“I wish they’d let me join them in death. I would have been a great ghost. Maybe I didn’t have the right hat.” This spin-off series from Fables enters its second major story line, and its first without creator Bill Willingham who remains as a consultant, with South African author… Continue reading
“Only silly Dorothys arrive in a magical land and want to go home.” The latest trade collection of the Vertigo series, Fables, takes us to volume 18 collecting issues 114 to 123 – marking 10 years of the series. The usual contributors are present again with writer Bill Willingham and… Continue reading
“… dead gods are another thing altogether. They can be infinitely more useful.” This long delayed original graphic novel is a spin off from the long running Vertigo series, Fables. As with the main series, it was written by Bill Willingham. The book has a number of artists – Jim… Continue reading
Quote: ‘You’re going to slay me with a walking stick? I know I’m just a girl and all, but it’s a bit far-fetched.’ I don’t tend to make many posts about single issues of comics but I thought I would about this one for completeness as, together with… Continue reading
Quote: “I smell a rat! No, I smell whatever sort of vermin a rat smells when he smells a rat!” The recent publication of issue 6 of Fairest marks the end of the first story. Fairest is the latest spinoff from Fables and will focus on the female… Continue reading
Quote: “That’s the trouble with prophecy. It seldom helps and often harms.” Volume 17 of Fables collects issues 108 – 113. The book was again written by creator Bill Willingham and the four issue main story, and the standalone story following it, was again pencilled by the ever… Continue reading
Quote: What did you expect me to call myself, Dorothy Gale, killer-for-hire? Or maybe the wicked bitch of the East? This book collects the second six issue Fables mini-series featuring super-spy Cinderella. It was again written by Chris Roberson with art by Shawn McManus. There is also a… Continue reading
Quote: You’re all looking for something to blame when you should be looking out the window. This comic is an collection of short stories from various Vertigo titles including Strange Adventures, Weird War Tales and Flinch. However, the reason I picked it up is that it features a… Continue reading
Quote: So basically, you’ve been wasting my time with nine different costume fittings. Was all this a dodge to watch me undress so often? This is volume 16 of the popular Vertigo series and collects issues 101 – 107. As usual it was written by Bill Willingham and… Continue reading
Quote: He’s never fought a duel. I’m an expert at it. He’s agreed to a game he barely knows, where I own the game board, the pieces, the dice – everything. This is volume 15 of the ongoing Vertigo series and collects issues 94 – 100. As usual… Continue reading
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