Jack of Fables #35

Part 8 of 9 in "The Great Fables Crossover," this August 2009 Vertigo issue brings the penultimate chapter of the crossover event to Jack of Fables, with a cover by Brian Bolland that's equal parts absurdist comedy and fairy-tale unease. A grinning, mustachioed man in a suit — cigar in mouth, bowler hat aloft, dangling a plucked chicken — looms over a wary young blonde girl in a pink dress, while tiny fairies flutter chaotically in the background amid stacked books labeled Fables and Funnies. Willingham, Sturges, Braun, and Marzán Jr. bring their collaborative energy to what promises to be a delightfully strange penultimate chapter in this nine-part saga.