Welcome back, folks!
I hope the new year has kicked off to a great start, and you're all enjoying your well-earned breaks.
Sit back, relax, and let me serve you the Daily Quotas one mouthful at a time.
Today's Quota is one of my personal favourites.
Whoever knows me knows I love my comic books. Big hobby of mine.
People often ask me for a good place to start. Most don't, and I have to employ every trick in the book to drag them tooth-and-nail into the genre.
There is only one series that every single person has loved.
It's called Fables, and it's been voted one of the best series' of all time.
Anything that can reach issue # 124 and keep going strong is an absolute winner.
CBR summarises the series quite well;
I cannot recommend this series highly enough - especially to new readers and for those that don't like the whole 'Biff and Pow' style of comic books.
This series is published by Vertigo, which is aimed at mature readers and releases some real quality.
They've also released 6-issue mini series shoot offs like some Cinderella story arcs (which is pretty much a James Bond parody) and Jack of Fables.
Download the first few issues, and try not to get hooked.
It can be purchased digitally from Comixology, imported for cheap via The Book Depository UK or purchased from your friendly local comic store King's Comics.
I hope the new year has kicked off to a great start, and you're all enjoying your well-earned breaks.
Sit back, relax, and let me serve you the Daily Quotas one mouthful at a time.
Today's Quota is one of my personal favourites.
Whoever knows me knows I love my comic books. Big hobby of mine.
People often ask me for a good place to start. Most don't, and I have to employ every trick in the book to drag them tooth-and-nail into the genre.
There is only one series that every single person has loved.
It's called Fables, and it's been voted one of the best series' of all time.
Anything that can reach issue # 124 and keep going strong is an absolute winner.
CBR summarises the series quite well;
Before "Grimm" and "Once Upon a Time" graced the airwaves, writer Bill Willingham brought familiar fairy tales into the modern world in the pages of the multiple-Eisner winner "Fables." When the mysterious Adversary attacked their homelands, Snow White, King Cole, Prince Charming and thousands of other Fables escaped into our plane of existence, the mundane, or "Mundy," world. Secretly walking among us, hundreds of fairy tale refugees set up new lives in an area of New York City they call "Fabletown." What began as a series of stories that modernized familiar characters developed into a multi-faceted saga of war, loss and the many characters and agendas that inhabit it.
For over a decade, Willingham has developed and nurtured the world of "Fables" through spin-off series and one-shots featuring character like Jack (known for killing giants, climbing beanstalks and jumping over candlesticks) and Cinderella (Fabletown's chief secret agent and, at times, ambassador). Willingham also ventured into the world of prose fiction with "Peter and Max," a story about Peter Piper, his wife Bo Peep and Peter's brother Max. For many people who never read a comic book before, this series has been a great introduction to the medium.
I cannot recommend this series highly enough - especially to new readers and for those that don't like the whole 'Biff and Pow' style of comic books.
This series is published by Vertigo, which is aimed at mature readers and releases some real quality.
They've also released 6-issue mini series shoot offs like some Cinderella story arcs (which is pretty much a James Bond parody) and Jack of Fables.
Download the first few issues, and try not to get hooked.
It can be purchased digitally from Comixology, imported for cheap via The Book Depository UK or purchased from your friendly local comic store King's Comics.
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