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Other titles in the Fables series:

  1. Animal Farm
  2. Storybook Love
  3. Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers
  4. The Mean Seasons
  5. Fables: Homelands Volume 6
  6. Arabian Nights (and Days) (Fables #07)
  7. Wolves
  8. Sons of Empire
  9. The Good Prince
  10. War and Pieces
  11. The Dark Ages

Fables #01: Legends in Exile

by Bill Willingham

Fables #01: Legends in Exile Cover

ISBN13: 9781563899423
ISBN10: 1563899426
Condition: Standard
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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. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.

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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. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.

AWARDS:

YALSA: 2004 annual recommended list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

-Willingham, Bill. Animal Farm (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo.

-Willingham, Bill. Legends in Exile (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo.

YALSA: 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

-Willingham, Bill, Todd Klein, and others. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall. 2006. DC Comics/ Vertigo

As of 2008, Fables has won twelve Eisner Awards.

-Best New Series in 2003

-Best Serialized Story in 2003, 2005 and 2006 (Legends In Exile, March of the Wooden Soldiers and Homelands)

-Best Anthology in 2007 (Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall)

-Best Short Story in 2007 (A Frog's Eye View, by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall)

Hugo Award Nomination 2009:

-Fables: War and Pieces was nominated for the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story

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Jvstin, February 7, 2009 (view all comments by Jvstin)
Fables: Legends in Exile #1 collects the first five issues of Bill Willingham's Vertigo comic.

The high concept is a wonderful conceit--what if fairy tale characters, ranging from Snow White to Bluebeard, all lived, in secret, in New York City (and upstate New York in the case of the animals). Trying to avoid revealing their nature to the populace, they are a small community unto their own, and yet, unmistakably, expatriates in the Greatest City on Earth.

And what happens when one of these (implied) immortal characters is brutally killed, and the evidence points not to an ordinary New Yorker, but one of Fabletown's own denizens?

With this idea, great drawing and writing,and plenty of visual eye candy, Fables is an example of a good graphic novel which uses the full strengths of the form. Certainly one could have told this story in a straight novel format, but this is a case where seeing is believing. Snow White as a deputy Mayor. The Big Bad Wolf as a detective. Prince Charming as a schemer using his looks and charm to make his way in the world. These characters have pasts rooted in their fairy tales as well as previous relations between them in the expat community. We get the feeling that the characters have always been there, hidden, in New York. There is a continuity to their existence.

And much more awaits the reader. It all works so very well, and the murder puzzle is a fair one.

I look forward to at some point getting additional graphic novels of the series (something I need to do with a couple of others, like Sandman...). In the meantime, if you have any interest in fairy tale characters and in graphic novels (or love the former and want to try the latter), this is a graphic novel which is a painless way to try and enjoy the form. If you love Urban Fantasy, this volume is a must.

The only downside is that only 5 issues of the comic were collected in the volume. I read this almost *too* quickly.

Highly Recommended.
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Kirsten, August 18, 2006 (view all comments by Kirsten)
The first Fables collection. This is a fun who-done-it that does an admirable job of introducing the major players in this series, but it pales in comparison a bit to the later volumes.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781563899423
Subtitle:
Legends in Exile - Vol 01
Illustrator:
Medina, Lan
Illustrator:
Medina, LAN
Illustrator:
Leialoha, Steve
Author:
Willingham, Bill
Illustrator:
Leialoha, Steve
Illustrator:
Hamilton, Craig
Publisher:
Vertigo
Location:
New York
Subject:
Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject:
Graphic Novels
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
Subject:
Graphic Novels - Mystery
Subject:
Graphic Novels - Fantasy
Subject:
Graphic Novels - Crime & Mystery
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Fairy tales
Subject:
Fables
Copyright:
2002
Edition Description:
Revised and
Series:
Fables
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
December 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
10.32x6.60x.30 in. .43 lbs.
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