Product Description

"Fables" is the hugely imaginative story of a group of fairy tale characters exiled from their mythical homelands and forced into a secret existence in modern-day America. Featuring such familiar names as Snow White, Prince Charming and Bigby (formerly Big Bad) Wolf, this is hard-edged fantasy in the grand tradition of "The Sandman". In the Homelands, the Adversary and his armies plot a full-scale invasion of our world - and only Pinocchio can stop them! Meanwhile, Flycatcher receives shocking news, Rose Red and Boy Blue discover a flying carpet, and Christmas comes to Fabletown! Volume nine of this incredible series continues to explore the surreal and magical underworld created by scribe extraordinare Bill Willingham. Warning: This book is for adults only!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #52318 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Review
"Instantly compelling." - Cinescape.com"

About the Author
Bill Willingham is a writer and artist whose work includes Coventry and The Sandman Presents. He is currently writer/artist of Shadowpact. Mark Buckingham has worked on many titles, including Death: The Time of Your Life, Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Fables and Hellblazer. Steve Leialoha has been a professional illustrator for many years, and his work includes Nevada and the comics adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Customer Reviews

Never lets up!
At the heart of this collection: evil machinations, plans and schemes in the Adversary's Empire; a long-lasting conflict between a father and a son coming to a resolution of sorts. Add to this a very grim twist on the aftermath of the Hansel and Gretel story that makes Frau Totenkinder look almost benign; a hint that the humblest and maybe most tragic of all the residents of Fabletown may turn out to be their savior; little snippets of background material and vignettes on Fables plus one potentially significant non-Fable.

One of the things I like most about the characters is that even the most evil ones do have a story behind them, which reveals the choices and paths that made them become whom we meet here. And the good ones are never quite as clean as we might like to think of them either. Everything has more than one side and Fables makes a point of virtually never letting us forget that.

As always, or maybe even more so, simply brilliant.