Best Selling Books by Matthew Sturges

As Jack scours the Homelands for gold, he runs across multiple myths of American folklore--from Tom Sawyer and Jim to Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. But what exactly is Jack''s former captor Hilary Page''s part in all this? "Americana" part 2.

Zatanna''s seen her share of strange magical artifacts, but a sword that cuts backwards through time is a new one! A rowdy roughneck named Backslash is using that very sword to cut a bloody path through her beloved San Francisco, but how can she stop him when he can undo any attack with a mere wave of his hand?

The Page Sisters finally find a new purpose in life: restoring the Great Library. And the one place you don''t want to be is between them and one of the books they want. Meanwhile, Jack Frost has just set upon the greatest quest in a long and distinguished career of great quests!

The nature of the Crooked Man becomes clearer as Bigby furthers his investigation around the dives haunted by certain Fables.

Jack''s been impaled by the sword Excalibur, and only the One True King can remove it from him. But where is he, and how long can Jack last with a sword sticking out of his chest? "The Bad Prince" Part 2.

It''s the end of the road as Bigby makes the hardest decision of his career thus far as sheriff of Fabletown.

Jack Horner keeps getting fatter, bigger and uglier. It''s pretty clear some sort of strong magic is at work, but is it a diabolical attack--or a final comeuppance at long last for Jack''s many sins? In the meantime, his son Jack Frost has thoroughly taken over his dad''s old book! "The New Adventures of Jack and Jack" part 3.

What is the "First Draft," and what is its awe-inspiring secret? Where did that extra pig come from? What''s everybody reading? The Siege of the Golden Boughs enters its third installment and the tide begins to turn--but in whose favor? "The Books of War" part 3.

Written by Matthew Sturges Art and cover by Rafael Albuquerque Jaime Reyes faces the arrival of a mysterious group of men sporting super-abilities as they try to illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico! And as the protector of both El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, that means double trouble in these stories from BLUE BEETLE #29-34. Advance-solicited; on sale April 22 - 144 pg, FC, $14.99 US

Jack''s back out on his own, but after his grave insult to the artist who''s drawing this story, what will become of Jack? Will the artist seek vengeance and have Jack go bald? Or will the artist simply ignore the script and have Jack brutally murdered on the first page?

Deep in the depths of the Looking Glassworks, Bigby faces the most dangerous fight of his life...

The Page Sisters have a lead on the hoard of books that went missing from the Golden Boughs way back when. Jack Frost has a lead on one of the most dangerous monsters he''s yet to face. And just when he thought he was getting too old for this, Jack Horner has a lead on a tasty snack.

Bigby and Bloody Mary face off in their final bone-shattering battle.

As the Page Sisters, the Fables on the bus, Jack Frost, and a very angry guy with a sword through him all converge in a mythical land far away from mortal men, a certain dragon begins to get nervous!

Jack Frost has fought the Keepers of the Fulminate Blade. He''s being lauded as a hero in the ancient city of Landfall, but being a hero isn''t maybe as great as Jack thought it might be. A promiscuous princess isn''t the only danger awaiting Jack at Landfall castle. "Kings of Earth and Sky" part 2.

Jack has so far eluded the retrieval vans seeking and capturing escaped Fables, but how much longer can the trickster hold out...and how has he kept so hidden thus far? The answer lies in a past tale, back when he went by the name of Jack Frost!

Several great and terrible events occurred in 1883, but none so dire as the continuing depredations of the Jack Candle Gang in the Old West. No posse could stop them. Not even the legendary Pinkertons could find them. But now a mysterious unarmed sheriff is on Jack''s trail! "1883" part 2.

The trial of the Crooked Man begins...will he be able to weasel his way out of an untimely death by Witching Well?

Still stuck in the Grand Canyon, Jack learns something interesting about his past and present--and his true place in the Fable community! "The Bad Prince" Part 3.

Bigby and Snow begin to slot the pieces of the murder mystery together, and it goes deeper in Fabletown lore than they even thought.

Jack Frost, all things being equal, is a much better hero than his dad. You want monsters? We got ''em! You want quests and riches? We got ''em in spades! "Kings of Earth and Sky" part 3.

The exciting true story of the time our hero found himself in equatorial Africa in nothing but his underpants, was taken prisoner by a bunch of talking apes, and in no time had set himself up as their king.

The finale of "Americana" has it all! Jack reminisces about sexual encounters past while engaging in some in the present, the long-sought-after treasure finally appears and a character heads to the big final Fable in the sky!

The Great Fables Crossover part 8, continued from FABLES #85. In the thrilling penultimate issue of "The Great Fables Crossover," battles are won, lives are lost and a whole lot of really weird stuff happens as Bigby and crew take on seemingly impossible odds! Continued in LITERALS #3.

Cigars, cigarettes and...St. George? Beauty and Beast star in their own mid-century modern detective story set in the smoky clubs and dive bars of 1940s Los Angeles.

With Bloody Mary shattered into nothingness, nothing stands between Bigby and the Crooked Man.

Upon receiving an important clue from the Magic Mirror, Bigby races to Central Park to find the Crooked Man.

Turning Pages part 1! An egg will explode and a little blue pig will pontificate on weighty matters while wearing a brassiere on his head! Just another typical chapter in the life of Jack of the Tales. In this issue, however, we learn a bit more about the lovely young librarian Robin Page.

Learn the real power of the printed word--power more than just how a bunch of ideas can convince people to do stuff. It''s about how ideas can make things explode! "The Books of War" part 4.

Bigby ventures to the Looking Glassworks in pursuit of the Crooked Man.

We catch up with each and every character that has ever appeared in JACK OF FABLES, and if they''re dead, we''ll even show you the corpse. And that''s a promise you can take to the bank.

It was obvious that Jack didn''t really care if his second favorite artist, Russell Braun, was horribly insulted at the thought of being second best. But in this issue, penciller Russell Braun will enact a revenge so hideous on Jack that one of them may not make it to next issue! "The New Adventures of Jack and Jack" part 2.

Kings of Earth and Sky part 1! Jack Frost and his wooden owl MacDuff find themselves in a strange new world--a world with giant millipede mounts, ancient space elevators and ray guns that go "zish"! But things really get interesting when a scantily clad witch leads Jack to an ancient temple containing one of the most powerful weapons ever crafted!

The Great Fables Crossover part 5, continued from FABLES #84. Bigby Wolf, Snow White, Gary and Mr. Revise are hot on the trail of Kevin Thorn and determined to stop him before he can write the universe out of existence. But Bigby has problems--namely the Big Bad Wolf has been transformed into an ape! Continued in THE LITERALS #2.

1883 part 3, the finale of Jack''s Old West adventure! The tumultuous year 1883 comes to a close with the final showdown between Smiling Jack Candle and the Sheriff Without a Gun!

The Great Fables Crossover part 9, continued from JACK OF FABLES #35. Kevin Thorn, the Literal embodiment of storytelling, wants to rewrite the universe, beginning again with a new blank page. In this issue he gets his wish! The conclusion to "The Great Fables Crossover" and possibly the Fables Universe itself!

Kings of Earth and Sky finale! Jack Frost has finally come face to face with the Empyrean, but it''s clear that someone somewhere along the way has been lying about what this is all about!