Fables #148

A woman's face emerges from a sweeping tangle of deep crimson roses and peonies on Nimit Malavia's striking cover for this penultimate chapter of Fables' "Happily Ever After" arc — her expression quietly unreadable, caught somewhere between resolve and sorrow. Issue #148 also carries the banner "The Last Story of Jack of Fables," lending the whole package a sense of meaningful finality as Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and their collaborators bring this long-running Vertigo series toward its close. At $2.99 in March 2015, it's a beautifully composed installment that rewards readers who've followed these fairy-tale exiles through their long, complicated journey.