Long ago, the forest was dark and deep.
There, shrouded in mists, lived the Mysteries.
In this fable for grownups, a kingdom is beset by unexplained afflictions. The king, hopeful of ending this torment, dispatches his knights. Years later, a single battered knight returnsโฆ
Watterson returns to us with a bang. Simple, but effective writing combined with the unusually-rendered illustrations makes this a short but excellent read. Eerie, thoughtful, and characteristically profound, you may find yourself coming back to this one over and over. 5/5 โญ๏ธ
โWhat I know is this: if there is sich a thing as a Author, Iโm his favourite charaโter. He does me fathoms betterโn he does youโfathoms, he does.โ
โLong John Silver & Captain Smollett slip out between chapters of #TreasureIsland for a chat & a fly smoke in โThe Persons of the Taleโ โ the first of #RobertLouisStevensonโs twenty FABLES, available as a free ebook from our website
In the story of #Fables creator Bill Willingham's decision to public domain the works, the spat with DC Comics catches attention. The more interesting part is the "radical ideas for copyright reform" - 20 years from first publication, or 10 years from first (and only) sale of IP ownership. He follows his own principle - but will anyone follow him?
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.
Kudos ๐ฏ๐๐ผ This is lovely and wonderful. How and why Bill Willingham decided to bring all his creatives work around #Fables into the #PublicDomain :CreativeCommons:
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.
Summarizing his statement wouldn't do it justice so I recommend you read it in full, he explains why he does it and what has DC done to anger him to this extent - but it's also a move about more than just to spite DC....
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 canโt 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.
"I Can't Afford to Sue DC": Fables Creator Releases Hit Comic Series into Public Domain (Including Wolf Among Us) (screenrant.com)
Summarizing his statement wouldn't do it justice so I recommend you read it in full, he explains why he does it and what has DC done to anger him to this extent - but it's also a move about more than just to spite DC....