I have never read fables, everyone else i feel has.  i have read the first six issues maybe 3 times each, and i cannot get into it.  i might just skip to the middle.  someday right? i want to read it because of how beautifully designed the covers are.  it is something that i would totally have bought if i had seen it in the store when it was published.  but im not going to now, not even buy all the trades like i did with y the last man and many others, because i downloaded them/someone else downloaded them and hid them on my computer/i forgot what happened but i have them.