Fables #82
In this special epilogue to "The Dark Ages" titled "Waiting for the Blues," Boy Blue is back at the Farm, and he and Rose Red have finally had their no-holds-barred, all cards on the table conversation about love and marriage and the possibilities of finally getting together at long last. But is true love still possible between them – considering all of the trials and tribulations, bizarre sicknesses and rebound romances that have intervened? Or will Rose Red forevermore be waiting for the Blues? Oh yes, on another note, Bigby and Beast fight tooth and claw. It's all leading up to the "Great Fables Crossover Event" beginning right on this issue's heels!
Written by Bill Willingham
Art by David Hahn and Peter Gross
Cover by Mark Buckingham
Size: 32 Pages
Price: $2.99
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I think this issue will just be another punch in the gut...
Posted by MeanOldPig on 03/09/09 at 09:33 PM
whoever drew that cover is an arsehole
Posted by edward on 03/10/09 at 07:37 AM
Didn't they have that conversation in the last issue? And didn't he die?
Posted by SunnyvaleTrash on 03/10/09 at 10:05 AM
I'm very confused by this summary.
Posted by Ilash on 03/10/09 at 11:16 AM
People are still aware of the "Fable" of Boy Blue so he got reborn as a little kid. Same as the three little pigs from the first story arch. This is what I assume at least.
Posted by Quad on 03/10/09 at 03:43 PM
If he is getting reborn due to his popularity as a Fable (this gimmick/rule was setup back in the second story arc, I believe), shouldn't Prince Charming be back already?
Posted by SunnyvaleTrash on 03/10/09 at 04:24 PM
Great issue, although I can't say that I'm really excited for that crossover event. Hopefully it's something I won't need to read.
Posted by kwisdumb on 03/11/09 at 04:50 PM
@Quad
Good point. I had forgotten about this aspect of Fables.
Posted by Ilash on 03/11/09 at 07:11 PM
The art for this issue was really disappointing.
Posted by Spoons on 03/11/09 at 07:43 PM
is this a good jumping on point? im thinking of jumping onto it and i got this issue to see whats going on...opinions??
Posted by rayclark on 03/12/09 at 12:05 AM
IMHO you don't want to jump on here, go back and pick up the trades. I really didn't like the art in this book, not sure what was wrong with it exactly, but I had a hard time telling characters apart in the very beginning.
Posted by TMacken on 03/12/09 at 09:22 AM
The comments about the art are right on the money. I thought it was a great story, with the same lovely character beats from Willingham (but then I'd expect nothing less). Unfortunately my visualisation of the same charcters is completely synonomous with Buckingham's pencils and anything else is jarring, especially when some of them are shown so radically different by Hahn.
Posted by odare77 on 03/12/09 at 12:10 PM
i never read Fables at all but i got intrested and im gonna pick up the trades and everything.
Posted by rayclark on 03/12/09 at 11:42 PM
The last issue was my last monthly. Series isn't bad but around a year or so ago I just wasn't excited by new issues like I once was. Used to be my favorite book. Switching to trades at the library now.
Posted by brianmaru on 03/13/09 at 11:40 AM
Hmm, i really didn't like it.
Posted by mountainwindcat on 03/13/09 at 08:48 PM
I don't think the "Three Little Pigs" were re-born at all. They changed the giants, who had heretofore been sleeping on the farm, INTO the "Three Little Pigs" after the originals died in the Animal Farm revolt.
Posted by JonSamuelson on 03/14/09 at 01:10 AM
I fifth the bad art. Just awful. There were instances where I had to study the frame to see what character I was looking at. Bigby and Beast look like twin brothers.
I dunno about the crossover either. I don't read Jack of Fables, so hopefully there will be a recap so I don't have to blow an extra $8.
Posted by OddsBodkins on 03/14/09 at 09:24 PM
Geez. I'm gonna miss the old covers. Why does this one look so familiar? Anyway, we'll see if anything from the previous issue carries over into this one. I have questions about Boy Blue.
Posted by misterckent on 03/09/09 at 08:04 PM