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@ben_hr oh no... Really?

HOORAY FOR LOVE!

Public Service Announcement: If you ever need to remember the order of Lucy Maude Montgomery's classic Anne series, just remember the place where Anne is "of" just gets bigger each time: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Canada Anne of the Americas Anne of Earth Anne of the Solar System Anne of the Milky Way Anne of the Local Group Anne of the Universe Anne of the Multiverse

Fables is one of the best ongoing comic series, in my opinion (although it did stop... And then has started again? This is the first compendium of four, which covers the original run of 150 issues).

Essentially, all your fairy tale characters are real, and have fled into the mundane world, living in New York. The reason for their departure from their various "Homelands" is due to an enemy known only as "The Adversary", who's swept over the various fable lands, killing and conquering.

What I think is really good, and the real strength of this series, is the sheer amount of depth that is allowed and explored in what are very familiar characters, and then how they fit in with each other and as a community.

I would, and do, thoroughly recommend this series to anyone.

I was right thinking that I had already read all these stories, but they were still great fun in revisiting!

I got the deluxe box set of all four compendiums a while ago, so it's about time I finally got around to reading them.

I'm pretty sure I've actually already read all the content on this first compendium, but I'll appreciate the refresher!