The Unwritten, Vol. 9

Posted on 21 August 2018 by Mike Carey

The worlds of Fables and The Unwritten collide in the epic comic event by Mike Carey and Bill Willingham Tommy Taylor is thrust into the world of Vertigo s hit series Fables But a dark and terrible foe has seized the fairy tale homelands and our world In desperation, the witches of Fabletown gather to summon the greatest mage the worlds have ever seen But they are in for an unpleasant surprise.Collecting The Unwritten 50 55 New Download [ The Unwritten, Vol. 9 ] Author [ Mike Carey ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I don t know very much about Bill Willingham s Fable world, so I have no idea if this is part of an ongoing story that was happening in his title, or if this was just a What If kind of deal Either way, it was for me cool.The entire thing takes place in the Fables setting and not Tom s world, so if you re like me, you re gonna miss a lot of inside jokes Well, I m assuming you will, but since I have no idea who the hell any of those characters are, I m just ...Avast, ye scurvy scalawags here there be spoilers My brain hurts.That s not necessarily a bad thing, and it s not the first time brain pain has resulted from reading The Unwritten and yes, it sounds weird every time I type that phrase alert self deprecating author joke forthcoming someday, I m going to write The Unread, though one might argue I ve already done that with The Camelot Shadow A Novel hey oh I m not going to bother with an extensive plot summary because, if you re reading Avast, ye scurvy scalawags here there be spoilers My brain hurts.That s not necessarily a bad thing, and it s not the first time brain pain has resulted from reading The Unwritten and yes, it sounds weird every time I type that phrase alert self deprecating author joke forthcoming someday, I m going to write The Unread, though one might argue I ve already done that with The Camelot Shadow A Novel hey oh I m not going to bother with an extensive plot summary because, if you re reading this, you re probably already familiar with The Unwritten an...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Fair warning Spoilers.I don t read many superhero comics, but I am aware of the concept of a crossover That s when two different comics with their own characters and storylines suddenly meet in the same comics or they show up in each other s comics This isn t the same as a character showing up for a quick guest star appearance It involves the two stories interacting in significant ways At least in theory Volume 9 of Unwritten is the Unwritten Fables crossover On the surface, you d thi Fair warning Spoilers.I don t read many superhero comics, but I am aware of the concept of a crossover That s when two different comics with their own characters and storylines suddenly meet in the same comics or they show up in each other s comics This isn t the same as a character showing up for a quick guest star appearance It involves the two stories interacting in significant ways At least in theory Volume 9 of Unwritten is the Unwritten Fables crossover On the surface, you d think this would be right up my alley I love fables I love Unwritten They re both stories about stories They both involve mythic ...yeah quick question why the fuckok, but seriously, what even was the point of this volume maybe i would have enjoyed itif i had read any of fables i did read jack of fables for awhile because i have to do everything wildly out of order but i haven t so the whole time i m just sitting here going i mean if they really wanted to write a crossover then whatever, but don t marke...I was really looking forward to this, a mixture of two of my favorite comics But it really doesn t work I m not sure why, exactly, but the story doesn t help matters, re booting recent events in the Fables universe to a different outcome really, the way Mr Dark was originally written, it was hard to believe he could be so easily beaten in the first place, but why bring him back if you really don t have a satisfying way to resolve this particular storyline a second time around This isn t a I was really looking forward to this, a mixture of two of my favorite comics But it really doesn t work I m not sure why, exactly, but the story doesn t help matters, re booting recent events in the Fables universe to a different outcome really, the way Mr Dark was originally written, it was hard to believe he could be so easily beaten in the first place, but why bring him back if you really don t have a satisfying way to resolve this particular storyline a second time around This isn t a satisfying story for readers of either series, but The Unwritten really gets short shrift here this is a Fables story, with a few Unwritten characters shoehorned in Carey and Willingham should have sat down and worked this out indetail before foisting this half written and half realized nonsense on the reading public There are so many options, so ...This installment is a crossover with the Fables comics which I haven t read Despite that, I didn t experience any confusion with the crossover characters, even while wondering about their backgrounds, for example why Snow Whit...Okay, first of all, what the hell has been going on in Fables while I ve been away Shit is MESSED UP Second of all, this was wayof a Fables story than it was an Unwritten story, and it was a clunky Fables story at that I haven t checked in with Fables in years, and the last one I read was Vol 6, Homelands That ended in a very, very different place than this one began in, but it s not hard to get into the groove of what s going on In fact, they go out of their way to make sure you kno Okay, first of all, what the hell has been going on in Fables while I ve been away Shit is MESSED UP Second of all, this was wayof a Fables story than it was an Unwritten story, and it was a clunky Fables story at that I haven t checked in with Fables in years, and the last one I read was Vol 6, Homelands That ended in a very, very different place than this one began in, but it s not hard to get into the groove of what s going on In fact, they go out of their way to make sure you know what s going on, exposition so expositiony it s even called out by the characters That call out is meant to make it okay, hang on a lamp on it if you will, but it s still awkward and I don t think it worke...I don t know what s so fun about taking beloved characters, corrupting them view spoiler in Snow White s and the cubs case, to a ridiculous extreme, hide spoiler , mangling them and killing them off, taking an entire book to do it, and then saving the last couple of pages to view spoiler cancel it all out with a do over hide spoiler I m giving this 2 stars instead of 1 because I liked the crossover idea I pretty much hated every second of the story, but I kept reading in hopes that I don t know what s so fun about taking beloved characters, corrupting them view spoiler in Snow White s and the cubs case, to a ridiculous extreme, hide spoiler , mangling them and killing them off, taking an entire book to do it, and then saving the last couple of pages to view spoiler cancel it all out with a do over hide spoiler I m giving this 2 stars instead of 1 because I liked...Yeah, totally not for me This is fara Fables story than an Unwritten one, which makes it a very long digression for me I haven t read Fables in years, since volume 6 or so, and this is set well after that And I gather that this is basically an AU for Fables, too, ...I should start by saying I m not keen on crossovers However, i m willing to take a punt if the concept or authors are good enough I like Carey and love Willingham, so this was an easy decision to make The story is a little difficult to unravel if you aren t reading both comics I m not reading Unwritten but follows the arrival of a man into another world The man travels through stories and finds himself in the universe inhabited by The Fables from the comics of the same name That man, upon I should start by saying I m not keen on crossovers However, i m willing to take a punt if the concept or authors are good enough I like Carey and love Willingham, so this was an easy decision to make The story is a little difficult to unravel if you aren t reading both comics I m not reading Unwritten but follows the arrival of a man into another world The man travels through stories and finds himself in the universe inhabited by The Fables from the comics of the same name That man, upon arriving, is coaxed into another form by the most powerful magic user in the Fables universe, as she believe he will beuseful to the war going on in that form What follows is a bunch of scrapping, mystery and wild proclama...

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21 August 2018

Mike Carey