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His fantastic art has been dazzling our eyes for years, and with this series he takes on both art and writing, and we can't wait to read it. Another fantastic-looking, brand-new series that starts this week is Secret Identities.  This is by Jay Faerber who has written many great series in the past, and from the[...]

The final issue of the Fables series by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham will be big really big. How big? It will be an entire series in and of itself. Because, announced at the DC Comics retailer meetings yesterday in Burbank, Fables #150 will also be Fables Volume 22 of the trade paperback collection line. One issue, taking up[...]

Expect future issues to follow suit. Batman Eternal #42 solicited with art by Joe Quinones, actually by Jed Dougherty, Goran Sudzuka and Roger Robinson. Green Lantern: New Guardians #38 was solicited by Diogenes Neves and Marc Deering, but were joined by Ronan Cliquet. Justice League #38's 1:25 Variant cover solicited by Francis Manapul, was actually by Andrew Robinson. Fables #148's back up story was solicited by Terry Moore, backup by[...]

Welcome to the Foxi special, with backing music by THEN EATS THEM. Books featured in this episode include: Vertigo : Fairest # 33 Marvel Comics : The Amazing Spider-Man # 12 Image Comics : ODY-C # 2 Image Comics : Deadly Class # 10 Marvel Comics : The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 Image Comics : The Fade Out # 4 Also discussed :[...]

Everything else on our list this week has been available as a download, so hooray for all of us boxed copy hoarders out there. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is Activision's yearly money making military first person shooter, but with a bit of a twist.  This is the first installment from  Sledgehammer Games, the third Call of Duty development house that up[...]

The Fables team of Bill Willingham and Mark will be at the event along with Barry Kitson Reilly Brown, Greg Capullo, Frank Cho, Dean Haspiel, Brandon Peterson, Gail Simone, Walter and Louise Simonson, John K Snyder III, Matt Wagner and Mark Waid are also special guests The event promises food, drink, and socializing, and guarantees[...]

Marvel, Fables and more! Don't forget the Question of the Week! We're looking for a revival and want to know what you think of that! Time stamps for this episode: 02:57 Batman and Robin #34 03:33 Wolverine Annual #1 04:59 Supergirl #34 05:38 Original Sins #5 06:20 Nova #20 06:39 Daredevil #7 12:47 Fade Out #1 14:08 Multiversity #1 17:14 Dark Horse Presents #1 18:08 The Strain:[...]

But our biggest question is: do the events at the end of #3 stick in the Marvel Universe? It looks like no one can be trusted. Several brand-new series start this week that we've been looking forward to and can't wait to get our hands on, especially Winterworld and The Wicked and The Divine! These are[...]

 I really do believe the most interesting ideas are coming from comics right now.  I don't think its coincidence that Once Upon A Time and Grimm are post Bill Willingham's Fables.  It's just another example of how Hollywood believes there's money in our media, and they wouldn't be making these shows if they didn't think there was money to[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool: Fables has been the landmark achievement of Bill Willingham's career.  For over a decade, he has reshaped fairy tale characters into an allegory of the modern world, and conjured some incredibly memorable and thought-provoking storylines along the way.  It's no surprise that the series has garnered countless awards, and adulation[...]

Gavin Lees writes for Bleeding Cool:  For the last twelve years, Mark Buckingham has been the definitive artist on Vertigo's Fables series.  Although not the series' first artist, he has made the world and its characters as much his as Bill Willingham's.  Following some announcements at the West Coast Fables Panel at Emerald City Comicon, I[...]

Yeah, I'm sure that's the theme Remender is pushing. And Merry Christmas Fables fans, volume 19 is here just in time to make your yuletide gay! [youtube]http://youtu.be/llYAuueSh9k[/youtube] Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes: Hey Fandom! I'm back with a batch of New Comics Now! This week we have a couple DC and Marvels and[...]

Bill Willingham has issued the following statement on his website. Fables Comes to an End With Issue 150. After more than ten years of publication, and hundreds of issues of Fables, and various Fables-related works, I have decided the time has come to begin the process of bringing our sweeping story to a close And, along the way,[...]

"A special one-off story written by Bill Willingham and featuring the return of fan-favorite gun-toting maniac Goldilocks Illustrated by exciting newcomer Meghan Hetrick-Murante!" The story originally scheduled to appear in Fairest #21, written by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Meghan Hetrick (pictured), has been postponed by at least six months. Instead, Fairest #21, instead of the description[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GXp8tmcaiw Recorded last night at Orbital Comics. The exhibition runs well into November. Here are some close ups - but

This new video game series is based on the Vertigo comic Fables by Bill Willingham and follows Bigby Wolf as he investigates a murder Other characters from the series appearing in the game are Snow White, Ichabod Crane, Mr Toad and one of the Three Little Pigs. The game will be released for the PC, Xbox[...]

Bex Cook and Dan Oakley write for Bleeding Cool with photos by Joseph Kyle Schmidt: The Vertigo panel this year was packed with details of current and upcoming releases, a large parts of which was taken up with Fables content, the comic not having its own panel this year and it's creator Bill Willingham being absent[...]

Bex Cook and Dan Oakley report from the DC Vertigo panel… A full report to follow but just for now, the cover of Fables #134 shows Bigby Wolf and Boy Blue Apparently thus is not a dream sequence or anything like that, and does suggest the heralding of the return of Boy Blue to the[...]

The evil eyes up top surveying the scene add a nice sinister touch to the overall theme of distress, with all Avengers present ready for action. Lots of warm colors, both muted and bold. Great stuff from Joe Quinones.   Fables #130 by Joao Ruas If I was surrounded by gigantic rats, I too would be clutching my teddy[...]

So was Mark Buckingham, artist on Fables And he told me something I'd never known before That, at the age of 19, he worked at Aardman Animations As a tea boy and general assistant, but also as Peter Gabriel's stunt double on the sensational Sledgehammer video This one. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q[/youtube] Mark would sit in Gabriel's place while they[...]

Fables then launched in 2002, but Buckingham was busy working on Spider-Man with Paul Jenkins so he couldn't join to begin with After reading scripts from Willingham, he drew the Animal Farm story arc, which led to meeting his future wife at a convention in Spain. Fables #129 depicts Snow White as Joan of Arc on[...]

If you missed the first one then you can find that here. If that's not enough, we also have an extensive chat with Bill Willingham (Fables, Shadowpact, Elementals) about his career, the current state of Vertigo, Chris Roberson, Once Upon A Time, his writing process, and the idea behind Fabletown & Beyond. To get in touch, discuss[...]

Redditor Ariel writes; Sent a letter to the staff at fables they sent me one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Cue everyone hitting the pen and paper and looking up actual street addresses… Redditor Ariel writes; Sent a letter to the staff at fables they sent me one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Cue everyone[...]

Cameron Hatheway writes for Bleeding Cool Fables #124 by Joao Ruas I must say, Sir Bufkin looks rather dashing on this cover His face shows years of battle, while his greatness radiates behind him like the most epic halo imaginable Who would have thought that this little blue flying monkey would one day be one of the[...]

The list also includes Big Questions by Anders Nielson, Fables Vol 16, Fabio Moon and Gerard Ba's Daytripper and Jon McNaught's Dockwood The Classic selection gives nods to Creepy Vol 1, the oversized hardcover reprint of Batman Year One by Miller and Mazzachelli, Krazy Kat Vol 1, a collection of HM Bateman cartoons, and Terry[...]

Or Michael Fassbender. Fables #123 by Joao Ruas I don't know why, but I feel like I've seen these kinds of faces before in another medium Pan's Labyrinth maybe? Anyway, the smooth and marble-like texture in their faces makes me feel chilly just looking at them Then looking into their dark eyes makes me feel somewhat[...]

Mike Greear writes for Bleeding Cool from NYCC at the Vertigo panel According to Bill Willingham, issue 50 of the Mike Carey-penned series, "The Unwritten," will begin an event that sees characters from "Fables" come over into Carey's book Willingham said that this is not a crossover, as it happens entirely in "The Unwritten", a book[...]

Truly an evil guy. BIG BAD WHITE QUEEN FABLES #121 marks the merciful end of the CUBS IN TOYLAND storyline, the most depressing and cruel saga in the book's history Thankfully this issue manages to find the light of redemption after the truly horrific events that have forever transformed cute, vain, spoiled little Therese into the adult[...]

Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool; The most recent Fables spinoff, Fairest, has been until now a somewhat insular affair It's not that it hasn't been good, not at all From the Adam Hughes covers to the Phil Jiminez pencils in the first story arc, not to mention Willingham's always interesting, fun scripts, it's definitely been[...]

And a rare appearance of Fables with its own ten year anniversary sees it beat out Wolverine for reorders Look forward to possible second prints of all of these. While Batman Earth One continues to lead the reorders for comic books already shipped along with other Batbooks and The Walking Dead Rachel Rising also makes a[...]