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Fables vol 7: Arabian Nights by Bill Willingham

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Bingo: Myths (and another bingo, with column 4) This is the 7th volume in the Fables series, and the first to put a focus on non-Western stories. I read the first 6 volumes of Fables years ago and while I enjoyed the setting and the first few stories, it didn’t hook me enough to keep going, so I was curious to see if this collection would spark my interest again. Reader, it did not. There is the seed of a good story in this volume; […]

Some Fables Are More Equal Than Others

Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham

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After reading the first volume of Fables for Bingo, I decided to keep going with the second one since it was available through Kindle Unlimited.  Jack is working off his community service based on his actions in the previous murder story, while Snow White has decided its time for her annual trip to the farm upstate to check on all the fairy tale exiles that can’t blend in among the humans of the city. Snow White hasn’t heard from the supervisor at the farm in […]

A pretty disappointing crossover – not sorry I waited so long to read it

The Unwritten, vol 9: The Unwritten Fables by Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross and Mark Buckingham

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Tommy Taylor has been separated from his friends and is desperately trying to find a way back to them. He also needs to stop the ancient adversary, Pullman, from killing the legendary Leviathan once and for all, but is waylaid on his journey when the various witches and magical personages of Fabletown attempt to summon the greatest mage the worlds have ever seen, in order to stop the menace threatening their own realms. Tommy is pretty sure he’s not the person they’re looking for, but […]

A disappointing crossover with Fables.

The Unwritten, Vol. 9: The Unwritten Fables by Mike Carey, Bill Willingham, Peter Gross, & Mark Buckingham

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Okay, first of all, what the hell has been going on in Fables while I’ve been away? Shit is MESSED UP. Second of all, this was way more of a Fables story than it was an Unwritten story, and it was a clunky Fables story at that. I haven’t checked in with Fables in years, and the last one I read was Vol. 6, Homelands. That ended in a very, very different place than this one began in, but it’s not hard to get into the […]

Super spy Cinderella is tasked with stopping a killer in Fabletown

Fairest: In all the Land by Written by Bill Willingham, Illustrated by various

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The short lived Fables offshoot, Fairest, wrapped up at the same time as its parent title(insert Farewell link). Fairest focused on the side character women of Fables, primarily those traditionally known as the “princesses” and is collected in several volumes. There are also a few stand alone releases called Cinderella, that follow the exploits of Fabletown’s most badass spy. Fairest: In All the Land is not an issue compilation, but a single story told through a mixture of long form text and illustrations. Fables writer […]

…and they lived happily(ish) ever after.

Fables: Farewell (Issue 150) by Bill Willingham (Writer), Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)

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The final volume of Fables wraps up several plotlines and serves as a conclusion but not an ending. After all, the Fables are quasi-immortal beings and there will always be more stories for them, even if they won’t be told in the series Fables. Farewell wastes no time in quickly dispatching two of the primary antagonists of the recent storyline in order to quickly put the pieces in place for the apocalyptic Rose Red vs. Snow White showdown. The reappearance of Bigby Wolf in New […]



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