Fairest vol. 5

Fairest, vol. 5: The Clamour for Glamour by Mark Buckingham, art by Russ Braun, 160 pages

Focusing on the Fables' Farm creatures and their wish for transforming spells, this is the last installment of the Fairest spin-off, which is supposed to feature the women of Fables. Problem is, this volume (like the one before it) doesn't. Instead, our narrator through the glamour lottery is a grouchy male sunflower; a second story line focuses on Reynard Fox, whose glamour was the root of all the transformation-related problems at the farm. These wouldn't be bad story lines for Fables, but Fairest is not the right place for them, particularly when there are so many female fables who deserve for their own stories to be told. I'm not too sad that this series has come to an end.