DC sent out a release today to remind people that Bill Willingham will be answering your “Burning Questions” about Fables in issue #59 of the title, due in March. As reported in San Diego, Willingham will answer these questions in the form of short stories.
“It’s rare that any magazine would ever let the readers call the shots for an issue,” says Willingham in the press release. “Some have advised us that we’re insane for trying this, but they don’t know what we know: FABLES readers are the creme de la creme, the elite of all funnybook fans. In short, you’re smarter than the average bear. More to the point, you have questions that demand answers, and none of us here in Fabletown are foolhardy enough to risk ignoring your needs.”
DC Comics has a form set up on their Fables mini-site where readers can submit questions.
September 26th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
“Some have advised us that we’re insane for trying this, but they don’t know what we know: FABLES readers are the creme de la creme, the elite of all funnybook fans. In short, you’re smarter than the average bear. More to the point, you have questions that demand answers, and none of us here in Fabletown are foolhardy enough to risk ignoring your needs.”
For shits and giggles, contrast this with what he said online in response to the conclusion of “War Crimes”, which pretty much sealed for me that I’d never buy a Bill Willingham book again in my life.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Dan: I remember that! “You’re all nerds who can’t deal with an interesting story twist and so long as I get a reaction that means my writing is good and bloo bloo bloo.”
Anyhow, he’s going to cherry-pick the best e-mails and throw together stories from them? Interesting, kind of a cool idea, but his buttering-up-the-fans is just so condesending it’s almost oily.
September 26th, 2006 at 6:45 pm
Dan: are these the comments?
http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-9688.html
September 26th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Have to agree, after reading what he said, there are times we do react in ways that can make everyone look bad.
We do need to stop acting like our lives are over when these events occur.
Just act intelligently and rationally. Why is that a hard thing to do on the Internet?