Fables #4 "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day" #5 "Chapter Five: The Famous Parlor Room Scene (Sans Parlor)" Arc: Legends in Exile

" EL DIA DEL RECUERDO "

The night of the Remembrance Day celebration has arrived. All of the Fables who could pass for human dress in their best attire to attend the annual ball at the Woodland Building. John the doorman directs the guests to the 19th floor where a lottery is being held for Prince Charming's lands and title. 

King Cole addresses the assemblage in a grand ballroom. He reminds them of the harrowing event two centuries ago when the Adversary and his minions sought to conquer the homelands, driving the Fable community into exile. In doing so however, he managed to unite all Fables with one simple objective - survival. Concluding his speech, King Cole proposes a toast to the Homelands. 

As the night wears on, Jack and Bluebeard request an audience with Bigby. They're both irate for missing the celebration, and Bigby reminds them that not only are the going to miss this year's Remembrance Day festival, but the next one-hundred as well. As Jack and Bluebeard plead their case, Bigby decides to let them enjoy the last remaining hours of the evening, providing they can keep from killing each other. 

Later, Bigby changes into a tuxedo and meets with Snow White on the ballroom floor. He is a terrible dancer, and Snow White pressures him about information relating to her sister. Through the course of conversation, Snow White inadvertently says something that clicks inside of Bigby's mind. He now knows who the murderer is. He tells Snow to alert everyone who is interested in learning the truth about the case to meet atop King Cole's terrace after the lottery drawing. 

The lottery is held, and Jack Horner wins Prince Charming's title after only buying one ticket. He is the first to go up to Cole's terrace to meet with Bigby (who happens to be taking a dip in King Cole's pool). One by one, the other guests begin filing into the terrace. Bigby gets out of the pool and reveals that he knows who the killer is. He walks to one of the guests and tugs at her hair revealing a wig. The woman wearing the wig is a disguised, and very much alive Rose Red. 

 

TITULO: Fables #4

FECHA: Octubre / 2002 

PORTADA: James Jean (lapices, tinta, color) 

PERSONAJES: 

Featured Characters: Bigby Wolf (Flashback and main story), Snow White (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters: Jack Horner, Bluebeard, Boy Blue, Cinderella, Colin the Pig, Flycatcher, King Cole, Lady Beauty, Lord Beast, Pinocchio (First appearance) (Flashback and main story), Prince Charming, Rose Red (First appearance)
Villains: Adversary (Flashback only)
Other Characters: Aslan (Single appearance) (Flashback only) (Deceased), Baba Yaga (First appearance) (Flashback only), Geppetto (Flashback only), Grimble, Jack Pumpkinhead (Flashback only), John the Doorman, Little Red Riding Hood (Flashback only), Tin Man (Flashback only), Various unnamed Fables
Locations: Homelands (Flashback only), Baba Yaga's Hut (First appearance) (Flashback only); New York City: Manhattan; Fabletown, Woodland Luxury Apartments
Items: None
Vehicles: None

ESCRITOR: Bill Willingham 

DIBUJO: Lan Medina 

TINTA: Craig Hamilton

COLOR: Sherilyn van Valkenburgh 

0EDITORIAL: Vertigo 

GENERO: Fantasia, Fantasia contemporanea 

PAGINAS: 24

FORMATO: .cbr 

TAMAÑO: 11.6 mb

" LA FAMOSA ESCENA DEL SALÓN (SIN SALÓN) "

All of the Remembrance Day guests are standing upon the roof of King Cole's penthouse suite. Bigby Wolf has just revealed that the allegedly murdered Rose Red is alive and well - and present among the assemblage. Feeling proud of himself, Bigby goes to great lengths to explain who did what, how they did it, and how he managed to figure it all out. 

His first indicator that something was amiss was when Jack first staggered into his office out of breath. He felt that Jack deliberately over-exerted himself to "sell the act" of a worried lover. When Bigby inspected Rose Red's apartment, he immediately determined that the room was not really in a state of disarray. In fact, everything appeared deliberately placed to give the illusion that a violent murder took place. One of the stranger things he found was evidence of a padlock on Rose Red's freezer. He later determined that Jack and Rose preserved samples of her blood over the course of several weeks and locked them in the freezer for future use. The padlock was necessary so that none of Rose Red's frequent party guests would ever find out what they were up to. More clues left at the crime scene included a scattered pile of blood-spattered CDs. The CDs were removed from the back of the music cabinet, while the ones in the front were perfectly clean. Bigby determined that these were the disks that Rose didn't enjoy as much, and felt that they would make for a convincing prop. Bigby also points out that Rose Red's stereo was completely unmarked with no blood stains at all. 

Having satisfied the "who" and the "how", Bigby then goes on to explain the "why". Jack and Rose staged the entire incident in order to get her out of her contractual obligation to marry Bluebeard. In addition to the money she received, she was required to marry Bluebeard exactly one year after the signing of the contract. Another stipulation of the contract was that the engagement had to remain as secret for up to one year. Rose used the money to finance Jack's failed dot-com business interests. When the money ran out, she didn't have the means to recompense Bluebeard for breaking the contract. The only way they could get her out of the contract was to fake her death. 

After Bigby concludes his story, tempers begin to flare. Snow White in particular is angered that Bigby knew that Rose was alive the whole time and didn't tell her. Bigby assures her that he wasn't positive of all of the facts until recently. 

The following day, Snow and Bigby tie up loose ends. Snow White tells Jack and Rose that they are sentenced to two-hundred hours of community service and up to ten-thousand dollars in fines. She then meets with her ex-husband Prince Charming. Charming mistakenly believes that he is now a millionaire after raffling off his land and titles, but Snow tells him that he actually receives very little money after expenses. The majority of the money is going to Bluebeard to pay back what Rose Red owes him. Snow then invites Bluebeard to her office to give him the money. She further tells him that the contract is now null and void because he revealed the nature his engagement to Rose Red before the deadline. 

When all is said and done, Snow White and Bigby retire to the Woodland Building. They have a conversation on one of the balconies and Bigby reveals that he is attracted to her. Snow White reminds him that any relationship between the two of them is strictly professional. Bigby responds with, "Okay, lady. I got the message. Loud and clear".

TITULO: Fables #5

FECHA: Noviembre / 2002 

PORTADA: James Jean (lapices, tinta, color) 

PERSONAJES: 

Featured Characters: Bigby Wolf (Flashback and main story), Jack Horner (Flashback and main story), Snow White
Supporting Characters: Bluebeard (Flashback and main story), Boy Blue, Cinderella, Flycatcher, King Cole, Prince Charming, Rose Red (Flashback and main story)
Villains: None
Other Characters: Colin the Pig (Cameo)
Locations: New York City: Manhattan; Greenwich Village (Flashback only), Rose Red's Apartment (Flashback only), Fabletown, Woodland Luxury Apartments 
Items: None
Vehicles: None

ESCRITOR: Bill Willingham 

DIBUJO: Lan Medina 

TINTA: Steve Leialoha

COLOR: Sherilyn van Valkenburgh 

EDITORIAL: Vertigo 

GENERO: Fantasia, Fantasia contemporanea 

PAGINAS: 35

FORMATO: .cbr 

TAMAÑO: 15.0 mb

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