Posts Tagged ‘Fables’
20 (Or So) Best Comics of the Decade: 3. Fables
Posted by: HavaB on: March 11, 2010
Who says that fairy tales are just for kids? Bill Willingham’s Fables has more than enough intrigue, politics, and drama to fill any number of high-brow literary works. Fables succeeds magnificently at molding the fairy tales you loved as a child into a grown-up saga without ruining your childhood (case in point: Alan Moore’s Lost [...]
When You Wish Upon the Stacks…
Posted by: Brendan K. on: February 6, 2010
If you’re not reading Graphic Content, Vertigo’s official blog, you probably should. That’s because along with news and previews from the favorite publisher of, like, all of my favorite books ever, Pamela Mullin and company thrown In some pretty sweet prizes every once in a while. Recently, GC had a contest to give away 20 [...]
High Five! Top Ten! – Get the Kleenex Guys, The Comics Made Me Cry
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 10, 2009
Sometimes comics make us cry. Here are the top ten comic moments that made Maggie sob, Jonny bleary-eyed, and set ole Rob a-drinkin. These are pretty much ranked in order of how hard Maggie cried. Except one, but she’ll never admit which one. (10) Archie & Veronica’s Wedding – Maggie: SHUT UP. This issue will [...]
High Five! Top Five! – Bestest BFFs Ever!
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 2, 2009
I’d go fucking crazy if I didn’t have friends to rely on. So, really, why should superheroes be any different? As it turns out, a lot of comic characters have a super-buddy that they can sort of relax with and confide in outside of costume heroics (although that doesn’t necessarily mean they take the costumes [...]
High Five! Top Ten! – Second String Couples
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: September 15, 2009
Here’s a list of our favorite second string couples (when we say second string, we mean lower tier at Marvel or DC, or not from Marvel & DC at all. Mostly we just didn’t want to deal with Lois Lane or MJ or Cyclops & Jean. We pretty much made up the parameters and we’re [...]
Gateway Drugs: Your Mom
Posted by: Maggie_C on: August 19, 2009
Getting your mom into comics might very well be an impossible task for a lot of people, but here at High Five! we’re always trying to drag others down with us. Here are a few valiant ideas for getting your mom into comics. Is your mom into 24? CSINCIS Las Miami? Or even just Law [...]
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