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Fables to get television commercial

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If you’ve been listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast, or reading my editorials for the last couple of years, you know one of my big gripes is publishers not advertising their titles on television – a potential great way to get new readers.

Looks like Warner Bros. is finally listening, by running a commercial for Bill Willingham’s Fables series during the Doctor Who and Star Trek: The Next Generation Marathons running on BBC America this weekend.  I’ve learned the commercial will air on Saturday, but Vertigo didn’t know the exact time.

With the MPAA considering releasing first run movies for home delivery, and now this news, it’s good to see people at least thinking seriously about my rants for a change (grin).

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Review: Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love #2

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If you are a near immortal kept alive by how popular you are in the minds of those who grew up on fairy tales, at some point you’d become daring enough to want to try anything.  For Cinderella, becoming a spy seemed like a natural way to get out her aggressions over loves lost, and protect her interests at the same time.

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SDCC ’09: Fables One Page Story

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Each year at the Vertigo Fables panel, the creators of the series hand out a one page original story.  Vertigo’s Graphic Content blog posted the image, and a bit of important news from Bill Willingham about how this one pager affects the overall story line.

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Zeus Comics Announces Free Comic Book Day Guests

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I like comic book stores that really get into Free Comic Book Day (Saturday, May 2, 2009).  Sure, having a gigantic selection of free comics is a good idea, but those stores that bring in special guests are cranking the event up to the next level.  Take Zeus Comics for example; the store not only has ordered 4000 comics but is bringing in some cool guests.

  • Scott Kurtz: creator of PVP, Ding!, co-creator and writer of Truth, Justin and The American Way.
  • Matt Sturges: writer of House of Mystery, Blue Beetle, and Jack of Fables for DC/Vertigo Comics.
  • Kristian Donaldson: co-creator and artist of Supermarket, artist on DMZ, Chuck, and upcoming 99Days.
  • James O’Barr: creator of The Crow which was adapted into the hit blockbuster movie.

Zeus Comics will be open from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM and is located at:
4411 Lemmon Ave
Dallas TX, 75219
214-219-TOYS

If I were in Dallas, I’d go…

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Fables Gets Pilot Nod From ABC

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This is probably the best Monday morning news that I’ve seen in a while. Looks like ABC has given a pilot nod to Bill Willingham’s Fables.  The show will be produced and written by Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner.  David Semel will direct the fairy tale series set in the mundy world.

“We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode,” Metzner said.

The fairy tale characters will keep some of their trademark characteristics. For instance, Prince Charming will be handsome, while Big Bad Wolf will have to shave a four-day shadow from growing back every day.

But overall, “they are just like real people in the real world who live and breathe and look just like you and me,” Metzner said.

The writing team looks to be off to a good start as they are adapting the first story arc that follows Bigby and the rest of Fabletown investigate the apparent murder or Rose Red.

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Review: City of Dust #2

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Orwell was right. So was Stoker, and probably Seuss too.

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I imagine that as my son grows older he’ll have just as wild an imagination as his father – or even more so.  I see the signs now as he plays and talks, but I wonder what would happen if imagination were outlawed?  Would I break the law so my son could hear about the adventures of Superman, fables of the tortoise and the hare, or even the monsters that lurk under the bed?  Probably.  And if I lived in the City of Dust I’d be arrested quicker than those idiots you see on Cops.

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Review: Fables #76 – Around the Town

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War is Over, Now

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The story that has preoccupied the pages of Fables for at least the last two years, was the buildup and invasion of the homelands by the Fables, who were sick and tired of The Adversary threatening their way of existence in the Mundy world.  After last month’s stunning conclusion to the war, we’re left wondering, “What’s next?”

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James Jean Ends Run on Fables

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Long loved cover artist for Bill Willingham’s Fables series, James Jean, has decided to end his run on the series.

“This is a difficult email for me to write. Don’t worry . . . as far as I know, I don’t have any tumors or crippling neuroses, and my taxes are in order. But I feel like I’m breaking up with the prom queen on prom night, after having dated through grades 6 – 12. Feeble analogies aside, it has been an amazing opportunity to work on Fables these past 7 years (8 this October). But I feel that it’s time to devote myself full-time to painting and personal work. Shelly and I talked yesterday, and my last cover will be 81, at the end of the story arc. It has been a true privilege to work on a team that has produced such great chemistry on paper, and to have been a part of such an important book that has entertained and drawn together so many people”

Jean says he will now move on to personal projects as his full-time job.  Even though his art was never on the interior of the series, those wonderful, wonderful covers caught my eye month after month, making it easy to separate Fables from the rest of the issues on the stands.

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Review: Fables #73 – War and Pieces

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“If they pull a knife, you pull a gun.”

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Vertigo has known for some time that it has something special with Bill Willingham’s Fables. And I’m sure Bill Willingham knows he has something special with Fables too. And even though some of the story arcs these past couple of years have been hit and miss at times, Willingham continues to deliver interesting tales of the struggles between the fables and the villains of the home world, and this issue is no exception.

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Vertigo Sneak Peek: House of Mystery #1

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Arriving in stores this week is the updated tales from the House of Mystery. Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges, these new tales feature the trials and struggles of five unfortunate souls trapped in the house, and illustrated by Luca Rossi.

Take the jump for a sneak peek of the issue.

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Top 100 Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks for March 2008

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piechart.jpgDiamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the rundown of the top 100 trades and graphic novels that shipped in March 2008.

Not surprisingly DC’s Batman Killing Joke Special Edition Hardcover took the number one spot with its new coloring (which I like quite a bit). Manga favorite Naruto came in at the number three position, with Marvel making its first appearance at #6 with Spider-Man One More Day Premiere Hardcover. DC came out on top trade wise goes taking the number one and number two spots on the list and also garnering a third position in the top 5 with DMZ.

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Fables #71: Skullduggery Part 1

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Let the war begin

For almost a year now we’ve been riveted on the adventures of Flycatcher as he reclaimed portions of the homelands in the Good Prince story line. With that war at an end, it’s time for the Fables to kick it up a notch, but first we have to find out what Cinderella is up to.

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