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jaisewell asked: My lover recently got slightly obsessed with the League of extraordinary gentlemen. Is there anything she can read until the next part of century comes out?
Fables is one of those series with a premise that sounds like such a simple idea that it couldn’t be any good.
All the characters from all the fairy stories you read growing up have been exiled from their ‘Homelands’ - the fictional worlds they inhabited - by the mysterious Adversary. They’ve settled in New York, in a magically hidden part they’ve christened Fabletown.
Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham have created a world where they can set any kind of story. The first volume is largely a murder-mystery, investigated by the town sheriff, Bigby Wolf. Or Big Bad Wolf as he was known in the Homelands. The mayor is Old King Cole. Deputy Mayor is Snow White. You see where this is going…
Virtually every single character is a reference to some children’s story or other - pigs, cats, crows, security guards - all have been the stars of their own tale at some point in their past lives.
It’s a great series for anyone who’s into large casts, epic story-telling and really sharp dialogue. Some stories are capers, some are romances. There’s war, and there’s espionage. And there’s sex (plenty of it in fact) and violence (aye, and that too).
It’s up to Volume 13 now in the paperbacks, and I must say that I’ve enjoyed it consistently the whole time.
You can get the first volume of Fables, or all of them, from Amazon here.
Ron reads comics. In fact, he's read rather a lot. So, rather than keep all this knowledge to himself, he wants to share it with you. Yes, you. And you. Even you.
Tell him what you're interested in, and he'll try and point you in the right direction. All he asks is that if you're going to buy it, you go through the Amazon link he gives you.
He's grown rather fond of eating, see...
