Lev Butts' Comic Countdown Part IV
Last month it took me far too long to discuss metafiction , though I must admit that I'm now halfway wishing they'd reboot Moonlighting . They're doing it for The X-Files and Twin Peaks , why not Moonlighting ? I mean other than that David's womanizing might seem creepy now. On a side note, I could toitally get behind a reboot with this new casting . Anyway , let's start right in on the countdown , shall we? 2. Fables - Bill Willingham (author) various artists This title is a shoo-in for this list. It's very premise about metafiction: Characters from fairy tales, fables, children's literature, and other folklore are literally aware that they are characters in stories. They have moved into our "mundane" world as refugees from a murderous tyrant, known only as the Adversary, who has conquered each of their worlds (each of which is part of a loose conglomeration of fictional universes called The Homelands). These refugees, who call ...