Fables: The crack of comic books

[kellinator]

Yesterday I dropped by Criminal Records to see my crack dealer big brother and favorite comics salesman Rick and, as usual, asked him what was new and good.

He informed me that the Fables prequel was out.

For those of you who haven't heard me babble about it before, Fables, by Bill Willingham, is my current favorite comic. Imagine all your favorite fairy-tale characters forced from their homelands by a mysterious enemy taking refuge in New York City. Snow White's running the show, the Big Bad Wolf is the town sheriff, and Prince Charming's perpetually in trouble with his ex-wives.

I'm afraid words just can't do it justice. It just... rules.

And the prequel that's out, The Last Castle, might be the best so far. It's Boy Blue's story of the last desperate boat out of the homelands, and it's got everything you'd want out of a great comic: action, humor, romance, nobility, and a last page that'll just break your heart. Plus, cameos from everyone from Robin Hood to Britomart and the Redcrosse Knight from The Faerie Queene.

Just trust me. Check it out; it's like five bucks for a mini-graphic novel. And let me know what you think.

Comments

[kaifawn.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds really cool -- I usually don't do comics, but I'm a folklore nut and loooove fairy tales. Have you ever seen the Sondheim musical Into the Woods?

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

No, but I need to. Another comic I'd recommend to you is Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. Utterly charming!

[reannon.livejournal.com]

I just read vol. 1, and I'm hooked already. Dammit. I can't afford any more comic addictions! Make Scarcrest stop!

[gallowglass.livejournal.com]

I ordered it months ago. Whether I get it or not is up to the vagaries of the people running the subscriptions service.

Well, no, I'll get it but *when* depends on whether I have to have stern words with them or not...

[thepeopleseason.livejournal.com]

I've been reading Fables since about issue 6 when I saw that Bill Willingham was writing it, and I picked The Last Castle up at Oxford today. It was everything you said it was and more, pretty much my favorite of the stack that I got.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Awwwww yeah. I'll be buyin' that.