Fantasy

Fables #159

As the comic continues to creep towards its conclusion, Tinkerbell gets a larger role here making an appearance in all three stories. First, she delivers some dangerous items into the hands of Cinderella and Fabeltown, appearing to be working, when she can, at cross purposes to Peter Pan. Next, we see her with the broken Pan who orders her to kill the entire Wolf family leading to a death and cliffhanger conclusion to close out the issue.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures #2

Having journeyed through the magical portal, our intrepid adventures find themselves in the city of Waterdeep brought there by Phaelona, a wild mage looking for help in breaking the spell that traps her in a city overrun by Driders and Darkmantles. Her attempts to find magic to break her bonds have led to the portals created around the realm where the creatures have escaped to attack other lands as well.

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Fables #158

Events are beginning to pick up. the overconfident Peter Pan has begun cutting a swath through the Black Forest killing anything remotely magical he comes across, up until he runs into a certain pack of wolves that is. While Bigby‘s younglings are enough to turn Pan away, he does escape likely to return with even darker designs for those who humiliated him.

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George and the Dragon

  • Title: George and the Dragon
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Flashback Friday takes us back to 2004’s George and the Dragon (quite loosely based on the medieval legend) starring James Purefoy as a crusading knight on his way home who gets caught up on the search for a missing princess (Piper Perabo) who it turns out wasn’t so much kidnapped by a dragon but saved from a marriage to a local lord (Patrick Swayze) her father had chosen for her. Refusing to abandon the dragon’s egg, Princess Lunna gets George into all kinds of trouble and hijinks in this likeable family-friendly film.

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Shrek

  • Title: Shrek
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to another film involving a dragon with 2001’s Shrek. Parodying the fantasy genre by presenting characters in unfamiliar and unexpected ways, such as casting a grumpy ogre as the reluctant hero, the film was an immediate hit with both critics and audiences. Mike Myers, who replaced Chris Farley on the project after his death, stars as Shrek, a temperamental ogre none to pleased that the actions of the tiny, but quite evil, Lord Farquaad of Duloc (John Lithgow) are pushing fleeing fairy tale creatures into his swamp disturbing his peace and quiet.

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