CATALOG RECORD

The Literals #2

DC · Series began 2009 · July 2009

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Dates

Cover date: July 2009
On sale: May 28, 2009
In stores: May 28, 2009
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 76194127942800211
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Story arc: The Great Fables Crossover

This is part 6 of 9. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Mark Buckingham, Jeremy Love, Davide Gianfelice, Amy Reederinks: Mark Buckingham, Margeaux Pepoy, Jeremy Love, Ryan Kelly, Richard Friendcolors: Mark Buckingham, Lee Loughridgescript: Bill Willingham, Lilah Sturges, Peter Gross, Mike Careyletters: Todd Klein

Stories

The Great Fables Crossover, Part 6 of 9: Keep Your Ass in Your Chair · 22 pages
While the Fables and Page sisters battle the Genres, Kevin receives conflicting advice about what to do about Writer's Block from Old Sam and Hansel...until both Old Sam and Kevin take some drastic actions.
On The Edge · 0.5 pages
Discussion of their work on Lucifer and The Unwritten.

Publisher’s description

Even with his two Fable muses pressed into service, Kevin Thorn is having trouble getting started on his next grand opus. He seems to be suffering from a bad case of, "What's that malady that affects writers and keeps them from getting their work done?" Meanwhile, the Page Sisters go to guns a-blazin' against the Genres.

Reprinted in

Fables (2002), Fables: The Deluxe Edition (2009), Fables Compendium (2020)