![]() ![]() It was well deserved and a gift for comic readers everywhere.īut then the Dark Ages came. ![]() Bucky and Willingham, Leialoha and Klein, and the truly one-of-a-kind covers by James Jean, Fables was on top of the comic book world. Willingham’s story was engaging and exciting, with the book thriving with an increased focus on it greatest character.įrom that point until the end of the war with the Adversary, you were historically great. Bucky’s art – that’s what I affectionately call Buckingham in my head – was resplendent, and truly imbued the volume with a storybook feel. This tale of musician turned warrior Boy Blue attempting to singlehandedly win back the lands of the Fables by assassinating the Adversary remains to this day one of my favorite comic stories ever. But it was your sixth volume, Homelands, that found the true greatness that lied within your pages. When series creator and writer Bill Willingham was joined by artist Mark Buckingham with issue #6, your ascent truly began. While it wasn’t love at first sight – your first tale merely scratched at the surface of your potential – it hinted at greatness. I purchased the two of you and here I am eleven years later, running a semi-successful comic book website. Was it truly only eleven years ago I first held you in my loving embrace? There I was, a young man returning to comics for the first time in ages – or three years – when the local comic purveyor’s clerk suggested I begin my comic adventure with you and your comic brethren, Y the Last Man. If you’d prefer to read it in such a manner, please do. Your choice!īelow is the letter written for the web (and slightly edited, as it isn’t handwritten). You can either read it in its preferred state – in letter form – or if you want to read it as an article read for web, I transcribed it at the bottom of the article. And by write a letter, I mean I literally wrote a letter. Within this article, I write a letter saying goodbye to one of the most personally influential comic series I’ve ever read: Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham’s Fables. ![]()
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