Episode 138 – Fables: Animal Farm

In this episode, we follow up the anthropomorphic samurai of Usagi Yojimbo with a menagerie of talking animals as Myth Takes, our miniseries on comics and mythology, takes a slight detour into fairy tale territory with a discussion of Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm, published by Vertigo/DC Comics! In Bill Willingham's long-running series Fables, the characters from all your favorite childhood tales have been driven from their homes by the mysterious Adversary and are living under the radar in New York. But when the Farm—home of the animal Fables—is rocked by the vicious murder of one of the Three Little Pigs, tensions between human and non-human Fables threatens to escalate into deadly political revolution! Can Snow White defeat the militant Goldilocks—not to mention her own sister Rose Red—and prevent a bloody civil war? And can this tale as old as time win entry into that Happily Ever After known as ... The Comics Canon? Discussed in This Episode: Myths and folklore in popular culture Raunchy versions of children's stories Fables Vol. 6: Homelands The Personal History of David Copperfield Shelly Bond's Filth & Grammar Kickstarter campaign Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Savage Avengers Some thoughts on She-Hulk Join us in two weeks as we kick off a Sandman two-parter with a look at A Game of You! Until then: Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook! And as always, thanks for listening!