#fables comics

[citrussnap]

OH MY GOD hey y’all!!! sorry for not posting any art for a whole month I got severely art blocked and shit lmao

ANYWAY here’s some sketches of goth Bigby and Snow!!! I ended up revisiting an old drawing of Bigby last year and I decided to redesign him a little 👍

It was supposed to be just for fun originally, but then it eventually ended up becoming a whole au thing where Bigby has a double life of being the sheriff, but on his off days he is secretly goth and frequents a lot of Fabletown’s goth clubs!

He was introduced to the whole subculture during an investigation in a goth club, after a while he notices the music and the way people were dressed around him and he became really fascinated by all of it, pretty sure you know what happens afterwards lol

Eventually Snow founds out about it and is confused at first but ends up loving the music and also developing the style as well along side Bigby!

(also thanks to my friend @elesketchii for basically helping me out with a lot of the ideas this silly little au idea thing with me, they also contributed by drawing the corporate goth Snow which I also drew myself alongside it :D)

[grimlins-chaos]

there's a REAL monster on the loose in fabletown

[balu8]

Sean Gordon Murphy: Bigby (Fables)

[laboratoryrats]

Note to Self - Word Balloons: A Study

(No spoilers, don't worry)

14 total comics to compare against, across genres with half as traditionally printed comics and half from webcomics. While not an exhaustive list, should be enough to start to give some idea about preferences.

Text Type: Either fully capitalized (EXAMPLE) or with mixed case (Example)

All Caps versus Mixed Case

Mixed Case vs. ALL CAPS for all comics

Mixed Case vs. ALL CAPS for Traditional Printed Comics AND for all webcomics (same results)

A slight preference for the traditional method of writing out word balloons with text in all caps

Spacing Between Text and Outer Balloons

Min Spacing versus Regular Spacing versus Max Spacing

Spacing between text and outer balloon for all comics

Traditional comics are basically evenly split between a normal spacing (about the width of a letter) and min spacing (which leaves essentially no room between the text and the balloon)

Traditional comics slightly tend toward a minimizing the spacing between the text and the balloon

Spacing between text and outer balloons for webcomics

Webcomics are split between between a normal spacing (about the width of a letter) and extra spacing (which can sometimes double or triple the distance between the text and the balloon). Webcomics slightly tend towards adding additional space between the text and the word balloon

Word Balloons Within or Outside the Panels

Within Panel versus Outside Panel

Whether word balloon (typically) lie entirely within or can exist outside the strict space of the panel

This is perhaps the most obvious difference between webcomics and traditional comics. All traditional comics in this set only have word balloons that lie within the panel, while all the webcomics typically have there word balloons lie outside their panels

Conclusion

As reductive as it sounds, the overall conclusion is that any combination of word balloon choices are well represented in both traditional and webcomics. The only noticeable difference is that webcomics tend to take greater advantage of the negative space between panels by moving their word ballons out of the panel borders

Resources (and Comic Recommendations)

Format: Print (Traditional)

Fables by by Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton, Sherilyn van Valkenburgh

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Bone by Jeff Smith

Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Tintin by Hergé

Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson

Format: Online (Webcomic via Webtoon)

Marionetta by Míriam Bonastre Tur

Suitor Armor by Purpah

Castle Swimmer by Wendy Lian Martin

Cursed Princess Club by LambCat

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Space Boy by Stephen McCranie

The Dragon Tutor by Mar_Mai

[momachan]

"I'd like it just fine if our paths never cross again, Mr. Wolf. -Suits me, Mr. Wayne. -Wow. Was that just to weird to comprehend or what? -We chose a weird life, Robin. Best get back to it."

Batman Vs. Bigby! A Wolf In Gotham (2021). "Chapter Six: Wild Animals."

[kreemakai]

[this-account-must-die]

if Brennan isn’t inspired but the Fables comics for both Neverafter and in a lesser way Unsleeping City than the will eat my hat.

the secret urban magic, the homogenous worlds of fairytales while also emphasizing differing worlds and realms, the appearance of King Cole who most people have never heard of, animal archetypes just being one dude: Big Bad wolf is All tales of wolves, trickster fox is All trickster foxes,

[munster0us]

Better Beware for There’s a Wolf Among Us

[conkeybong]

sheriff on patrol

[soft-djarin]

FABLES CAST

[mrkanman]

bloody mary, bloody mary, bloody mary

[citrussnap]

SECOND LITTLE ILLUSTRATION I DID IN THIS STYLE AND THIS TIME IT’S FEATURING MY FAVORITE GRUMPY WOLF MAN 😁👍

[grumpycakes]

Decades late Hot Take:

The fact that the writer of Fables yeeted Snow White and Bigby Wolf from the story cause they got together and had kids is sUCH A COWARDS MOVE.

AND STUPID.

WE WERE ALL READING BECAUSE THEY WERE OUR DETECTIVES.

AND THEN YOU JUST TAKE THEM OUT???

CAUSE YOU. AS A MAN. CAN'T SEEM TO FATHOM THEM CONTINUING ON WITH THEIR PASSIONS AND LIVES???

LIKE HELLO??????

Writers not knowing how to continue a story once the characters getting together is sad

A WRITER DECIDING WELL THEY HAD CHILDREN SO THEY CAN NO LONGER DO ANYTHING BUT BE PARENTS IS SHAMEFUL.

I never picked the series back up. I tried to keep reading but Belle didn't catch my interest like that. And the beast dynamic of him turning back into a beast when they were fighting. AS IF HER LOVE WAS FICKLE ENOUGH TO GO AWAY IN A FIGHT. Rubbed me the wrong fucking way.

Sorry you can't write parents kicking ass and taking names.

Sounds like a skill issue.

[iinsheepsclothing]

cover <- pg 1 -> pg 2

[pridebicons]

hi! would you mind doing bi pride icons for bigby wolf from the wolf among us comic? hope it’s an okay source 4 u!! my bad if it isn’t! thanks in advance! here’s a flower 🪻

i’ve done video game bigby here

like/rb if using + credit

[momachan]

Batman Vs. Bigby! A Wolf In Gotham (2021).