Storybook War and Post-Apocalyptic Love

[spectralbovine]

It turns out that two of my favorite comics both started in 2002: Fables and Y: The Last Man. The former is ongoing, but the latter recently ended its run, and I am now completely caught up on both of them, which compels me to recommend the hell out of them to you all.

The premise of Fables, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham, is simple: all

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[cucumbersarnies]

I concur about Y: The Last Man- I got it on your recommendation, and it is great, and twisty and unexpected in where it goes, while also being very very funny in places, considering it is about the apocolypse.

However, I've still only read the first trade (library doesn't stock it, so it will a slow read of any issue every few months), so I'll stop there.

Are you reading Buffy Season Eight?

[spectralbovine]

it is great, and twisty and unexpected in where it goes, while also being very very funny in places, considering it is about the apocolypse.
Well, Yorick is a funny guy. And 355 and Allison ragging on him never gets old.

However, I've still only read the first trade (library doesn't stock it, so it will a slow read of any issue every few months), so I'll stop there.
Ha, you've got a ways to go! I'm glad you liked the first trade, though, after my recommendation!

Are you reading Buffy Season Eight?
I've only read the first trade. I need to catch up. And I'm excited to read BKV's arc.

[sophia_helix]

I still haven't finished Y, although the last few issues are sitting in my pull-box at the comic store, but I do love it so much. Also, the cool thing is that on this season of Lost we saw Vaughan's name in the credits and realized that that's probably why the series's plot is running so much smoother now that they have someone who's used to having to episodic pacing with only a small page count and long spaces between issues, so that he can keep the continuity going without getting too complicated or drawn-out.

[lodessa]

YAY! I am very slightly ahead of the curve of Cow's pimping!

[spectralbovine]

Good for you!

[lodessa]

It makes me feel hip and with it.

[punzerel]

I started reading/want to continue Y, but Brian K. Vaughan burned me with Runaways. :( But if you say the women are strong and drawn realistically...maybe I'll give him another chance. (I didn't note that they were especially realistic from pages 1-5, basically - given that this blonde girl was irrationally wandering around the Australian outback in shorts and a bikini top - but I will squash my grumpiness and try again in May.)

Fables sounds delightful - I'll have to check it out, for me + for several other people I can think of who would enjoy it. Thanks!!

[spectralbovine]

Brian K. Vaughan burned me with Runaways. :(
I've only read a few issues of that, but I really liked it.

this blonde girl was irrationally wandering around the Australian outback in shorts and a bikini top
Ha, I noticed that too. But maybe it was hot out?

but I will squash my grumpiness and try again in May
You should! It's worth it!

Fables sounds delightful - I'll have to check it out, for me + for several other people I can think of who would enjoy it. Thanks!!
Tell me what you think! I hope you like it!

[sabra_n]

Yay, I love both of those comics! Though I'm behind on both- I haven't read Fables since Wolves and I, erm...kind of stopped Y: The Last Man after the 9th trade. I need the 10th one like burning but I don't have time or money or access and ARGH.

But yeah, huge kudos to Pia Guerra's art in the latter book- it's not just that the women look real, it's that they all have different faces rather than different hair and skin colors stuck on the same face over and over again, a trap even pretty decent artists fall into sometimes.

Also, I am kind of filled with inordinate Bigby love, though I think Snow gets tortured a wee bit too much. And as an Israeli, I'm uncomfortable with the pro-Israeli stance Fables takes, but then, I usually am when it comes to Americans who support Israel. And the metaphor with Fabletown doesn't really work, but whatever. Look, Bigby being awesome!

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[spectralbovine]

I haven't read Fables since Wolves
Oh man, you are missing out on so much crazy shit.

and I, erm...kind of stopped Y: The Last Man after the 9th trade. I need the 10th one like burning but I don't have time or money or access and ARGH.
Ditto with the crazy shit! But it's acceptable since the trade isn't even out yet.

it's that they all have different faces rather than different hair and skin colors stuck on the same face over and over again, a trap even pretty decent artists fall into sometimes.
Yep, I agree. Although I probably wouldn't notice either way.

Also, I am kind of filled with inordinate Bigby love, though I think Snow gets tortured a wee bit too much. And as an Israeli, I'm uncomfortable with the pro-Israeli stance Fables takes, but then, I usually am when it comes to Americans who support Israel. And the metaphor with Fabletown doesn't really work, but whatever. Look, Bigby being awesome!
Bigby IS pretty awesome. And I didn't know you were Israeli.

[sabra_n]

Eh, I'm Israeli-born. Now I'm a naturalized wholesome American! :P

And I feel better knowing the last Y: The Last Man trade doesn't actually exist, because I have heard Rumblings and been spoiled and I was sure it was out already. Sometimes I forget that people read comics by issue. Heh. I kind of fear the movie because Hollywood would never be so kind as to actually get it right, would they? They'll try to dress 355 in a catsuit or something.

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[spectralbovine]

I have heard Rumblings and been spoiled
Aw, that sucks.

Sometimes I forget that people read comics by issue. Heh.
Hee. Yes, it is quite the popular means of reading comics.

I kind of fear the movie because Hollywood would never be so kind as to actually get it right, would they? They'll try to dress 355 in a catsuit or something.
Yeah, who knows, really. I hope for the best. I definitely need to watch Disturbia now; the writer and director are the ones helming the movie.