It's a different book, I swear...

Alice in popular culture sighting no. 43: I've mentioned before about the "Fables" series by Bill Willingham. I mentioned how various Alice characters are featured in the books, but not Alice herself. I discovered today that this is because she is resident in The Golden Boughs Retirement Village. I found this in Jack of Fables #21, where Alice features prominently as the object of Wicked John's advances. (if she has appeared before in the series, I haven't noticed)

Back off my shoe box

Alice in popular culture sighting no. 33: I recently bought the first two volumes of "Fables" by Bill Willingham. There's multiple Alice references in both books, though Alice is conspicuously absent from the entire series. In vol. 1, "Legends in Exile", Snow White is carrying a sword, which she notes "is the vorpal blade of Jabberwocky fame. Kills in one cut, snicker-snack and all that? Does all the fighting for you?"

Then in vol 2, "Animal Farm", some of the residents of "The Farm" are shown to be the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit (not to be confused with Br'er rabbit, who is depicted as white and wearing a waistcoat, the actual White Rabbit is dressed in his herald's uniform), and various playing cards. Also, a quote from Wizard on the back of the book states that the book "Tosses traditional fairy tales down the rabbit hole."