It was only a matter of time. An utter inevitability, in fact. Yes, I am officially obsessed with the comic series, Fables, by Bill Willingham. The premise is that myriad characters from fairy tales and classic stories are forced to live in exile in New York City. They must hide their magical identities from humans (called the Mundanes, or "Mundys" for short), and maintain order amongst their ancient community, while figuring out how to eventually win back their homelands from the Adversary. It is an extremely clever and entertaining series, and I can't recommend it highly enough, especially to those of you who share my deep abiding passion (and subsequent mourning) for Neil Gaiman's Sandman
. As an added bonus, the phenomenal James Jean does all the Fables cover artwork.

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