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I've been waiting for/buying The Unwritten in trade but this new issue sounds like it's worth not waiting for. Would I understand what's going on if I just get it or do I need to read the issues between the second trade and it?
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UncleMonkey posted:I would really, really recommend catching up on the back issues before you continue. There's been a ton of build-up and plot development to this point; and you'll probably want to get caught up. First, the series is phenomenal-- you think #18 blew you away now? When taken within the context of the series up to this point, it's even better. Second, there's several themes and plot threads that you probably started to notice in #18 and that will continue to be important moving forward. You can probably grab the first two trades and then get whatever back issues remain to fill in the gap. And then continue on the monthlies with the rest of us addicts. The biggest problem with this is having to wait a month for it to come out. (Related: I went and got the back issues from the end of volume 2 to now)
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Oct 19, 2010 04:25
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I liked Fables for the first 75 or so issues. But since then it's clear he's just milking it for money and really needs to let it drop.
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Jun 27, 2011 15:39
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Is there anything in the rumormill about Lucifer hardcovers? I want to buy the series but not if hardcover versions are gonna be coming out soon
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Dec 25, 2011 16:58
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bairfanx posted:I felt like there were enough hints that it didn't really need to be stated. I dunno have you ever been in tviv? There's times thing are very clearly stated and super obvious but goons still don't pick up on it.
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Mar 21, 2012 16:54
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I just started rereading The Unwritten because I fell behind and haven't read anything since 19. Why in issue 1 is some instances of the name Tommy Taylor in blue?
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Apr 11, 2012 03:38
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Jedit posted:It appears in blue when a real person is referring to the books; in all but one instance, it's part of a title. I figured it was something like that but wasn't positive. Thanks. Edit: I forgot how wonderful issue 12 was. Len fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Apr 11, 2012 |
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Apr 11, 2012 12:24
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Jedit posted:No spoilers, but wait until you hit issue 24. Just got to the first .5 issue. 24 was really quite good. I can't wait to see where that subplots going.
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Apr 11, 2012 21:50
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Fables may have started sucking a long time ago but at least all the b-plots about Bufkin are fun. I'm half hoping he goes on to kill everyone and become the new Adversary. But that won't happen and it's going to just get more and more stagnant until sales finally drop off enough that it just ends.
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May 10, 2012 21:25
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Did Fables ever get good again or is it still aimlessly wandering?
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Oct 15, 2012 23:56
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bobkatt013 posted:DC trade department is run by retarded monkey. I wish this wasn't the case. I would replace my Transmet trades with hardcovers or absolutes without even thinking about it. I'd also love to get my hands on Lucifer in hardcover. They just really don't want my money.
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Nov 4, 2012 02:39
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bobkatt013 posted:They are releasing a new Sandman miniseries! I can not believe that the longest running title in Vertigo right now is fucken Fables. A title that ran out of steam close to 100 issues ago. The only downside of it ending is that means Bill Willingham might write other books. Does Fables have a reason again? The closest thing to a story that happened since the war ended was Mr Dark and Frau Totendecker fighting and even that felt like a b plot.
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Jan 17, 2013 15:14
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I'm kind of excited for the Fables Telltale game. I gave up on the walking dead around the mid-80's just because it got really dry and boring and their game actually was really loving good. Maybe they can do the same for Fables.
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Feb 13, 2013 00:41
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Endless Mike posted:How many goddamned formats is DC going to release Sandman in? How many formats will they make money in? That + 1.
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May 11, 2013 20:45
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I just finished DMZ yesterday reading through the last half of the series in one go. Holy poo poo was that a read. I think Wood might be one of my favorite writers. I have yet to read something by him I don't like.
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Jul 2, 2013 23:48
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Other than the stories inside Absolute Death are there any other stories about her?
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Oct 20, 2013 21:32
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Did Fables ever pick up and get a story again? I last read around the time Frau Totendecker fought Mr Dark then just gave up.
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Nov 2, 2013 20:37
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krakagar posted:Nope, not really. I'm glad it's ending so I can stop reading it. It was one of my favourites for such a long time, that it took me a while to realise how much it had lost its way,a nod then I just continued with it out of habit and loyalty. It really hasn't been that great since they ended the war. I don't really know how it happened, there's so much that could be done with the premise,but it's just so dull these days. Mr Dark was clearly supposed to be the new adversary, but there just never seemd to me to be much sense of peril there, and even Bigby's death didn't feel particularly shocking to me, ant it felt like he was finished with so soon after he turned up. I read your spoiler and now I have to ask for more details.
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Nov 3, 2013 01:38
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Jedit posted:There's literally nothing more to say. It just happens. I shouldn't be surprised but drat. No cool scene to accompany it or anything? loving Willingham.
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Nov 3, 2013 02:14
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SALT CURES HAM posted:...please elaborate? Someone on the Internet said Wood tried to get her to sleep with him at a convention. Edit: There was something that predated that but I don't remember what it was exactly. I just remember the back and forth about how a random Internet person saying something doesn't make it true.
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Nov 5, 2013 14:09
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Silhouette posted:I wonder if Jensen Ackles has time in-between seasons of Supernatural to play Jesse? He'd be perfect. Clearly it's going to be Seth Rogan as Jesse trying to breakaway from his "lovable stoner" career.
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Nov 18, 2013 14:45
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Madkal posted:Forget ABC, send it to CW and have the character be in high school. If it's coming from The CW they could introduce Jesse on Supernatural then based on how many fan fictions he appears in spin it off into a show.
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Nov 19, 2013 18:26
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I picked up The Wolf Among Us when it was on sale during the Steam event and I'm confused who the target audience is. I bought it under the assumption it was a prequel to the comic but it ends on the cliffhanger (seriously big spoiler about the end right here) of Snows severed head on the steps of the Fable building. If it isn't a prequel it makes sense to have that happen but if it is a prequel anyone who has read even issue 1 knows that won't stick. Anyone know if it is/isn't officially part of Fables?
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Dec 31, 2013 18:07
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Hakkesshu posted:It's a prequel and is canon. They're probably doing it specifically to mess with people who have read the comics. Like if I hadn't read the comics it would be a  moment. But knowing that doesn't stick really takes some oomph out of the cliffhanger ya know?
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Dec 31, 2013 18:19
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I grabbed all of The Unwritten from that comixology sale and have been reading through it but I feel like it's really dense and full of neat literary references I'm missing. Is there like a blog or something that covers little things about the series I might have missed?
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Jan 24, 2014 18:45
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Shrdlu gets better right?   Edit: I'm still holding onto the hope he gets better. Is the Fables crossover as bad as I hear it is? I just got to it. Len fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Jan 26, 2014 |
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Jan 26, 2014 02:27
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Kull the Conqueror posted:It's pointless. But you should just read the last issue of the crossover because the way it ends is great. Man. Fables got WEIRD since I stopped reading.
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Jan 26, 2014 04:42
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Argue posted:Don't think of it as a terrible arc of Unwritten, but a good arc of Fables. The crossover is worse than Unwritten but also leagues better than how the actual Fables comic ended that arc (it takes place in an alternate timeline where their bad guy wasn't beaten in the most anticlimactic fashion possible). That's a little disappointing. I was kind of hoping that was actual plot in Fables. It would have made the series maybe worth checking out again.
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Jan 26, 2014 13:41
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Madkal posted:Got an email that Comixology is doing a Lucifer sale. 99c per issue. I haven't read it myself but I might check it out now. Of course they do that on a week I'm poor 
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Feb 5, 2014 15:58
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Hakkesshu posted:That's why you buy them through the website. I have to do this because the app keeps trying to use google accounts other than the main one. It's the weirdest drat thing.
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Feb 5, 2014 21:26
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I would have liked to live in the universe where we got that Fables instead of what we have now because that story seemed way more interesting than what we got.
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Feb 21, 2014 15:57
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Literally The Worst posted:I would love to go back and read Unwritten and get all caught up but the minute they announced a Fables crossover that poo poo was dead to me. Ain't no getting the stink of Willingham off your poo poo. That crossover was the best thing to come from Fables in years.
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Chairman Capone posted:I would actually recommend the two Cinderella limited series that were spun off from Fables. They weren't written by Bill Willingham (actually I just realized they're written by the guy who did iZombie), and they were both fun James Bond parodies. I really enjoyed both of them. Jack of Fables was pretty fun up until the Great Fables Crossover I finished that and just kind of stopped paying attention to both it and Fables only catching up to them in trade form from the library. Someday I'll get the rest of Jack and the main series. I think I got to the early 100's before I just stopped caring.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:13
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cptn_dr posted:It was better than the best Fables, and worse than the worst Unwritten. I would have read the poo poo out of Fables if the battle with Mr. Dark was going like that.
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Feb 22, 2015 03:37
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I finally got around to finishing The Unwritten today. I'm not sure what I expected out of the ending but I enjoyed what I got. Although it left me wanting more the assholes.
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Apr 15, 2015 21:26
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cptn_dr posted:On my marathon reads, I always slip it in after the Fables crossover. Gets the bad taste out of my mouth. I was trying to talk a friend into finally getting off his rear end and reading The Unwritten and I told him there's one bad arc near the end where it crosses over with Fables. It's the best Fables since issue 75 or so bit the worst Unwritten in the bunch.
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Apr 22, 2015 01:43
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Madkal posted:Unwritten. The answer is always Unwritten, especially if you like Sandman. Unwritten is fantastic. Although it unfortunately suffers from being a series that's hard to explain. Did anyone do an annotated Unwritten? Because I bet there's some cool things to point out.
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May 12, 2015 23:44
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Treebeh posted:I got burned out on Fables around issue 70 or so. Just lost all interest in the characters and setting. I made it to like 119ish? Red was slumming it sad at the farm I think? Someday I plan to try and finish it but 
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May 16, 2015 18:52
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cptn_dr posted:When did they defeat Gepetto? That's about the point I stopped caring. Somewhere around 75 I think?
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I stand by it's the best thing to come out of Fables in a long time but the worst part of The Unwritten.
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