"Flycatcher: Chapter One of The Good Prince" is the sixtieth issue of Fables.
Publisher's summary
Part 1 of the new story "The Good Prince." As the title suggests, this new story arc takes a center-stage look at our favorite background player, Flycatcher, the Frog Prince. Still reeling from the surprising revelations about him in our recent Christmas issue, Fly must make his way up to the Farm to see his long time pal Blue and have the most important conversation of his life. Also, Prince Charming has an encounter with Hansel, Totenkinder has an encounter with Kay and the flying monkey has an encounter with the Forsworn Knight.
Plot
Prince Charming gets mad that Bufkin isn't stacking all the books, while Red Riding Hood tries unsuccessfully to get Flycatcher to not let himself waste away. Prince Charming tells Bufkin that he will kill and eat him if he doesn't stack and shelf all the books on time. Baba Yaga tells Cinderella that she is the one questioning her, not the other way around. Hansel wants the decapitated heads of the wooden soldiers, so Prince Charming gives him a list of important Fables that didn't escape the Homelands and wants to know their fates. Flycatcher quits and says that he is going to the Farm. Kay and Frau Totenkinder talk, and Bufkin accidentally tells Beauty that he knows she secretly kissed Prince Charming. Flycatcher tells Boy Blue that he wants to do everything that Blue did back in the Homelands against the Adversary. He asks his friend to teach him how to fight.
Trivia
The truck that Flycatcher uses to drive from Fabletown to the Farm is the same truck that Rose Red used to drive the Farm animals to Fabletown for the battle against the wooden soldiers in Fables #25 — "Our Right to Assemble Issue: Chapter Six — March of the Wooden Soldiers." Just like in Fables 25, there is a tiny doll dangling from the rear-view mirror, named "Irma." This is the name of Fables penciller Mark Buckingham's wife, who is the main inspiration behind Rose Red's appearance in the series.[1]
References
- ↑ Truitt, Brian. Fairy-tale 'Fables' finishes 13-year run, July 20, 2015, USA Today. "Buckingham has worked half his career on Fables, and putting finishing touches on was tough for the artist because of the personal investment. The look of Rose Red was based to a great extent on his wife Irma, he says, “so drawing her for the last time was difficult because that was a poignant thing for me.”"