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The Vertigo blog recently posted a TV commercial that's been airing on BBC America for the Eisner-winning modern fairy tale graphic novel series "Fables." It's a slick, well-produced affair that comes complete with a movie trailer style voiceover selling that sums up the book's immediately appealing high concept (fairy tale characters in modern-day New York City...

Following in the footsteps of a restless neighbor who stepped out in "Jack of Fables," it looks like Fabletown's baddest wolf will get a spotlight of his own in this fall's "Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland." The title was announced a few months back, but Vertigo's Graphic Content blog now has a first look at the original graphic novel's tentative exterior artwork: Bill Wil

The 500+ page Previews catalog can be pretty tough to get through, even for the most jaded comics reader. That's why every month, ComicsAlliance contributor Chris Sims sits down to scour the pages for the best, worst, and most mind-bogglingly insane items and bring them to you, the discerning reader, in our recurring feature, Chris vs...

With this week's release of Marvel's "Black Knight" #1 -- not to be confused with DC's similarly named space zombie epic -- creators Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz are revisiting the age of Camelot to reveal the long-lost origin of the Black Knight and the the sword that's basically Excalibur in one of those Evil Mirror Universe Goatees from "Star Trek," Chaos the Doombringer... Rea

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- comic books hitting the shelves this week. MAYBE RIDING IN A CAR TRUNK ISN'T AS UNCOMFORTABLE AS IT LOOKS. PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT -- Stumptown 1 Private investigators in fiction usually come in two varieties...

Since its debut in 2002, Bill Willingham's "Fables" has been the flagship title of the Vertigo imprint, spawning a successful ongoing spin-off, an Eisner award-winning original graphic novel, an upcoming mini-series and, most recently, the original prose novel "Peter and Max," which delves into the story of the Peter Piper...

There have been some big announcements for "Fables" writer Bill Willingham at Comic-Con, including the news that he'll begin writing the IDW comic "Angel" based on the "Buffy the Vampire" spinoff show in December, the new IDW fantasy series "Back Roads," and an original Vertigo graphic novel focusing on Bigby Wolf called "Fables: Werewolves in the Heart

Vertigo, the DC Comics imprint that brought you "Sandman" and "Preacher," just launched its own blog called "Graphic Content," where they're going to be adding previews, news, and behind-the-scenes articles by editors. They've kicked off the party with a download of the very first chapter of "Peter and Max," a novel novel coming out this October that's set

With a stage full of almost as many folks as had taken the same stage for Friday's Vertigo panel, the creative team behind Fables, Jack of Fables, and House of Mystery led the capacity crowd in an informative roundtable discussion early Sunday afternoon at Comic-Con...