fables

So this is pretty neat, actually. Created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, The Unwritten is an urban fantasy series starring Tom Taylor, a young man who was his famous father's inspiration for a character in a mega popular novel. But it seems that the line between reality and fiction is frighteningly small, and there may be much more to Tom's connection to the fictional realm than meets the eye... R

This week on War Rocket Ajax, we're joined by Bill Willingham! He's been writing Fables for a decade, but next March, he'll be taking on a new role as the host of the Fabletown and Beyond convention in Rochester, Minnesota. We talk all about why he wanted to start up a convention based on the Mythic Fiction genre, as well as -- and I say this with no hint of irony -- the most in-depth discussion

Many ComicsAlliance readers will be glad to know that Vertigo is launching an all-new ongoing series set in the enduringly popular and consistently excellent Fables saga created by Bill Willingham. Called Fairest, the book will star Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and, in Willingham's words, anyone who could be interpreted as "fairest in the land...

While a previously announced television version of Fables is likely not happening (at least, not that version), that has not stopped readers from imagining some kind of filmed interpretation of Bill Willingham's hugely popular Vertigo series about fairy tale characters living secretly amongst us...

Fans of zombies and storybook characters rejoice! Videogame maker Telltale Games has acquired the rights to Image Comics's The Walking Dead as well as Vertigo's Fables. For weeks now, rumors of a proper TWD video game have been circulating the blogosphere, but the addition of Fables comes as something of a surprise...

Following up on the critical and commercial success of Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, writer Chris Roberson and artist Shawn McManus are back with a new miniseries starring everybody's favorite magical superspy, Cinderella: Fables are Forever...

Threads: MIghty Fine's got a number of fun new Marvel and Scott Pilgrim shirts available for the holiday shopping season, but the "Three Wolf Moon" Deadpool parody "Tac and Roll Fantasy" tee might be the funniest. Quotables: Johnny Ryan's interviews with The Walking Dead creators Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore flesh out why the pair split during their time on the title and why

Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week. KEY * Speaking in code ^ Young soul rebels % The hammer of the gods ^ % FABLES #100 Vertigo does throw a lot of ideas at the wall, but sometimes they stick, as with this durable take on fairy tales and mythology...

Ratings: The Walking Dead's season finale was watched by more than six million viewers - the most for any episode of the season. That's a lot of people who have come to love zombies since Halloween. Movies: It's been a long time since I gave any real thought to the 1980 live action Popeye film, but it turns out it's well worth reflecting on...

It's hard enough to believe it's already been 50 months since the last "Burning Questions" issue of Fables (whereby reader questions are answered in the form of original short stories), much less 100 months since the debut of the superlative Vertigo series...