Animal Farm was good, but in my humble opinion, not as good as the first book in the series.
The art is, as expected, top notch. I enjoy the colors, the inking, the overall feel of the book itself. The storyline itself... not so much. As some other reviewers have stated, Animal Farm doesn't have quite the same connectability as the first in the series.
That said, I still enjoyed it. The continuing antagonism between Rose Red and Snow White is shaping up nicely for the rest of the series. The inclusion of non-fable characters (like Weyland Smith and the Jungle Book cast) is enjoyable.
This book is very obviously based off of Orwell's Animal Farm and Golding's Lord of the Flies. If you haven't read those, you're probably going to be missing out on a lot of the references made during the story. Still enjoyable if you haven't read them, but you may be left wondering, why the pig's head on a stick? Why the pigs as leaders at all?
Goldilocks is a nice little touch all on her own. The implied (ok, not implied, stated) bestiality between her and Little Bear squicked me out, but added to the overall creep factor of the character. Her rantings were quite psychopathic.
My biggest complaint? Not enough Bigby Wolf. More of him in later installments please.
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