Willingham, Bill, Todd Klein, and others.YALSA: 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens YALSA: 2004 annual recommended list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers This Deluxe Edition collects the first two trade paperbacks of the series, issues 1-10, and Bill Willingham's prose story from Vol. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Bigby, Fabletown's sheriff, and a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the culprit is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.
From Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf to Goldilocks and Little Boy Blue, the folk characters of old are reborn here as exiles living in the magically camouflaged New York City neighborhood of Fabletown.When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile.ĭisguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society-within an exclusive luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side-called Fabletown. The answer can be found in FABLES, Bill Willingham’s celebrated reimagining of the venerable fairy tale canon. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un-magical reality? Imagine that all the characters from the world’s most beloved storybooks were real and living among us, with all of their powers intact. The #1 New York Times best-selling series!Īcclaimed by critics and readers alike, FABLES: THE DELUXE EDITION BOOK FIFTEEN brings the award-winning series to a close with the epic tales “Happily Ever After” and “Farewell” from issues #141-150 of the award-winning Vertigo series, and features a new introduction by FABLES creator Bill Willingham as well as a special sketchbook section from artist Mark Buckingham.
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