{"id":14646,"date":"2009-03-26T18:33:24","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=14646"},"modified":"2009-03-26T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T17:33:24","slug":"the-great-fables-crossover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/the-great-fables-crossover\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Fables Crossover!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The[ENGLISH] Vertigo tells us:<\/strong> Who said tax day had to be filled with misery? April 15th marks the beginning of THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER! A 9-part tale\u2014written by Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges\u2014combining FABLES #83 (on sale April 15, 2009) with art by Mark Buckingham and Andrew Pepoy and debuting covers by Brazilian newcomer Joao Ruas, JACK OF FABLES #33 (on sale April 22, 2009) with art by Russ Braun and Jose Marzan Jr. and covers by Brian Bolland, and a new miniseries called THE LITERALS #1 (on sale April 29, 2009) with art by Mark Buckingham and Andrew Pepoy and covers by Mark Buckingham. What a thrill! Three books a month for three months in which Jack makes his way back to the Farm, Kevin Thorn is at a writing retreat and is on the verge of writing everything that currently exists out of existence and\u2026.<\/p>\n

Wait a second, something utterly ridiculous just landed on my desk. Now, it\u2019s against my better judgment to share it with you, but I can trust you, right?<\/p>\n

Seven good reasons why you shouldn\u2019t read The Great Fables Crossover.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s an actual crossover, where certain characters (Bigby, Snow and Jack for example) are forced, for the good of the story, to leave the security of their own books, and journey over to strange and uncomfortable alien books. Why torture our beloved characters this way? Why not leave them safely ensconced in their comfort zones? If you read The Great Fables Crossover, you\u2019re supporting such barbarous and heinous practices as these.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During The Great Fables Crossover, there\u2019s a very good chance that all of existence will be wiped out with the stroke of a pen. That\u2019s not a very good idea, is it? You don\u2019t want to suddenly cease to exist. If you don\u2019t read it, it can\u2019t happen, right? Ignorance is bliss. What you don\u2019t know can\u2019t hurt you \u2013 and so on.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unlike most big comics company crossover events, this one has a single coherent story. It\u2019s not a last minute thing thrown together by multitudes of writers, each only vaguely aware of the story as a whole. There aren\u2019t dozens of editorially-mandated changes made to this story every day, based upon all of the things \u201cwe just thought up over lunch,\u201d or, \u201cthese changes are required to cover up the mistakes that the other platoon of writers made, and then we\u2019ll have to make more changes tomorrow to account for these changes today.\u201d By comparison, The Great Fables Crossover is just one, solid, comprehensible story, planned well in advance. That might raise the standards of future crossover events industry wide and ruin things for everyone.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Great Fables Crossover makes actual, lasting changes to the fictional Fables universe. Who wants more changes? Everyone who\u2019s comfortable with the status quo ought to consider just sitting this one out.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This means Jack comes back into the main Fables book and stays just long enough to ruin everything. Jack is not a respectful person and shouldn\u2019t be allowed to taint the dignity of this book we love so much.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone who works on Fables-related books seems to be having far too much fun doing it. In these newly troubled times, why should a small group of people (none of which could survive if they were forced to get a real job) be allowed to escape the misery? Why should they be allowed to have such a good time? And if everyone reads The Great Fables Crossover they\u2019ll just be all the more encouraged to continue in their silly antics. Best to stop them now \u2013 rein them in, before things get entirely out of hand.<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Too many lingering questions are answered in this Crossover. What well-known Fables cast member is revealed as Jack\u2019s long lost father? Answered! Whatever happened to Jack\u2019s illegitimate son? Answered! What is the true nature and ultimate fate of the Literals? Answered! How low can Rose Red fall before she hits bottom? Answered! What\u2019s that egg that has been sitting on Snow White\u2019s (and then Beauty\u2019s) desk since the first issue? Answered! And many more dangling questions are revealed and answered. With so many answers being handed out so promiscuously in one crossover, how much material can be left for the rest of the two Fables series to continue on? This crossover is just too greedy with all the unchecked story advancement.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been warned,\u00a0 Aldous Pogue, President of the Anti Great Fables Crossover Society<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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