The Official Fables Thread

All right, I just searched this forum. There's no thread dedicated to Fables and that, my friends, is a crime. What does everyone here think about this Vertigo title that is clearly the best comic being published right now?

To start things off, I got into Fables kind of late so I just picked up the first two TPBs and ordered vol. 3 online. "Legends in Exile" was good but "Animal Farm" is where Willingham really shines. I loved all the parallels to the Orwell novel and Goldilocks' not-so-subtle Communist banter. Hilarious stuff.

 

Yeah, I pre-ordered my copy of "Storybook Love" from eCampus already. It's about the same as buying it in a store, so I figured what the hell.

I'm planning on getting "The Last Castle," too. I'm trying to find somewhere that's selling it relatively cheap.

James Jean's cover art is awe-inspiring. He's an incredible artist. The cover to the TPB of "Animal Farm" is one of my favorite images now; I just sat there staring at the cover for a while after I finished reading it.

Bigby is definitely one of the high points of the series. He's great. I can't decide whether my favorite moment with him is his ham and eggs comment when Colin passes out on his couch or the one where he reveals that one of the cardinal laws of Fabletown and the Farm is that Bigby never be allowed to set foot on the Farm.

 

Awesome, I've been wondering about that. Where'd you hear about that, Eric? I haven't found any sites that give me any kind of Fables news yet. Even DC's site has next to nothing on Fables.

 

It's about these characters called Fables from fables, folklore, and fairy tales who are driven out of the Fable realm by this guy called the Adversary. They escape to the mundane world (ours) in about 1900 because it's the only one the Adversary has never expressed any interest in.

Once they're here, they set up in New York; most of the human-looking Fables live in this hotel building that they call Fabletown and just mingle with the regular people (mundys) of New York City. Lots of them have jobs in NYC: for example, Cinderella owns a shoe store called The Glass Slipper. Others work in the Fabletown building, like Bigby Wolf (the Big Bad Wolf turned human) and Snow White.

The non-human-looking Fables like the 3 Blind Mice and the Jungle Book characters live in the Farm, which is a huge plot of land in upstate New York. They're relegated to the Farm because it's the Fables' highest law that they're not allowed to reveal their magical nature to any mundys.

In short, it's just a brilliant comic. Willingham balances all the folklore and magical stuff with enough real world sensibilities that it doesn't come off as goofy (unless he means it to) and the stories have been great so far. The first arc, collected in the "Legends in Exile" TPB, is about Bigby's investigation into the murder of Snow White's sister and it's one of the most thoroughly entertaining mystery stories I've read. The second arc, in the "Animal Farm" TPB, is about an uprising in the Farm. Also really good. Just buy the first TPB and you'll probably be hooked. It's not even that expensive; I got it at Waldenbooks for about $10.

 

X: Awesome, let me know what you think.

Nightcrawler: Me, too. I hope we get to see Bigby question Red Riding Hood.

 

D'oh, sorry, I should've put spoiler tags.

I have The Tenth Kingdom on tape but I've never watched it. Next time I go home I'll probably give it a go.

 

B to the izzump.

The new issue rules. The art was kinda crappy, though. I want Bucky back.

 

Yeah, I was kind of confused about that myself. I checked the last couple of issues just to make sure there was an arc going on and I wasn't just going out of my mind. But still, as far as digressions go, this was a great one.

 

Preview of #23:




Lookin' good. And Bucky's back. Yay!

 

Judging from the title and the May solicits of the last part of this arc, I think they're wooden soldiers under the Adversary's command.