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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[...]

  Louis Falcetti writes for Bleeding Cool. The Fables Forum is always a weird, wild time, as ringmaster (or leader?) Bill Willingham zings his extended team members, editor, fans and sometimes other panels Like many panels, it's an opportunity to talk about upcoming projects, but unlike other panels where that is really all the audience gets, for[...]

Bleeding Cool reporter Peter Svensson told me yesterday that the new Fairest arc will have Steven Sadowski on pencils and Phil Jimenez inks on the comic. I also understand that Fairest and Fables creator Bill Willingham will announce at the Fables panel this week at San Diego Comic Con that this will be his last attendance[...]

    Matthew Funk writes for Bleeding Cool; The third and final book in the Fables for Japan digital anthology series has just been released Along with the first two books in the series, theyare definitely worth your attention for several reasons. The first reason is the talent The talented roster of contributors to the books includes[...]

Fairest and Fables creator Bill Willingham tweeted; Not decided by me I will work with Chris Roberson any time Any place. I am privy to a little inside information of what Chris Roberson will be doing instead of his Fairest arc and it will be awesome So there. DC Comics still list Roberson as an upcoming writer on[...]

It just so happened that they were doing the Cinderella spin-off and my stuff fit for Fables It was really nice because Fables was — is — my favourite comic, so it was a total dream come true I was just in the right place at the right time. Do you think there was something different[...]

Gavin Lees wrote for Bleeding Cool from ECCC; Bill Willingham is enjoying runaway success with his series, Fables, which has just recently debuted a new spin-off series, Fairest.  He is also something of an anomaly, being one of the few outspokenly conservative creators in the industry.  So, while talking to Willingham about his new project, I[...]

And ythe book is not-so-loosely based on Eric Trautmann's brothers death in Iraq in 2005. Fairest with Bill Willingham: He insists that Fairest is not Fables Lite, or Fables Part Two, it's a vehicle for Willingham to take a closer look at some of the characters Willigham wants to focus on a smaller group of characters[...]

This week, she looks at the current popularity of fairy tales in Hollywood and the Fables comic book as well as Comic Book Resources' interview with Bill Willingham – and we discover there is an unofficial Game Of Thrones cookbook coming. Have you seen the Jack The Giant Killer trailer that we ran last night yet? [...]

You know the show from Disney owned ABC that they made after they suddenly stopped developing the Fables show with Warners and DC Comics.. That show. And now they're using Marvel comics in the show Must be like rubbing salt into the wound for anyone involved with the DC plans. Of course, that the comic was written by[...]

But we all know that the new TV show Once Upon A Time on ABC is a ripoff of the unmade Fables TV adaptation that ABC were pursuing shortly before announcing this new show. Well, this is your opportunity to let them all know that you know And that you know they know that you know[...]

Six years ago, Vertigo's hit series Fables was being developed by NBC as an ongoing TV series, but only made it to scripts In 2008, ABC stated that they had picked up the rights for a TV pilot of Fables Writers were attached, David Semel was to direct And then… nothing, Now ABC are putting[...]

Fables has grown into DC/Vertigo's largest franchise, spinning off into series upon series, with games and TV shows also in the offing. But now all those spin-off mini-series will appear as an ongoing series-of-mini-series called Fairest, announced at the Fables panel at San Diego Comic Con A consolidation if you will An attempt at increased brand[...]

We knew that Telltale Games were going to make downloadable episodic games based on the DC Vertigo title Fables, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham. But until today we didn't know that Bill Willingham was going to work on the games as well. Bleeding Cool understands that the deal is expected to be announced on Saturday, and[...]

The Best Graphic Story nominations were;l Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo) Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse , written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment) Grandville Mon Amour , by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse) Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel , written[...]

Peter & Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham with illos by Steve Leialoha is now available on Amazon's Kindle service for $7.99 The trade paperback retails for $14.99. Update: The book is available on Barnes & Nobles' Nook service as well It does not appear to be in Apple's iBooks or the Google[...]

Fables artist Mark Buckingham is drawing a variant cover to IDW's new Doctor Who #1 in January And an issue later in the run. But this isn't either of them… it's something from IDW called Doctor Who: Fairy Tale Life… Fables artist Mark Buckingham is drawing a variant cover to IDW's new Doctor Who #1 in[...]

Aaron and Tri-Force Mike from A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida return out of the cold in their suede and leather to take us through this week's comics from both a retailer and a fan perspective. And they express their love for Crossed, the penis-captation of Orc Stain, Marvel's one good book New Avengers and its[...]