![]() ![]() But really the story is the thing.įables is a long-form story whose telling spanned 13 years, 150 individual magazine comics, and 22 compilation volumes. I’ve written about earlier volumes here, here, here, here, here and here, and have just finished a most satisfying binge-read of the last nine volumes in less than two weeks. While catering to the bloodlust and other lusts of ‘grown-up’ comics readers, this huge work does what the best fantasy does, makes us think about what it means to be human – with a particular emphasis on power struggles. Mark Buckingham and a host of other artists serve the story brilliantly. Tl dr: I binged on the last nine volumes of Bill Willingham’s witty, edgy, intelligent, original stories entwined with twisted versions of fairytales. ![]() – 21: (two short chapters written by Matthew Sturges) Happily Ever After(Vertigo 2015) Bill Willingham (writer), many artists, mainly Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridge (inking) and Todd Klein (letterer), Fables: ![]()
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