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arbre_rieur (arbre_rieur) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-15 18:15:00

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creator: bill willingham, creator: mark buckingham, publisher: vertigo, title: fables

Fables #89
It's Part 3 of the "Witches" story arc, but this issue Bufkin steals the show.

Baba Yaga and the blue Djinn are loose in the Business Office of the Woodland Building, freed by Mister Dark, and Bufkin's trapped there with them. So what's a monkey to do when he's trapped in a sealed building with two insanely powerful monsters?

(The Djinn has the raw power to leave the office, but he's been a slave inside his bottle for so long that he's no longer skilled at using his magic for his own benefit rather than in service to another. It's like a left-handed person trying to write with his right.)

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	sailorlibra 2009-10-16 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Cool. Maybe Fablestown should actually be Bufkinville after all. (Reply to this)

	ghosty732 2009-10-16 02:33 am UTC (link)
	While I thought that Bufkin would trick the Djinn and Baba Yaga to defeat each other, this is WAY better. When Willingham is on, he's on. This arc has been one of the best ones so far (or at least, in a looong while) and it's only been 3 issues so far. (Reply to this)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-16 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Bufkin is my new hero. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	chains_of_irony 2009-10-16 08:43 am UTC (link)
	Seconded. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ravenous_raven 2009-10-16 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Man, I love Fables. Great idea, better plots. I liked what I saw of Buffkin before, a snarky, know-it-all flying monkey. and now he finally gets his chance to shine! requests to see how this ends? B) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ghosty732 2009-10-16 03:59 am UTC (link)
	This issue just came out today, and the arc does not finish until December. However, stuff has been posted from all three issues of this arc so far (I think) because it's just that awesome. So you'll probably see how it ends on here (unless you choose the buy the issues... unless you read it in trades). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cf105 2009-10-16 04:06 am UTC (link)
	All I can say is that is one badass alcoholic formerly poop throwing flying monkey. Iis he from Oz? Just wondering if that ties into Ozma showing up and Fraun Totenheimer leaving. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ghosty732 2009-10-16 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Next issue is entitled Ozma, so you never know what we'll find out. An interesting theory floating around is that Ozma is as responsible for Bufkin's scenario has Frau Totenkinder was for Flycatcher's during The Good Prince, manipulating someone from her own story into meeting her desired needs unsuspectingly. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	yotsuba123 2009-10-16 11:26 am UTC (link)
	"He reads. He reads everything." I need that on a pin for work in my library. Yeah, this is why my parents said raising me was hell in a good way - I read everything I got my hands on and ended up knowing about some things way before they thought I should. :) (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-10-16 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Like my favourite little mutant could tell you, never underestimate the power of reading... (Reply to this)

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