "Mr. Revise" sucks the magic from fables to make them like mundies. Cue plot...

I like "Fables", but I do not like the character Jack. I had no intention of reading his title, until I discovered that there would be a cross-over. I ordered the first two TPB volumes from eBay, grudgingly, and stopped reading "Fables" at vol. 12 because I intended to read through "Jack of Fables". My lack of enthusiasm for Jack meant that I did not get around to beginning vol. 1 of his series until several months had passed by. Having now read it, I feel I can say "Meh". It's not that it's a b...

I started reading these books because I have come to the section of the Fables volumes that has "The Great Fables Crossover" with these books. Here the crossover did exactly what it was supposed to do, because I had never planned on picking up these books previously. I didn't like Jack that much to begin with. I never once cared what he was doing while the other books were going on. Still, I thought I would give it a shot.Jack has not evolved as a character at all. He's a womanizing, egomaniac.

The choice of Jack as the spin off character for the Fables series is not one I would have made. I found him reasonably amusing in the original series, but in my experience a protagonist you can't like is sort of a problem... and I enjoy Jack as a character, but he's kind of unlikeable as a person. So, while the writing and drawing of this volume was good, it doesn't have the heart of the original series and therefore is nowhere near as compelling. That said, the plot was interesting, Jack's nar...

It's my second go on this series. I really liked Jack the first time but now, some years later, I found the first story arc less exciting than I remembered. The artwork is still fine but the story and the dialogs failed to keep my attention at some points, while the end seems now a little rushed. All in all, it's an entairtaining story that could be a little better. If you have read and liked Fables, give a try at Jack too. PS. the review is based on my reading of the issues #1-5, which are coll...

Jack Horner/Jack the Giant-Killer is a big shot in Hollywood, but when he walks away from it, he is captured and brought to a “retirement home” for Fables. Really, it’s a prison and they aren’t allowed to leave. Jack manages to convince the others to try to escape. I quite enjoyed this! As with all the Fables graphic novels, the illustrations are amazing. I enjoyed the little gallery at the end of various sketches of some of the characters, as well. I liked the new characters at the prison, the

Every bit as good as Fables. It turns out every fairy tale with someone named Jack in it is all about the same person, Jack of the Tales. Jack is a womanizing, douche bag, conman always looking to strike it rich. Just when his schemes are bout to succeed, his wicked ways come back to bite him in the ass. Some of the characters are self aware about their nature as being in a story and can take a metaphysical twist.Jack gets snatched up by this group that is looking to make Fables fade away by rem...

If you liked the original FABLE series then you will like this offshoot, especially if you liked the Jack character. Tale follows Jack after his big incident in the regular series. I won't say what it was to avoid spoilers. Kewl things about the first book of the JACK series: 1. We get to see a lot of Fable characters make their first appearance, like Alice in Wonderland. 2. We find out what happened to Goldilocks 3. Jack is caught by an evil Fable, who holds many other Fables hostage on a priso...

actual rating: 3.5I read several volumes of this back in the day but never finished it so I decided to start a reread. Way more interesting to me than the main Fables title right off the bat but my issue with Fables was always that they chose the absolute most boring characters to focus on and with Jack as the main character here that's absolutely not an issue. What can I say, I love a story about an absolute asshole that you're going to root for anyway.

Update: Here's my full review http://bookishrealmreviews.blogspot.c...Okay to be honest in order to appreciate this spin-off series you have to like Jack from the original Fable tales. If you don't then this spin off series may not be for you. Jack is rude, arrogant, stubborn, and an all around jack ass, but I find it hilarious so I'll definitely be reading some more of these before I read the 13th volume of Fables.

This review can also be found on my blog: https://graphicnovelty2.com/2017/01/2...Jack the Giant Killer, Little Jack Horner, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Jack Frost, and Jack O’Lantern…these are all names that Jack of Fables is known by. As his shirt on the front cover says, ensemble books are for losers, so he now fronts his own story upon his escape from Fabletown. My blogging partner has had only good things to say about the Fables books, so paired with me taking a c...

Having in mind the fact that Jack of Fables was one of my worst characters in the first dozens of FABLES issues, this spin-off series with him as a protagonist was half-good. Good enough for me to continue reading, good enough for everyone who enjoys/enjoyed the main series to give it a go. Surely it's not of the same quality, especially art-wise, but it's readable on the first 5 issues. :)