#55 - 65 The Fables series by Bill Willingham

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I'm doing a large single post for the Fables comic series since I read them one right after another. I will do a separate one for an out of sequence book that is a good peek at the series without having read anything before. I read books 1-11 and I am waiting on book 12 from the library.  The premise is most storybook and fable characters are real and living in NY for the most part. The human looking ones in NYC and the animal and monster ones in a farm in upstate NY.  They are in exile from the Adversary, a fable who's real identity is revealed  about halfway through the series. I like how people do die in the series and minor characters turn up to have some importance later on and big characters in the beginning do fade into the background even as a few people stay constant through the run. I really enjoyed the the overall arc and I have to admit I waited to read them instead of trying to read them when they first came out.

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Having the entire stack was very handy. I am reviewing the 1001 nights one separately since it is a stand alone and you don't have to read anything else in the series to understand it.