The fantastic novel about the brothers Piper, by FABLES writer extraordinaire Bill Willingham, will be published in paperback in December!
If you didn't already see it at San Diego Comic Con, check out this gorgeous wrap-around cover by Daniel Dos Santos!
Editor Shelly Bond just sent some amazing things to show off...
FABLES #98 - Mark Buckingham's final pencils on the issue, an amazing double-page spread. Imagine it together!
MADAME X #29 - Mark Buckingham's exquisite homage to Czech artist Alphonse Maria Mucha
And an incredible inked splash page from iZOMBIE #5
Tonight, if you're in San Diego at the convention check out the FABLES panel where something special is about to happen:
6:45-7:45 Fables Forum 2010
The Fables Forum returns to San Diego! The Fables creative team will be on hand to answer your most pressing Fables questions! Featuring the creators behind Fables, Jack of Fables and Cinderella, this panel is sure to have plenty of surprises. Hosted by Group Editor Shelly Bond with Bill Willingham (Fables), Steve Leialoha (Fables), Chris Roberson (Cinderella), Matthew Sturges (Jack of Fables), Chrissie Zullo (Cinderella) and more. Room 6DE
See you there!
San Diego Comic Con is in full swing. Join us tonight as some the greatest writers and artists in the business talk about their work!
5:30-6:30 Vertigo: On the Edge
Find out what compelling tales comics’ edgiest imprint has in store for you in the months to come! Led by Senior VP—Executive Editor Karen Berger, with an all-star lineup of talent that includes Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire), Gabriel Bá (Daytripper), Cliff Chiang (Neil Young’s Greendale), Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition), Joshua Dysart (Neil Young’s Greendale, Unknown Soldier), Peter Gross (The Unwritten), Matt Kindt (Revolver), Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth), Fabio Moon (Daytripper), Chris Roberson (iZombie), Scott Snyder (American Vampire), Matthew Sturges (Jack of Fables), Jill Thompson (Little Endless), Bill Willingham (Fables) and others. Room 6DE
FABLES panels at San Diego Comic Con are always full of excitement. Last year Bill wrote a special one page story illustrated by Mark Buckingham which was handed out exclusively to those in attendance. Well, what’s in store for FABLES fans this year? FABLES writer extraordinaire, Bill Willingham gives us a hint:
“Do you like expressing your love and yearning for fictional characters who died heroically, yet tragically? Do you like being able to accessorize with a unique and eclectic item of chic apparel that can go with anything? Or do you simply want to score a fab piece of rare swag that's certain to be one of the most sought-after items of funnybook history? Then you won't want to miss this year's Fables panel at the San Diego Comic Con!”
Join us Saturday, July 23 from 6:45-7:45 pm at Fables Forum 2010
Featuring the creators behind Fables, Jack of Fables and Cinderella, this panel is sure to have plenty of surprises. Hosted by Group Editor Shelly Bond with Bill Willingham (Fables), Steve Leialoha (Fables), Chris Roberson (Cinderella), Matthew Sturges (Jack of Fables), Chrissie Zullo (Cinderella) and more. Room 6DE
And to hold you over until then, check out the stunning covers by Joao Ruas of FABLES 99 and 100!
PARTNERS WITH COMIXOLOGY AND PLAYSTATION®NETWORK DIGITAL COMICS
ONLINE SALES AND DC COMICS APP FOR IPHONE®, IPAD® AND IPOD® TOUCH LAUNCH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 WITH UNPRECEDENTED RETAILER AFFILIATE PROGRAM, CONSUMER PLATFORM CONVERGENCE AND PROMOTION OF EAGERLY ANTICIPATED SUPERMAN STORYLINE
NEW YORK / BURBANK, Calif., June 23, 2010 - DC Comics, publisher of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Fables, is partnering with comiXology and PlayStation®Network for two separate digital comics distribution deals launching today, Wednesday, June 23. In addition, a DC Comics App for the iPhone®, iPad® and iPod® Touch is available allowing consumers an easy way to access DC Comics’ content. The announcement was made jointly today by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.
“At DC Comics, it has been a top priority that DC forges a meaningful, forward-looking digital strategy,” said Jim Lee, Co-Publisher, DC Comics. “As both a comic book creator and Co-Publisher, it was incredibly important that our plan includes not only creator incentive payments, but also an innovative component that supports comic shop owners. We see digital as an opportunity to grow our entire business.”
Both the comiXology and the PlayStation Network Digital Comics launch offerings will include classic titles from DC Comics, Vertigo and WildStorm, such as Batman: Hush, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Fables: Legends in Exiles and Planetary: All Over the World and Other Stories. Both programs will share a tiered pricing format, with digital comics priced from $.99 to $2.99 per issue. The Justice League: Generation Lost mini-series will be available through both platforms day and date with each issue’s print edition on-sale date, with both the digital and print editions priced at $2.99. Several comics will be available for free at launch, including the first installment of the ZUDA series Bayou and select stories from Batman: Black & White.
To further promote today’s announcement, DC Comics is offering a free 10-page preview of the 700th issue of Superman available through both platforms, day and date with the issue going on sale in comic book stores. The 10 page story is a prelude to writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Eddy Barrows’ highly anticipated “Grounded” storyline that will be published in Superman which will examine how Superman sees America, and how America sees Superman.
“Grounded is a major turning point in the history of Superman,” said Dan DiDio, Co-Publisher of DC Comics. “This storyline has the potential to generate national headlines and bring new readers the series.”
About the comiXology program: The comiXology program will launch with over 100 issues, from DC Comics, Vertigo and WildStorm, including the first issue of All Star Superman. Beginning with launch, one issue of Neil Gaiman’s critically acclaimed Sandman will be available digitally exclusively through comiXology each week and over 100 additional issues from the company’s diverse imprints will be made available through the comiXology program each month. The digital comics, priced from $.99 to $2.99 per issue, will be available through:
• DC Comics app for the iPhone®, iPad® and iPod® Touch;
• DC Comics-branded storefront, located in the Comics by comiXology app for the iPhone®, iPad® and iPod® Touch;
• DC Comics-branded storefront on the web at Comics.comiXology.com.
• www.dccomics.com, later this year.
“Once readers download an issue, they will be able to read it on all DC Comics-branded Comics by comiXology-supported platforms,” said David Steinberger, CEO of comiXology. "DC's taking a bold approach to platform convergence, and we're thrilled to be their solution of choice.”
Staying true to comiXology’s support of comic retailers, DC’s partnership with comiXology also includes a first-of-its-kind Retailer Affiliate Program, which will collect a portion of digital revenues to be invested back to and on behalf of comic book retailers in a variety of initiatives.
“The ComicsPRO Board of Directors is looking forward to continuing our dialog with DC Comics to figure out how their digital strategy can lead to new customers for storefront retailers,” said Joe Field, owner/operator of Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff, an Eisner-Award winning comic book shop in Concord, California. “We're pleased to be part of this important conversation about the future of the comics business.”
About PlayStation Network Digital Comics: The PlayStation® program will launch with over 80 issues from DC Comics, Vertigo and WildStorm, including the first 25 issues of Superman/Batman. Comic book titles based on videogame properties, including Free Realms, God of War and Resistance, will be made available digitally exclusively on PlayStation®Store for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. Over 50 additional issues will be made available each month, priced from $0.99 to $2.99 per issue, available through PlayStation Network.
“With the PlayStation Network digital comics available for all PSP models, the user is able to explore a huge range of more than 1600 comics and we look forward to working with DC Comics to continue to add even more titles,” said Susan Panico, senior director, PlayStation Network, Sony Computer Entertainment America. “PlayStation Network is the premiere entertainment destination and we are excited to provide users with exclusive content and continue to expand our growing library of comics.”
About the DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution partnership:
DC Comics is working with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to leverage its global digital platform expertise and key partner relationships with companies such as Apple, Microsoft and other online distributors. Through these efforts WBDD will help DC Comics grow their digital publishing business.
“We’re very pleased to be working with the exceptionally talented team at DC Comics to help bring digital comics to consumers,” said Thomas Gewecke, President of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. “This innovative offering breaks new ground, and makes some truly great works available in digital form for the first time."
“Today’s launch provides an additional opportunity to convert new readers and recapture lapsed readers while serving existing fans,” said John Rood, Executive Vice President, DC Entertainment. “We look forward to working with our partners in the industry—the creators, the retailers and the fans—as we experiment with our digital strategy, in a manner that remains additive to our traditional business models.”
This fall is chock full of FABLES fun.
In September the conclusion to the Rose Red arc with issue #98. Will she get out of bed, suit up and save the day or are we going to be let down? Either way, heads will roll, blood will spill and sisters Snow White and Rose Red will be changed forever. Don't ya just love that blue scarf?
November brings the first Hardcover FABLES DELUXE EDITION BOOK TWO collecting issues 11-18 of the Eisner Award winning series, along with FABLES: The Last Castle.
We all know the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, right? Well, this month’s issue of FABLES takes the fairy tale a step further. Issue #96 explores why and how Snow got separated from her sister Rose Red, came to live with the dwarves, got poisoned and ended up with that gigolo Prince Charming all while Rose lost her “spark.”
Take a walk down memory lane on Wednesday!
For those of you that haven't seen it yet, watch the FABLES TV commercial that's running on BBC America here!
That's right. This weekend catch the first ever TV commercial for the best-selling comic book series FABLES!
It will debut this Saturday, May 29th during the DOCTOR WHO and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION “WHO-LIDAY WEEKEND TREK” marathon on BBC America.
The marathon starts on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. EST and runs through Monday, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Don't miss it!
