{"id":4272,"date":"2013-12-27T09:13:02","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2021-09-22T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:54:56","slug":"fables-vol-19-snow-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4272","title":{"rendered":"Fables Vol. 19: Snow White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fables Vol. 19: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jFfgki\">Snow White<\/a><\/em> (2013) Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2jFfgki\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Fables-Snow-White.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7930\" \/><\/a>Yeah, someone really screwed up with the publication of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4211\">Fairest In All the Land<\/a><\/em> prior to <em>Snow White<\/em>. The big surprise was already dropped in Fairest, so I spent my time wondering when The Bad Thing was going to happen, rather than enjoying the story for what it was.<\/p>\n<p>Which is too bad, because I really loved Snow White in this story. She&#8217;s strong and doesn&#8217;t give up for anything and I adore her for it.<\/p>\n<p>But knowing what was going to happen, I just couldn&#8217;t let myself get into the story, which is too bad.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I can rate this story on its own merits right now, so I won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Published by Vertigo<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fables Vol. 19: Snow White (2013) Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham Yeah, someone really screwed up with the publication of Fairest In All the Land prior to Snow White. The big surprise was already dropped in Fairest, so I spent my time wondering when The Bad Thing was going to happen, rather than enjoying the story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,6,9,291],"tags":[423,278,522],"class_list":["post-4272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-folk-fairy-tales","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","tag-bill-willingham","tag-fables","tag-vertigo-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-16U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3325,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3325","url_meta":{"origin":4272,"position":0},"title":"Fairest Vol 1: Wide Awake","author":"Michelle","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Fairest Vol 1: Wide Awake (2012) Bill Willingham, Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning, Matthew Sturges, Shawn McManus If you know me at all, you know that I love Fables. 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