Capital Farm and Other Fables

Willingham announced this new project during his panel at the San Diego Comic Convention , stating "We're going to have a nearly-all Fables dedicated con called 'Fabletown and Beyond' — it's Fables and books like Fables.

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The show received a script order and was developed by Craig Silverstein and Warner Bros. Television [35] but was not developed any further than the scripting stage. NBC would later go on to produce Grimm , a police procedural set in a world where fairytales are real. On December 8, , it was announced that ABC had picked up the rights to develop a pilot of Fables for the — television season.

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Six Degrees creators and executive producers Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner were writing the script for the hourlong drama, again set up at Warner Bros. Television, while David Semel had come on board to direct. In , it was announced that Warner Bros. With the first of its five episodes released on October 11, and the final episode released on July 8, , the game is canon with the comic book universe and is set as a prequel to the comic book. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fables Cover page of Legends in Exile. List of Fables characters. The collected editions of the spinoff series "Jack of Fables" and The collected editions of the spinoff series "Fairest".

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This page was last edited on 27 September , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Cover page of Legends in Exile. Contemporary fantasy , dark fantasy , urban fantasy. It just makes me think of all the great series that have been canceled, all the great writers who are out there struggling, and yet this gets a hundred issues?

I know popular tastes are never a sign of quality, but most at least deliver a thrill, if only a cheap one. I don't get the success here, at all. I guess I'll keep going and see if I can find some redemption, but there isn't any piece of characterization, plot, or writing that isn't put to shame by any other Vertigo title. Maybe this a Rob Liefeld thing. Everyone on the internet makes fun of Rob for his laughable anatomy, ripoff characters, and endless iterations of 'base attack' plots, but I've heard that Rob is a perfectly nice guy and gets work done on time.

Maybe Willingham's success is just a case of an upbeat attitude and meeting a schedule? I'm reminded of straight-A students who didn't seem to have an original thought in their heads but nevertheless did all their work and turned it in on time. I guess I always imagined them toiling happily in middle management, not making a go in a creative field. It's not even that it's insulting or stupid, like most one-star books, it's just unremarkable.

It never even musters enough energy to be inadvertently funny.

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The art is more varied with the switch in penciller, but Buckingham seems to be dulling down his style to better match with the series, which is a shame. Maybe Willingham will get his feet under him as things go along. I sure hope so, because otherwise I'm just banging my head against a wall for no reason. My Suggested Reading In Comics View all 56 comments. Jan 16, Calista rated it really liked it Shelves: This is Fables take on Animal Farm. Snow and Rose head up to the upstate farm to have some bonding time. When they get there they encounter a secret meeting taking place.

Things are a little off and Weyland, the care taker, is no where to be seen. All the animals from stories are up here on the farm. The animals from the Jungle Book, nursery rhymes. Rose figures out what is happening. It's a nicely told tale and the giants are in this one as well. There are lots of moments of whose side is this c This is Fables take on Animal Farm. There are lots of moments of whose side is this character really on? Goldilocks is living at the farm and she is one of the ring leaders. I enjoyed the art and the story.

There are many issues forward and I am into reading the next few for certain. Sep 03, Kaitlin rated it really liked it. I'm finally continuing with the Fables Series and I have to say I am very excited to be doing so! I have had the next couple since September and just never got around to them last year, but I knew I would enjoy them when i did and this was certainly one I did enjoy.

Fables is a story following all sorts of fairytale, storybook and fable characters from all sorts of cultures and tales. We have a few major character so far including Snow White, Rose Red and Bigby the Wolf, but there's a lot of diff I'm finally continuing with the Fables Series and I have to say I am very excited to be doing so! We have a few major character so far including Snow White, Rose Red and Bigby the Wolf, but there's a lot of different cameo moments from all sorts of characters.

This story mostly focused on a play on the Animal Farm idea hence the title by Orwell and although I haven't actually read Animal Farm myself I definitely got the references and felt it was an exciting adaptation. The artwork of this series isn't my favourite at times but it works well enough to communicate the story and get the drama and intensity across and that's certainly important in this issue where there are some pretty dramatic moments! On the whole definitely a great read which didn't take me long and which I really enjoyed so I will soon be continuing on with the series.

View all 4 comments. Nov 18, StoryTellerShannon rated it really liked it Shelves: And what if they had ways of not revealing themselves to us per their magic? This popular series focuses on such a concept. It has the usual archetypes and characters taking some liberties but always trying to make things interesting. Note that the focus is typically upon European fairy tales with a smidgen from other regions.

Telltale Games announced the making of a video game in February Recommended for mature readers. The Farm is where all the Fables who cannot pull off looking human are residing. Truth is that some of them feel like second class citizens and are taking extreme measures to change things. What ensues is a full fledged rebellion and they're serious as they have stocked up with modern weaponry which forces the inhabitants of the Farm to take sides. During this period Rose Red and Snow White work out some of their sibling differences.

Appearances by a number of fairy tales. My favorites not mentioned above were: This covers issues of the trade paperbacks. Written by Bill Willingham and artwork by Mark Buckingham. Nice take on Goldilocks sleeping with the youngest of the bears and having turned into a revolutionary terrorist hot wench.

I like the way Jack treated her in the Jack Fables series. He had the right ideas in not trusting her. Well, that was a different story so I'm digressing. Nice idea that Fables are almost impossible to kill until humans called Mundies in this series forget about them. Upon arriving, they find that Weyland Smith has gone missing, and two of the pigs have taken over the farm in leading an uprising revolution to take back the Homelands. This volume was a lot more dramatic than the first, and I really enjoyed seeing the Farm and the less human Fables! As usual, the artwork is beautiful and the plot was fully fleshed out within the confi In this issue of Fables , Snow White and Rose Red take a trip upstate to the Animal Farm to check on the non-human-passing Fables.

Jun 19, Trish rated it really liked it.

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This second volume of Fables deals with the Farm that was already mentioned in the previous volume. The Farm is the place they keep all the fairy tale characters that cannot pass as humans like the three pigs, all the animals from Jungle Book and so on. It's quite big, remote, protected by spells and not just a farm but has individual housing for every character there. Nevertheless, there are tensions since the Fables are not allowed to leave the Farm there's a law about the Fables not making This second volume of Fables deals with the Farm that was already mentioned in the previous volume.

Nevertheless, there are tensions since the Fables are not allowed to leave the Farm there's a law about the Fables not making themselves known to us "Mundys". Colin the pig however runs off often and lives with Bigby yes, the Wolf, it's hilarious when he's in town. There's a story to that too nothing is ever random it would appear, the writers have thought about every detail.

So this book, much like the story the title is referring to, is about a revolution of those Farm Fables. It's definitely not a nice story, not as "harmless" as the murder mystery of book 1.

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It's much grittier and introduces a character I truly loathe: I never liked that story anyway, but the girl in this comic However, most annoying was the revelation why Snow White and Rose Red are such enemies. We got one side of the story Rose Red seducing and sleeping with Prince Charming in book 1 but I never understood why Rose Red hated her sister so much. Such a self-obsessed, whiney, stupid and petty bitch excuse my French!

She doesn't deserve running the Farm, she deserves a sound beating! It was just sad that there was no room for development for many of said animals so that view spoiler [Shere Khan is still the bad guy and ends up dead much like in the original tale. I will definitely continue reading this series and can't wait to finally find out more about the Adversary. I will start this review with a confession. However, even in my casual acquaintance with both books, I can see some parallels in the story.

Animal Farm is more serious than Legends in Exile, the first volume. It deals with the question of the Fables who cannot blend into society like their more human counterparts. Snow White takes her sister Rose Red up to the farm to do her twice y I will start this review with a confession. Snow White takes her sister Rose Red up to the farm to do her twice yearly visit to find that it is in upheaval. A very grisly murder has taken place, and it was done to send a deliberate message.

Many of the inhabitants of the Farm are ready to rebel and take back their rightful place in Fable society, eventually to go back to their Lands and overthrow the Adversary. Snow White's life is in great danger, and Rose Red is forced to choose between familial loyalty and self-interest. Will some of the Farm's fables stay on Snow's side, or will they all heed the call of revolution?

This novel tackles heavy subjects, but there is still some good humor, most of it on the wry side. Some well known figures from the fairy tales come out as quite vicious and heinous in thought and deed. Some act true to form if you have read their origin books.

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I was quite surprised at the fate of some fairy tale characters that I never would have thought to meet such an end. Willingham reminds us that while he writes about fairy tales, this is very adult subject matter although arguably the fairy tales have always included darker themes and content. Snow White has to wise up and get a game plan pretty fast, and fortunately, she does turn out to have strong allies. I have to say that I am pretty impressed with this graphic novel series. Yeah, I know I'm halfway there when it comes to most fairy tale adaptations. But I don't like all of them, just the good ones.

And this is very well done. While Snow White is a flawed character as well she should be , I really like and admire her. She understands duty and has integrity. She's an independent woman with a snarky mouth, but also a kind heart. Rose Red is growing on me, although the girl has some issues. Bigby Wolf doesn't have as big a part in this one, but I'm glad he showed up. I give a shoutout to Reynard Fox for being a very unlikely hero. I won't say more in fear of 'spoilers' a side joke to River Song fans , but I am mourning a character for their sad demise as well.

Different from the first volume, but just as good. Some dark imagery and disturbing content, but still in a strange way cheerful and diverting. Aug 28, Jonnie rated it really liked it Shelves: Contrary to the light, fluffy fairytales we are read as childre Ah!

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Contrary to the light, fluffy fairytales we are read as children, Bill Willingham's take on our favourite fables are dark, gritty and fascinating. Fables is a comic book series that deals with various characters from fairytales and folklore. After being forced out of the Homelands by the Adversary, they travel to our world and establish a secret community in New York known as Fabletown.

If Fables aren't able to blend into the mundy world i. Animal Farm is equal parts hopeful and terrifying. I am SO glad I purchased it as a whole and not as individual issues because I swear some of the endings had me audibly gasping, flopping on the bed, frothing from the mouth…you know…normal reactions. What I liked the most was those "a-ha" moments when I realized who the character was, which story they belonged to, and how they differed from their storybook personas.

I'm a Grimms lover through and through, so I found this darker take on fairytales particularly fascinating. Yeah, Prince Charming is a douchebag and Boy Blue brings out a slightly perverted version of myself I'd rather not admit to, but the premise of this entire series is so brilliant it scares me.

This series deserves to be read through until the end. Feb 19, Celise rated it it was amazing Shelves: It says "For Mature Readers" on the back cover but I definitely want to emphasize that. This may be about the fable characters we loved as children and adults, who am I kidding , but some of them are downright violent and cruel creatures in this. There were executions performed by Jack Ketch which I thought was cool in a really disturbing way , who was an executioner back in the s famous for botching his work. So picture that in coloured illustrations, as he beheads animals.

As caught off g It says "For Mature Readers" on the back cover but I definitely want to emphasize that. As caught off guard as I was by the unexpected gore, I loved this volume. I especially liked that characters from The Jungle Book were featured. Great opportunity for some amazing artwork of Shere Khan and Bagheera. Reynard the fox was also a highlight! Rose Red bothers me, I just have to say that. I'm definitely on Snow's side.

View all 6 comments. Jun 13, Ronyell rated it really liked it Shelves: Animal Farm… In comic form! What is the story? Ever since the Fables were forced out of their homeland by an evil being called the Adversary, the Fables who were non-humans were forced to live on the Farm so that way they would not be under the suspicious eyes of the mundane world. Unfortunately, a revolution seems to take place on the farm as the non-human fables decided to take back their land from the Adversary and then try to rule both Fabletown in New York and the Farm itself and it is up to Snow White to stop this crazy revolution before it is too late!

What I loved about this comic: It was also interesting seeing how Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs were leading the revolution, which put an insane spin on our favorite fairy tale characters. What made me feel uncomfortable about this book: Now, I did have a couple of issues with this volume that mainly revolves around the plot of this volume. Now, I understand that this story is about the animals and the non-human characters having a revolution on the Farm because they felt they were being treated unfairly compared to the fables who live in the city, but I felt that this story just came out of nowhere since it was never mentioned in the first volume about there being problems on the Farm.

Also, the ending felt like it lost some steam after the first half of the volume was pretty exciting with the revolution going on and then suddenly, the story starts to slow down towards the end. Anyone who is not a fan of violence in graphic novels might want to skim over the violent scenes in this volume.

Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog Jul 22, Jonathan Terrington rated it really liked it Shelves: Fables has to be one of the most inventive ideas to have been created in terms of comics and graphic novels in recent years. Thanks to the recommendations of university friends reading the series on my trip to the States I picked up the second book who begins at the beginning these days?

So of course I have to go through and read the rest now that I enjoyed this first foray into the graphic novels. The real problem for me, coming in when plenty has already b Fables has to be one of the most inventive ideas to have been created in terms of comics and graphic novels in recent years. The real problem for me, coming in when plenty has already been written, is trying to catch up when there's so much else to read The premise of the Fables series is simple and from what I understand each novel is something of a stand alone, based on the overall premise and with some connection to previous stories.

This overall premise is that in our modern day world Fables exist. These are characters from books, legends and stories that have gained some kind of cultural mythology from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book to the story of Snow White. These Fables have been driven from their story worlds and now live in a special area in real life called Fabletown. This particular volume takes its cues from the story by Orwell: Snow White has to head up to the Farm where the less human looking Fables are kept, basically the talking animals, some giants and a dragon. Things go in an Orwell type of direction and everything ends up interestingly.

Interestingly enough for me to want to read more of the graphic novels There are adult ideas behind these books. But then fairytales have always featured a hidden sense of adult themes and morals. What the writers and artists in this series do is to expose those adult ideas and write them into the contemporary side of their story. As a result the story becomes a mix of fantasy fairytale set in the real world and grappling with real adult issues. I fully recommend this book at least and I intend to become a fan and to read into the future.

The idea of fairytales intersecting with real life is something that's interested me for a while now and seeing a graphic novel deal with that is doubly intriguing. Feb 20, James DeSantis rated it liked it. Fable town isn't all that it seems. This time we head to the Farm where the unhuman type Fables reside. Oh shit, who's ready for some Animal Farm type shit? This volume really focuses on Snow white and Red Rose.

They go to the farm to check up on all the other fables. However, things aren't what they seem. Soon after we are shown a lot of the animals are building a army to go back and fight the adversary. However, anyone who gets in their way, will pay the consequences. Who will make it out of t Fable town isn't all that it seems. Who will make it out of this one? I really enjoyed the snow white and red rose stuff. It was really well done and kind of get enough past to understand why they are where they are. Also how great was Snow White wrecking shit? So nice to see strong women in here.

Bigby whole section felt kind of odd and out of place. I get it had to happen to build towards the end, but took away from the tension of the rest.