Alice

Alice
Biographical information
Real name	Alice
Status	Alive
Species	Human (Fable)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Prisoner (formerly)
Affiliation	Golden Boughs Retirement Village (formerly)
Appearances
First issue	Fables #4 — "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day" (as statue) Jack of Fables #3 — "You Don't Know Jack"
Last issue	Jack of Fables #30 — "The Book of Restoration: The Books of War, Volume Three"
Original source	Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

“	Do me the courtesy of dying soon, John.	„
	~ Alice spurning the advances of Wicked John, Jack of Fables #3 — "You Don't Know Jack"

Alice is a Fable who is a former inmate at the Golden Boughs Retirement Village. She first appears in Jack of Fables #3 — "You Don't Know Jack."

History

Background

Alice was one of the Fables trapped in the Golden Boughs Retirement Village, where she had to fend off the advances of the amorous Wicked John, a man she openly despised. One time, Hillary Page, wanting to be in the presence of Fables as she secretly admired them, approached Alice for a chat. Alice found this dull and asked if she could leave.

Escaping the Golden Boughs

During the mass breakout from the Golden Boughs, orchestrated by Jack Horner, Alice sees what is happening and decides to make a break for it. She manages to escape with John Henry and Pecos Bill. The group was briefly accompanied by Jack, who told them the story behind his identity as Jack Frost. Jack made a joking pass on her, but Alice rejected him.

Alice was last seen in the Golden Boughs during Bookburner's attack, where Mister Revise gives her a copy of her original story, an act that is supposed to grant powers back to the character that had been stripped away. However, whatever abilities Alice had returned to her were never shown.

In the series' final story arc, the Page Sisters come across several books of the original Fable stories, from before they were revised by Mr. Revise; one of which is called Alice's Adventures Beyond the Grave.

Physical appearance

In the Jack of Fables series, Alice is wearing her classic knee-length dress with a white pinafore, but the dress is red rather than blue. Like in the drawings of John Tenniel, her hair is blond. When Jack shares the story of Jack Frost, she is also seen wearing the striped stockings and wide ribbon from the illustrations of Through the Looking-Glass.

Powers and abilities

Immortality: As with other Fables, Alice is unaging and fast-healing. The extent of her immortality and durability corresponds to how well known she is among the mundys.

Appearances

Fables Fables #4 (first appearance; statue)

Jack of Fables Jack of Fables #3 (first physical appearance) Jack of Fables #4 Jack of Fables #6 Jack of Fables #11 Jack of Fables #21 Jack of Fables #27 (flashback) Jack of Fables #30 Jack of Fables #47 (mentioned)

Gallery

Official artwork

Jack of Fables #27 — "Turning Pages, Chapter Three: Hillary"

Original source

She is based on Alice, the main protagonist of Lewis Carroll's children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), and its 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. A child in the Victorian era, Alice unintentionally goes on an underground adventure after falling down a rabbit hole into Wonderland; in the sequel, she steps through a mirror into an alternative world.

When Hillary Page attempts to strike up a conversation with Alice, the latter remarks, "Curiouser and curiouser," which is what the character says the first time she grows big in chapter two of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Trivia

On Remembrance Day in Fables #4 — "Chapter Four: Remembrance Day," some of the Fables are gathered in a public place with a statue of Alice and the White Rabbit. This is a real statue in New York City's Central Park, known as the Alice in Wonderland sculpture. It was made by Jose de Creeft in 1959, and shows Alice surrounded by the Hatter, the White Rabbit and a few other friends.