End of Story for Comic Series Fables

After 13 years Fables, the multi award winning Vertigo series, comes to an end. Mark Buckingham, the artist of the series since the beginning was at Orbital Comics in London signing the graphic novels and comics. It was a pleasure to meet him, he was an affable and chatty guy.

Having read the last graphic novel I can say that it is a fitting end to the long running series and has many emotional beats that bring a closure to proceedings. It is sad to see the series end but with Buckingham moving onto Miracleman with Neil Gaiman it won't be too long until we see his sumptuous art again.

...And they all lived happily ever after

This is my signed final graphic novel.

It was wonderful to chat to Bill Willingham.

Mark Buckingham, Fables Artist, Doing a Signing in London

Fables has been a much loved Vertigo title for over 10 years now and with it's final graphic novel (volume 22) coming out Mark Buckingham is joining people in London to sign off the end. As well as a signing in Orbital Comics on August 1st from 5-7, Mark will be giving away 22 pages of his original artwork from the final comic in a prize draw. As a huge Fables fan I will be there with a few of my favourite trades. Will you? For more details about the event check out the official Orbital Comics website linked below.

My Fables collection. There have been a few offshoots and they are great too!

Mike Carey Signing in Orbital Comics, London

Mike Carey, writer of comic books, novels, and films, will be signing comics at Orbital Comics in London. For those who don't recognise the name Carey is the wonderfully talented author of works including Vertigo's Lucifer, Hellblazer issues 175 to 215 and most recently the highly literate The Unwritten. The event, which will run on Saturday 6th June from 6-7pm, will celebrate the release of the final collection of The Unwritten. Afterwards Carey will give a directors commentary on this final piece of work. So if you are free why not head down? I'll be there with a couple of The Unwritten and Hellblazer graphic novels.