They're knocking it so far out of the park that it's soaring over the next six parks to boot. For the record, they are knocking it out of the park. In comics the story is only told when the script and art are combined, so, even having written the entire thing, the story is still at least half a mystery to me, until I see what Mark Buckingham and Steve Leialoha do with the art. It’s the most exciting part of the job for me. Now I get to experience the great part of seeing the penciled and inked pages as they come in, then relive that moment of discovery when the colors come in. All twelve of the new issues have been written, so I am already past the “can I do this?” stage. My part of the new Fables story is already done. Would you say those same feelings extend to you and your team, as well?īill Willingham: I certainly hope that the excitement is there for Fables readers, new and old, and yes, I have quite a bit of excitement too. Screen Rant: With the announcement that Fables is returning, there are going to be a lot of fans breathing a sigh of relief, followed by some serious excitement.

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or a sign that creator Bill Willingham is bringing the series back for good? To find out what this return means for both the creators and the readers, Screen Rant was fortunate enough to speak with Willingham directly. But since word of the confirmation first dropped, fans have had one question: is this return of Fables one last adventure. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #1 releasing in September under DC Black Label. First, with a detective team-up starring Bigby Wolf and the Batman himself-an appetizer looking more like a meal-followed by the release of Fables #151 in Spring 2022, picking up right where the series had previously stopped.Ĭombining the greatest detectives in two different worlds is an exciting promise of its own, with Batman vs. The long-awaited return of Fables has been given an official release date, with the dark fairy tale series set to return in not one, but two separate spotlights at DC Comics.

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