It's been 21 years since #BillWillingham launched #Fables, his 110-issue, wide-ranging, delightful and brilliantly crafted author-owned comic series that imagines that the folkloric figures of the world's fairytales are real people, who live in a secret society whose internal struggles and intersections with the mundane world are the source of endless drama.
Well this is kind of incredible. Bill Willingham, creator and owner of Fables (the multi award winning DC Vertigo comics series) has put the IP out into the public domain.
Bill Willingham, creator of beloved comic series "Fables," has released the franchise into the public domain, citing a breakdown in his relationship with DC Comics. Here's the full statement that he posted on his Substack, in which he said of DC: " I gave them years to do the right thing. I tried to reason with them, but you can’t reason with the unreasonable."
I've got my issues with Bill Willingham, but I have to admit that responding to your publisher jerking you around with "Fuck you, it's all public domain now" is a baller move.