BW: It’s pretty cool. We’ve been working on this for years now, ever since Mark Doyle floated the idea to me at a convention. For years I haven’t been able to tell anyone what we were working on. Now I can. So what’s it like? It’s a big relief. I’m very happy DC went along with the idea to pick the numbering up at 151, to signal that this is a continuation of the long-running series. It’s not a side-story, it’s the main story, which just happens to be continuing after a protracted br
With a reboot on the horizon , the Fable franchise has always provided players with a plethora of unique and grisly legendary weapons to collect, from goliath-sized maces to rapid-firing pistols. Whether it be pursuing a campaign of absolute evilness or setting out to destroy all the Hobbes in the world, the Fable franchise presents players with powerful weapons to fulfill the wildest of fantasi
BW: Mark Buckingham was my chief worry about this project. I didn’t want to do it without him, but I didn’t know if he’d be available. The often-frustrating reality about our business is the best of the best artists keep pretty busy. They aren’t just sitting around waiting for me to come along, so I was plenty worried about what we’d do if he wasn’t available. And let’s be honest: Mark Buckingham is the second-best artist working in comics to
BW: Batman vs Bigby was written with the idea that some of the readers will be new to Bigby and Fables. Everything essential that you need to know is already cooked into the story. You don’t need to be Fables-wise to fully enjoy it. But that’s not to say a reader couldn’t enhance the experience by starting to read Fables too. In fact, I hope many new readers will be inspired to come to Fables as a result of this t
Fans needed something big to keep the hype train rolling after such a long wait. Though the marketing didn't give away too much late game information, it did give up the games big ticket character: Johnny Silverhand. The marketing also revealed his motivations for the entire g
I’m not sure if this counts as a relaunch. I guess that’s up to readers, who always hold all the power. If readers take to this story as well as they supported Fables in the past, we might just be able to continue the numbering indefinitely, with more to come after this twelve-issue s
Not only does Albion share a name with Britain, but it also seems to share history as well! During a quest from Fable III, the player enters a house in the Bowerstone Old Quarter with a bunch of little exhibits on display. It's part of the quest "The Pen is Mightier..." but if you take a moment to look around, you'll notice a brain in a jar labeled "Lady Jane Gr
By the time that Fable III rolls around, it seems to have been agreed that the economy does need some forced regulation, from thieves or not. One gravestone in the game points to the existence of a Robin Hood in Albion, a character creation systems notorious for redistributing wealth via unconventional me
While this won't be too noticeable for more casual fans, any flash given to diehard fans will get eaten up almost immediately. While not one of the worst cases of marketing spoilers, the trailer could have achieved just as much without giving away so m
**SR: The idea of these two telling a Detective story is easy enough to grasp, but where is the line drawn between Bigby putting one foot into Gotham City, versus Bruce Wayne taking a step into the realm of Fables
The Wretcher's Blade contains the same augment as the Maelstrom, meaning increased damage is done to lawful doers such as townsfolk and city guard. The biggest benefit of the Wretcher's Blade is that is can be acquired almost instantly after farming some gold as a blacksmith in Bowerstone and taking the submarine to Knothole Isl
This is another one for the slow players who weren't caught up, but a little harsher. Given that the remastered version came out just one year after the initial release, players that were picking it up on this marketing cycle got shafted big time. And fans will gladly mention how easy it is to spoil many plot points in The Last of
BW: For the Fables side of things the line doesn’t need to be drawn, because Fables has included the premise of all of these hundreds of different worlds from the very beginning. From Batman’s point of view, it’s potentially a bit trickier, because sometimes the DCU has been very open to the notion of many, many worlds out there, and sometimes it hasn’t b
It's actually the oldest recorded name for the kingdom ; merchants from (present-day) Marseilles passed through Gaul and perhaps Britannia too, and recorded the area's name as Albion. As a result, it was also almost the name for the country of Canada, too, until they changed their mi
So he pitches Santa on the idea of forming their own super team. Many elves have powers that are similar to the superpowers of Earth's Greatest Super Heroes, so why not enter the good fight with a team of their own? Unfortunately, Santa shoots down the idea, but that doesn’t stop Arvo. It just means that he has to prove his concept by running away to join the Justice League, and show everyone that his plan is a good one and he’s not a crazy-elf. His idea is sound. That’s the set-up and the story takes off from th
