| Jack of Fables | |
|---|---|
 Cover to issue #1 of Jack of Fables (September 2006), art by James Jean. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | July 2006 – March 2011 |
| No. of issues | 50 |
| Main character(s) | Jack Horner "Gary" the Pathetic Fallacy Jack Frost |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Bill Willingham, Lilah Sturges |
| Written by | Bill Willingham and Lilah Sturges |
| Artist(s) | Tony Akins, Andrew Pepoy, James Jean, Brian Bolland |
| Collected editions | |
| The (Nearly) Great Escape | ISBN 1-4012-1222-0 |
| Jack of Hearts | ISBN 1-4012-1455-X |
| The Bad Prince | ISBN 1-4012-1854-7 |
| Americana | ISBN 1-4012-1979-9 |
| Turning Pages | ISBN 1-4012-2138-6 |
| The Big Book of War | ISBN 1-4012-2500-4 |
| The New Adventures of Jack and Jack | ISBN 1-4012-2712-0 |
| The Fulminate Blade | ISBN 1-4012-2982-4 |
| The End | ISBN 1-4012-3155-1 |
Jack of Fables is a spin-off comic book series of Fables written by Bill Willingham and Lilah Sturges and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.[1] The story focuses on the adventures of Jack Horner, a supporting character in the main series, that takes place after his exile from Fabletown in the story-arc Jack Be Nimble. The idea for the spin-off comic came after editor Shelly Bond suggested to put Jack in a separate comic when Willingham planned to write him out of the series.
While Jack of Fables focused on the eponymous Jack Horner, the spin-off also allowed Willingham and Sturges to expand upon the Fables Universe by adding new characters, settings, and anthropomorphic personifications of philosophical and literary ideas in the series.[2] A preview of its first issue was shown in Fables #50, and the series itself debuted in July 2006. It ran for 50 issues from July 2006 to March 2011, and received positive reception from critics and fans alike during its release, though over time would be criticized because of the main character's abhorrent sociopathy. In 2007, it was nominated for numerous Eisner Awards and won Best Lettering for Todd Klein and Best Cover Artist for James Jean. The series has since been collected in both trade paperback and deluxe edition hardcovers.
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Jack of Fables", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 100–101, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015
- ^ Gordon, Neta (2016), A Tour of Fabletown: Patterns and Plots in Bill Willingham's Fables, New York: McFarland, pp. 172–174, ISBN 978-0-7864-9985-4