Fables 21 & 22

Fables, vol. 21: Happily Ever After by Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges, art by a whole pile of people, 194 pages

Fables, vol. 22: Farewell by Bill Willingham, art by a whole pile of people, 160 pages

What can I say about these final two volumes in the epic Fables series? Willingham wraps up his huge series with plenty of fanfare and fighting, and quite a bit of death (and Death, whose appearance makes for a hilarious highlight in the final volume). To be completely honest, I feel like the series itself went on longer than it should have, and the last volume DEFINITELY did. The main story line was peppered with final bows from characters, in two-to-three page tales: "The Last Grimble Story," "The Last Beauty and the Beast Story," "The Last Three Blind Mice Story," etc. I get wanting to say goodbye, and yes, some of the stories were good, but Willingham was milking it. 

That said, I never would have read all the way through to the last page if this wasn't a fantastic series. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in trying out graphic novels.