Fables #83

Fables #83 kicks off "The Great Fables Crossover" in bold fashion — a nine-part event that brings together Willingham, Sturges, Buckingham, and Pepoy for what promises to be something genuinely ambitious. Joao Ruas's cover sets an unsettling, dreamlike tone: two figures stand at the center of a sprawling, maze-like settlement, flanked on either side by massive, looming monstrous faces — a horned beast to the left and a shadowy creature to the right — while a glowing, ominous structure rises behind them. It's the kind of image that makes Vertigo's 2009 lineup feel alive with possibility.