Peter & Max - A Fables Novel
After 12 Vols and many more chapters of Fables, creator Bill Willingham has released the first Fables novel, and surprisingly, it’s not about some of his more popular Fables characters like Bigby or Flycatcher, but 2 characters that according to Willingham, have only appeared in one panel each in the entire Fables run so far.
The titular Peter and Max turn out to be Peter Piper, who picked a peck of pickled peppers (when did he appear in Fables? I need to do a read through!) and his elder brother Max Piper, who grows up to be the Pied Piper of Hamelin and makes his single panel appearance in 1001 nights of Snowfall, in a story within a story about Frau Totenkinder.
Overall I really enjoyed this story, I could not stop reading once I started, tired as I was after an entire work week! It’s a little bit odd in the beginning, because Fables has always been told through comic format, and to see those familiar scenes rendered in prose form needs some getting used to, but once things get into full swing it’s told in usual Fables format: a little dark, a little funny, sometime violently, but always interestingly.
Spoilers below up to Fables Vol 12 and the entire Peter & Max novel! Gogogogogo read it first before clicking through.
