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So, #75 came out this week. Thoughts?

I actually thought things were going to go down in a much worse way than they did. There's an obvious out with the big death but it still shows that no-one is safe in Fables.

The resolution to it all was a bit of a surprise for me but it was pretty damn satisfying all in. I'd have liked to have seen Cindy this issue, even if only in passing, but there's such a lot going on that you can't have anything. Blue absolutely rocks though.

So now that the story is over and the Fables are safe and they will all be going back to various worlds for adventures, whats the betting the adversary takes over Fabletown?

<span style="font-size: 25px;">A WEEK AND A HALF!!!</span> :frustrated:

Meaning the classic comic adage "If there's no body"?

Oh, yeah... so I finally got 75 this week, as well as 76.

I actually liked that it wasn't completely onesided, and that the Empire soldiers showed some battlefield ingenuity. That final dragon the Emperor held back was a wowser, even if he was shot down as he delivered a crippling blow to the Glory. And the one-on-one battle between Bigby and the Emperor was cool. Especially after his earlier wounding that added drama to the proceedings. And yes, Bevis, Blue indeed rocks.

The epilogue was a shock, and lead directly into #76. It'll be interesting, to say the least, to see where this goes. It was nice that they got Allred to spell Bucky after the epic #75. But did anybody think his Pinocchio was a little... off from previous stories he'd drawn using the character?

I just read 75 and 76 together, too. I wasn't necessarily happy to see the Glory and Prince Charming go down, but it made for a better story than an all-out victory for the Fables. Prince Charming actually got to be a hero in the end, so not a bad finish.

Gepetto in Fabletown, arguing for his despotic approach - interesting. His comment about enjoying an annual conversation with talking bears was pretty good. You've got to figure he's not just going to sit peacefully in retirement.

I didn't particularly like Pinocchio looking like a real little boy (was he turned into a real boy at some point? Did I miss something?), but that's a really minor detail.

We've got some foreshadowing that all will not be well in the post-war world, which should make for more good stories.

Exactly. We've already seen that the major Fables can survive pretty horrendous damage (Snow and Goldilocks being the most obvious two, but Jack as well in his own series) so the fact that we don;t see a body and he's one of the most recognisable Fables in the Mundy world means that there's an easy way to bring him back if Willingham so chooses.

He was originally turned into a real boy by the Blue Fairy in his actual story, turned back into wood during the March of the Wooden Soldiers, and turned back to flesh when Blue brought him back to Gepetto in the Homelands story.

He was drawn as a little boy in the first arc of FABLES, by Lan Medina. Buckingham stylized his appearance to reflect his origins, but he was always meant to be a "real boy" until he had his head cut off in MotWS and reverted to a wooden (beheaded ) puppet. Bucky drew all of the invading soldiers with the same expression as Pinocchio; It was later revealed their hands and heads had been treated with the Blue Fairy elixir.

My complaint had more to do with Allred's change in depicting him between FABLES #57 and #76. I hate the "Little Orphan Annie" eyes 'Red gave him in #76.

Agreed. I had to dig out my past issues to check - the blank eyes are actually sort of creepy. I wonder why Allred would have made him look so different from Buckingham's version - the other characters don't differ much.

There have been so many stories in this series, it's a good candidate for rereading from the start.

I used the first trade to win over another non-comic reader. He works for Disney, so it really was a hit for him.

And I just finished reading the trade "War and Pieces." The war was messy, the resolution sweet, and now I'm excited to see life post Adversary.

Just read my latest, #77 I believe... Are Fred and Mouse supposed to be Sword and Sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser?

That's what I figured, since the names are close and they look the same as they were drawn by Mike Mignola.

I thought that as well. I like the way a lot of these sort of characters turn up.

#78...

I guess we know why BillW went with Fred and Mouse. I don't think the creater of Fafhrd & GM would appreciate their fates...

So much going on in this issue. Loved how all of it's tied together, multiple threads in a greater tapestry. I see now how JJ's cover relates to the story, but don't know the significance of spiders to that character. Need to research the original Fables.

And ... Poor Blue...

But an awesome issue... jam-packed without being too much. Can't wait for 79!

Hmmm.

As long as it's not a CW teenfest, I'm interested.

Not really interested in a TV show unless I hear from several sources--including both other posters and critical reviews--that its the greatest thing since sliced bread.

I think it has potential, but someone else said they didn't think Disney would want to seem to mess with their own versions.

Makes me think they are doing the pilot and buying up the rights in order to stifle it to protect theirs, much like folks said Microsoft would do to young startup companies.

#81...

Dammit.

Two deaths, and I think they're both directly linked to Mister Dark. One is obvious, but the second, bigger one has been festering for awhile now. <span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">I don't think Blue's infection from the Witching Cloak and his wasting resemblance to Fred, Grey and now Kay is a coincidence. I'm just glad he's buried in Haven and not one of Dark's potential "tooth zombies" </span></span>

The death of

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text"> Kay really took me off guard. Poor Kay (kinda pissed that everyone forgot about him) and the death of Blue, although expected, made me sad, very very sad. I loved Blue, he was one of my favorites. Sigh, now I'm sad again </span></span>

Read #81 and #82 yesterday. Blue's speech to Red Rose was *harsh*, although on the mark. Even if Rose has been behaving quite responsibly for a while, running the Farm, her romantic entanglements were still selfish. Can a Fable character truly change its nature? When Rose vows to become "worthy" of Blue, is she just throwing a tantrum or will she change?

A nice discussion of characters dying and coming back to life because Mundies want them to - which came first, the story or the character - magic and chronology don't always mix... plus lots of impending doom for future issues.

I went for the full crossover, even though I'd dropped Jack of Fables a few months ago, and read #1-5 yesterday.

Some catching up from the missing Jack issues: it turns out a lot of the main characters are related to one another and there's some guy named Kevin who writes the Fables and can change their destiny, or very existence.

Now the search is on to get Kevin before he writes a new universe.

Rose Red is in an appalling state and I wonder why nobody at the Farm is intervening to help her. Jack is funny and roguish; he's okay in limited doses. The involvement of the Literals adds a new level to the reality of this fantasy. You figure the Fables have to win out in the end and banish Jack once more from their community, or we're back to one book.

It reminds me of that theory that we are somebody's computer simulation, and they might be somebody else's computer simulation. There are the Literals, the Fables, the Mundy world of the Fables universe and us, the readers, involved in the story to some degree.

Same here, though I only have parts 1-3. 4 and 5 are on their way.


Isn't this Kevin Thorn, the newswriter from The March of the Wooden Soldiers ? The Mundy who saw through the spells used to cover up the trouble caused by the Empire in Fabletown? And also he was Hansel's landlord... He's been a peripheral character for so long, I was wondering what Willingham was ever going to do with him.

You're right, it is Kevin Thorn. I was going to check if it was that nosy writer guy, whose name I'd forgotten.