Don’t forget to enter for the chance to win a free copy of the brand new hardcover 1st edition of PETER & MAX: A Fables Novel written by Bill Willingham with spot illustrations by Steve Leialoha.

In order to win, please post YOUR FAVORITE FABLES CHARACTER and WHY IT’S YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER in the comment section of the Monday, September 28th post.

You have 2 weeks to post, you may only post once, 10 winners will be chosen at random. See Official Rules for more info in the 9/28 post.

And thanks to all who have already entered!

I continue to be amazed at the synchronicity of life’s moments, especially when it comes to being an editor in this wonderfully weird world of Vertigo, where strange connections just seem to happen.

One of the first biographies I remember reading that really made an impression on me was about Amelia Earhart. Going back to my ten-year old mind, it wasn’t her bravery, daringness, or pioneering aviation feats that left its mark on me, it was the mystery of her disappearance in the open sea of the South Pacific that resonated most. Was she eaten alive by cannibals, left to wander alone on a deserted island, did she have amnesia and was living as a tribal shaman in the jungles of Africa? I never thought she was dead. She had to still be alive. Whenever I thought of Amelia the same haunted feeling crept over me. How could someone just disappear, without a trace, with nothing left behind?

“We are running North and South.” —the last recorded words of Amelia Earhart. Decades later, sitting at my desk, reading the first line of the pitch for AIR from G. Willow Wilson, and I’m immediately enthralled. In this new series about an acrophobic, insecure stewardess with an incredible untapped and unique power to explore the magic and mystery of flight—who does her mentor turn out to be? None other than the great Earhart herself… Willow describes her Amelia as being in her early sixties, having aged slowly (she would really be over 100 years old today) while stuck between the real and unreal world she’s inhabited. Her first appearance from issues #6-7 is collected in FLYING MACHINE, on sale this coming month. And even more of Amelia’s life is revealed in issue #15 in November. “At once earthy and otherworldly” the Amelia who Willow has given life to, is at once everything and nothing like I could’ve imagined. And the fourth grader in me is obsessed again.

Don’t forget to enter for the chance to win a free copy of the brand new hardcover 1st edition of PETER & MAX: A Fables Novel written by Bill Willingham with spot illustrations by Steve Leialoha.

In order to win, please post YOUR FAVORITE FABLES CHARACTER and WHY IT’S YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER in the comment section of the Monday, September 28th post.

You have 2 weeks to post, you may only post once, 10 winners will be chosen at random. See Official Rules for more info in the 9/28 post.

Good luck!

Check out Howard Cruse’s sketches for the new cover:

And here’s the final version:

Greetings FABLES Fans!

Enter for the chance to win a free copy of the brand new hardcover 1st edition of PETER & MAX: A Fables Novel written by Bill Willingham with spot illustrations by Steve Leialoha.

In order to win, please post in the comment section of this post: YOUR FAVORITE FABLES CHARACTER and WHY.

You have 2 weeks to post, you may only post once and 10 winners will be chosen at random.

Please see Official Rules below.

Good Luck!

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A shocking new drama unfolds on the stage of GREEK STREET. Disturbed wayward Eddie and visionary Sandy are on the run…and they’re headed for London where Dedalus is investigating a suicide. Issue #6 “The Cassandra Complex” is part 1/4 of an intense new storyline.

Check out the cover by Davide Furno:

And a few character sketches by Davide Gianfelice:

UNKNOWN SOLDIER #12 marks the first anniversary of this highly regarded series. And we’re going to a funeral—the Unknown Soldier’s funeral. It’s nothing less than epic hotel room warfare as the Unknown Soldier plays a bloodthirsty game of cat and mouse with assassins in the back halls of an exquisite five-star establishment. The real challenge will be keeping it from the high-profile guests in the banquet room next door.

Here’s a preview:

One of the comic book industry’s iconic anti-heroes, John Constantine, the man who’s literally been to hell and back travels to the only thing worse than Hades’ realm—the frontlines of war.

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of his first appearance, HELLBLAZER: PANDEMONIUM (on sale in February) heralds the return of original HELLBLAZER series writer Jamie Delano as he sends Constantine to the darkest corners of the magic world. Joining Delano is fan-favorite artist Jock (The Losers, Faker), who for the first time illustrates an entire graphic novel in the style of his Eisner-nominated covers, for a dissection of war and terror in a horror story tailor-made for the 21st century.

Here’s a preview:

Michael Wm. Kaluta departs from MADAME XANADU this month, but he won’t be gone for long. He’s taking over as artist on a short story in this December’s HOUSE OF MYSTERY #20.

Check out the cover of HOUSE OF MYSTERY #20 by Esao Andrews:

The Moon brothers–Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon–have won multiple Eisners and worked with the top names of both comics and pop culture–-including Mike Mignola (BPRD: 1947), Joss Whedon (Sugar Shock), Gerard Way (Umbrella Academy) and Matt Fraction (Casanova).

Now, they’re debuting at Vertigo with–DAYTRIPPER (on sale in December)–their most ambitious work yet–a Brazilian slice-of-life limited series, featuring beautiful women, friendships, family and complete unpredictability.

Check out the cover and the first 3 pages: