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Once Upon a Time Now

   Fables Volume 1: Legends in Exile Fables Volume 2: Animal Farm Published: Dec. 1, 2002 and August 1, 2003 Publisher: Vertigo Received: Borrowed from the library "Once Upon a Time..." After the Adversary attacked the land of fables and fairy tales, a few of the characters made it out to the real world. For the last couple centuries, they've been living among mankind. Now, Rose Red has been murdered, and it's up to the Wolf to figure out who did it and why. Then Snow White must check out the Farm--where they send those fabled creatures who are inexplicable to humankind. Something's going on up there, and it's up to Snow White to figure out what it is and put an end to it. I was required to read these two comic collections for a Fairy Tale course. I enjoyed them to a certain extent, but they also frustrated me. I love seeing fairy tale characters in real life situations. I think retellings can be super fun and enjoyable (I'm obse...