Fables: Legends in Exile

Bill Willingham

Dec 2002 · Fables Vol 1, #1-5 · DC

About this ebook

FABLES is the winner of 14 Eisner Awards and is one of the most enduring Vertigo titles ever. Here, in this new, 10th anniversary edition, is a newly colored 8-page story from the Fables prose work PETER & MAX: A FABLES NOVEL, as well as a beautiful new cover from series artist Mark Buckingham.

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 "mundys," their name for normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters created their own secret society that they call Fabletown.

From their exclusive luxury apartment buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side, these creatures of legend must fight for their survival in the new world.

Ratings and reviews

It's a great remix to Grimm's fairytales and legends. Sadly the zoom in google books and HUD causes the app to crash from time to time. If you can't get your hands the trade paperbacks, I suppose this will have to do.

Excellent graphics and an amazing spin on the classic fairytales from our youth. Well written and a good story, one down fall is the short length of each chapter but in saying, a lot of work has gone in to this comic.

Story a bit naff and simplistic, like a weak Colombo. Not a fan of the art style either. Great concept though. Play the game (Wolf Amongst Us) very cool stylised interactive version of this

About the author

BILL WILLINGHAM is the award-winning writer and creator of FABLES. He has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years on titles including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. With Matthew Sturges, Bill co-wrote the FABLES spinoff JACK OF FABLES, as well as HOUSE OF MYSTERY and JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz comic industry awards, plus the International Horror Guild award.