Any body here a fan of Fables (comic book series)?

[MavsSuperFan]

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[gigantes]

i've noticed a few series like this the past few years. didn't moore or someone like that do an award-winning run along those lines? "dreamland" or something...?


but what do you like about this series in particular? the art looks nice, although a bit heroes / villains for my taste.


mouse guard is a really nice series. a little flowery at times, but better for being indie. kind of an update on 18th and 19th-century storytelling with a modern edge.

[Nick Young]

it's a really shit sandman knockoff. Not a fan. Cannot understand the popularity. Read the first three trade paperbacks and it was badly written cliche shit.

[MavsSuperFan]

i've noticed a few series like this the past few years. didn't moore or someone like that do an award-winning run along those lines? "dreamland" or something...?


but what do you like about this series in particular? the art looks nice, although a bit heroes / villains for my taste.


mouse guard is a really nice series. a little flowery at times, but better for being indie. kind of an update on 18th and 19th-century storytelling with a modern edge.
For me I enjoyed the novelty of stories from my childhood, interrupted in a different way. Eg. Goldilocks being a socialist revolutionary. Prince Charming being a douche womanizer, The whole geppetto storyline, lord hansel, etc.

It makes sense if you think about it for a minute, in that it is consistent with their original fables.

[gigantes]

For me I enjoyed the novelty of stories from my childhood, interrupted in a different way. Eg. Goldilocks being a socialist revolutionary. Prince Charming being a douche womanizer, The whole geppetto storyline, lord hansel, etc.

It makes sense if you think about it for a minute, in that it is consistent with their original fables.
i see. and that is the great thing about timeless myth, IMO... it tends to be relateable across the centuries. provided one is willing to think and imagine a tad. :cheers:

[HarryCallahan]

I read the first 4-5 TPB's, they were decent enough. I rather like the "Big Bad Wolf" and "Prince Charming" characters. The "Animal Farm" book was my favourite, although I wish someone would kick Snow White in the teeth.