Preview Monday: ANIMAL MAN #0 and FAIREST #7

Mon, 09/03/2012 - 9:00am | Alex Nagorski

Happy Labor Day!

 

For this week’s installment of Preview Mondays, we’re giving you exclusive first looks at ANIMAL MAN #0 and FAIREST #7!

 

In ANIMAL MAN #0, witness the origin story you’ve been waiting for! Find out how Buddy Baker became Animal Man. The twist? What actually was the catalyst for Buddy’s superhero persona versus what he perceived happened are two very different stories. Planting seeds that will be fully explored in the “Rotworld” crossover event with SWAMP THING this fall, ANIMAL MAN #0 is written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Steve Pugh. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue, which goes on sale this Wednesday.

 

Set in 1940’s Los Angeles, FAIREST #7 is a stand-alone issue from the guest creative team of Matthew Sturges and Shawn McManus. In this Fable Noir, both Beast and St. George are scouring dive bars and smoky clubs looking for a ruthless femme fatale. But who will find her first?  And how many innocent men will be lured in by her and killed before they catch her? Click here to see an exclusive preview of FAIREST #7, in stores this week.

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Fables Panel tonight in San Diego

Sat, 07/24/2010 - 8:00am | DCE Editorial

Tonight, if you're in San Diego at the convention check out the FABLES panel where something special is about to happen:

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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!

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bill willingham, chirs roberson, Chrissie Zullo, fables, matthew sturges, steve leialoha

Behind-The-Scenes with Brian Bolland

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 7:00am | DCE Editorial

People (well, especially people non artistically inclined like myself), are often curious as to how the artist got from a blank sheet of paper to the finished product. Well, GRAPHIC CONTENT is happy to bring you behind-the-scenes of Brian Bolland's cover to JACK OF FABLES #39.

What started as a pencil sketch, gets inked, added to, more detailed and brought to life with color. Simple, right?

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bill willingham, brian bolland, jack of fables, matthew sturges, russ braun

Vertigo Voices: The Fables Forum panel highlights

Sat, 07/25/2009 - 4:45pm | DCE Editorial

As always, THE FABLES FORUM was a full of fun and fan interaction as Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Matthew Sturges, Steve Leialoha, Lee Loughridge, Shawn McManus, Andrew Pepoy, Chris Roberson, Chrissie Zullo and Todd Klein discussed all things FABLES.

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The major announcement today is that Bigby Wolf will be the protagonist of his very own ogn. Fables: Werewolves in the Heartland an original graphic novel written by Bill Willingham with art by Jim Fern. Bigby Wolf takes center stage in an action packed story full of sex, violence, intrigue and daring escapes, as he sets out on a quest across the US to find a new location for Fabletown.

And for those in attendance a special one sheet Fables story written by Willingham with art by Mark Buckingham was handed out.

What? You wish you could read that story?

Well, for the first time EVER you can.

As Willingham himself puts it,"In the past two years we've handed out one-page Fables comics at the San Diego show that were basically throwaway gag pages. For the first time we decided to go the other way and do a serious, very dramatic Fables story, one that has far-reaching consequences for the series to follow. This one-page comic hints at what the second hundred issues of Fables will all be about."

Here it is. ENJOY!

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For those of you who couldn’t make it to the show or if you missed any of the DC COMICS panels, or, you just want to relive the experience again, you can find photos, podcasts from the panels, and other information, here.

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The Great Fables Crossover Comes To An End

Mon, 06/22/2009 - 9:00am | DCE Editorial

FABLES is a series that continues to keep me guessing and THE LITERALS #3 is no exception. Set in the picturesque Catskills, all seems calm and peaceful as Kevin Thorn, released from Writers Bloc, picks up his pen . . . about to destroy everything.

Will the Fables, the Literals and the Genres overcome their differences and live happily ever after? Or is it the end of the entire universe as we know it? Or both? Find out this Wednesday in the conclusion to THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER.

Here are a few pages to get you through until Wednesday.

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bill willingham, fables, matthew sturges, the great fables crossover, the literals
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