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Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 (Fables Deluxe Editions #1)
by
Bill Willingham (Goodreads Author),
Lan Medina , Mark Buckingham , Steve Leialoha , Craig Hamilton
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 created their own secret society-within an exclusive luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side-called...more
Disguised 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...more
Hardcover, 264 pages
Published
October 6th 2009
by Vertigo
(first published 2009)
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A friend of mine who is very immersed the graphic/comic world suggested that I would really enjoy this series, and brought me the Deluxe edition to get me started. I finished the first book in two nights, which is somewhat unusual for me, since even though reading a graphic novel may not actually take as much time as reading a text-based story, I generally go slower with visual storytelling. The first two arcs in the series are fantastic, though, and the artwork is not only beautiful and dynamic...more
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I've always heard a lot of good things about Fables. Fables and fairy tales are some of my favorite literary constructs, so it was only a matter of time before I read this.
The premise: the characters that exist in our childhood fables are real, and after they were run out of their land by an enemy, they have come to live among us. The human fables live in New York City, and those who can't pass for human live on a farm in upstate New York.
The first book in this volume is "Legends in Exile." Sn...more
The premise: the characters that exist in our childhood fables are real, and after they were run out of their land by an enemy, they have come to live among us. The human fables live in New York City, and those who can't pass for human live on a farm in upstate New York.
The first book in this volume is "Legends in Exile." Sn...more
Prelim Review: I remember how excited I was for this series back when it first premiered. It was during the waning time of my comic book obsession, when I was trying NOT to spend $70 a week, but I knew I had to read this. And I was rewarded with a series that to this day (117+issues and counting) that I enjoy, love and very rarely dislike.
This Deluxe volume covers the First Arc (Rose Red's 'Murder') and the Second Arc (The Farm's revolution). I don't remember the Revolution so much--I may have s...more
This Deluxe volume covers the First Arc (Rose Red's 'Murder') and the Second Arc (The Farm's revolution). I don't remember the Revolution so much--I may have s...more
Stellt euch vor alle Charaktere aus unseren liebsten Kinderbüchern leben in einer geheimen Gemeinschaft in New York City. Nachdem sie von einem grausamen Gegner aus der Fabelwelt fliehen mussten, sind sie vor ein paar hundert Jahren ins Exil in unsere mondäne Welt geflohen. Seitdem leben sie in einer Fabelwesengemeinschaft unter uns. Die Charaktere mit Menschengestalt wie Schneewittchen, Pinocchio, Dornröschen etc. wohnen in der Stadt während die anderen Kreaturen und Tiere wie die drei Schweine...more
The premise: ganked from BN.com: 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 created their own secret society-within an exclusive luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side-called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is...more
Disguised 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. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is...more
I've run across various volumes and offshoots of this series for the past few years, and finally decided to buy this deluxe volume on a whim and dive in. As a rule, I'm generally careful of pantheon comics that come to me with universal acclaim; The Walking Dead and Buffy Season 8 have taught me that I will be disappointed if I expect too much. However, while Fables isn't quite perfect, it is really, really good.
The first story arc of this volume begins in The Woodland, a New York City high-rise...more
The first story arc of this volume begins in The Woodland, a New York City high-rise...more
Review of Animal Farm: It was really exciting and interesting. The book was hard to put down. It was much better than the first volume. The illustrations was still great. However, it really kept me hanging. I just want to read the next one as soon as possible!
Snow White is the Deputy Mayor of Fabletown, a community made up of the fairy tale creatures and people, who were driven into our world from their own by a great, destructive evil force (the Adversary). Not all of the Fables are happy with this arrangement and its up to Snow White and Old King Cole (mayor) to keep the peace, whatever that entails. But when it appears that her wild younger sister Rose Red may have been murdered, Snow will do anything to find out what really happened. When it lead...more
Llevaba tiempo intentando echarle el ojo a esta serie y me ha gustado lo que he leido. Las tramas están muy bien planteadas, el plateamiento de la historia supone una vuelta de tuerca a los cuentos tradicionales y otras fábulas e historias épicas del siglo XX. Además de tener muy mala leche.
Estoy seguro de que no he pillado ni la mitad de las referencias que incluyen. Puedes leerla del tirón y luego releerla, prestando atención a pequeños detalles, tanto del texto como de las ilustraciones que e...more
Estoy seguro de que no he pillado ni la mitad de las referencias que incluyen. Puedes leerla del tirón y luego releerla, prestando atención a pequeños detalles, tanto del texto como de las ilustraciones que e...more
Continuing to expand my Graphic novel reading horizons. I Like this already, it's about how the fairy tale/folk tale characters had to escape their world for ours - they call it the MUNDANE world. HA!
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This was a fun book club pick -- a look at fractured fairy tales before they became such a Big Thing. I liked how the color palette changed during the flashbacks (such as the one that begins on p. 87), and twisted details like the implication that Goldilocks and Baby Bear share a bed, and the Old Woman and kids in the shoe have some serious ammunition in there.
For me, James Jean's painted covers were the standout of the art (http://www.jamesjean.com/work/), so I was excited to poke around and f...more
For me, James Jean's painted covers were the standout of the art (http://www.jamesjean.com/work/), so I was excited to poke around and f...more
Legends in Exile. I was quite surprised by how mediocre this first story is. Willingham’s scripting is quite awkward. It’s full of expository lumps and little asides pointing out character bits from fairy tales. Further, Medina’s artwork is often coarse (particularly toward the end) and doesn’t reflect the characters as they were later depicted. (Flycatcher is particularly awful.) Finally, the story is a pretty simple caper without much depth. There’s fun character and the detective work is quit...more
The folk of fairy tale and nursery rhyme, fantasy and fable mingle in the modern world. Of course it doesn't really make sense, but it's a terribly clever premise pulled off with a rigorous internal consistency and an acceptable level of panache. The only trouble is I keep feeling it ought to be terrific while all it's ever going to deliver is a polished, dogged competence.
This is a collection of ten monthly issues of a comic book, and I do have a rich respect for the form and its workmanlike fu...more
This is a collection of ten monthly issues of a comic book, and I do have a rich respect for the form and its workmanlike fu...more
Incredibly creative. Author Bill Willingham introduces us into the world of Fables, the physical manifestations of all humanity's fairy stories who have been exiled to New York after a mysterious Adversary drives them from the thousands of magical worlds they once inhabited. Bigby (Big, Bad, and Reformed) Wolf, Snow White, King Cole, Jack (traits of all of them rolled into one roguish social climber) Rose Red, the Three Little Pigs, Little Boy Blue, and a myriad of other storybook, fairytale, an...more
Set in a universe not unlike ours. New York city is inhabited with an underground community of wait for it.. fables. Yes. Snow white, big bad Wolf, Little Boy Blue, Captain Bluebeard, three piggies. The works.
What am i, a 26 year old journalist, doing reading this? Well for one, i was bored at work. And for another the book isn't all that juvenile actually. Willingham explores myth and folklore and attempts to overturn established stereotypes in this one. The situation is odd. The homeland of th...more
What am i, a 26 year old journalist, doing reading this? Well for one, i was bored at work. And for another the book isn't all that juvenile actually. Willingham explores myth and folklore and attempts to overturn established stereotypes in this one. The situation is odd. The homeland of th...more
Fables: The Deluxe Edition compounds the first two books of the sizy Fables series. The concept of throwing various childhood stories into an adult storyline was appealing, so I plucked this book off the shelf to satiate my recent urge for graphic novels.
I found the concept to appease my initial curiosity, but not with out a few reservations. The cover art for the various original comic books that this series came out is very eye catching and really molds the imaginative aspects of the book,...more
I found the concept to appease my initial curiosity, but not with out a few reservations. The cover art for the various original comic books that this series came out is very eye catching and really molds the imaginative aspects of the book,...more
Jumping onto the Fables bandwagon a little late, I didn't know much about this series except that it brought fairytale characters into modern society. That was more than enough to interest me, but I didn't expect to encounter the logistics of trying to keep their magical nature quiet, or maintaining order in a community where so many were main characters in their own stories, including kings, princes and lords. I love the amount of thought put into running such an outfit, and the way it's comple...more
This book is amazing. Classic fairytale and nursery rhyme characters as refugees from there homelands in the middle of New York City and upstate New York. The art is excellent and the writing uses a smart and deft touch to treat what sounds like a possibly corny subject while still being interesting and exciting. This is quite simply like nothing I've ever read before, quilted together from pieces of stories everyone has read.
The first storyline is a murder mystery with the back drop of Fairytal...more
The first storyline is a murder mystery with the back drop of Fairytal...more
Bill Willingham's Fables series has been getting a lot of play outside of the comics/graphic novel community lately, so being a reformed comic junkie, I thought I'd see what present day comics are all about.
First off, the deluxe edition truly lives up to it's name--the large format hardback is gorgeous, with a dazzling wrap-around cover that certainly intrigued me. Inside, the art is not as appealing. It's certainly workable, but it's nothing like the cover.
But what about the story? Fables tells...more
First off, the deluxe edition truly lives up to it's name--the large format hardback is gorgeous, with a dazzling wrap-around cover that certainly intrigued me. Inside, the art is not as appealing. It's certainly workable, but it's nothing like the cover.
But what about the story? Fables tells...more
This is a fun intro into the world of fables and a cunning little mystery to boot! This has been my first entry into the world of graphic novels and if they are all as great as this, I'm definitely hooked. Was drawn into picking it up by the stunning artwork and pleasantly surprised by the engaging story and characters. So well crafted that I wouldn't be surprised to find out there's a magically- larger-than-it-looks brownstone in New York filled with may favorite fairy tale characters!
This was a fabulous story. I can see why Kate is so addicted to it. I recommend it to anyone who likes fairy tales and would like to see them in a different light. This is a wonderfully filled world with flushed out characters (which is saying something since it is a graphic novel with little words).
Snow is so amazing, I am totally in love. I also like Bigby, though no surprise there since I always love a dog or wolf character.
Excited to start on to the next novels.
Snow is so amazing, I am totally in love. I also like Bigby, though no surprise there since I always love a dog or wolf character.
Excited to start on to the next novels.
I read this one a while back and forgot to put it up on here. I feel like it was a good start to the story, and from friends I know the series gets much better, but at the end of this book I was not blown away. It was good, no doubt about that, but I feel it was a "set up" book. Being that there are tons of books out for it, that isn't exactly a problem, but oh, how I DO hate set-up books. There was a compelling story in here, but it felt like the mission of the book was not to tell that story,...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this unusual read. It is a graphic novel based on the idea that the characters from fables were kicked out of their homelands many years ago by an 'adversary'. They came to our world and made their place here. They have been here generations, but the same characters (their leader is Snow White) are still around as they are essentially immortal.
Okay, quick review.
What more's left to say about this modern approach to classic fairy-tales that hasn't been expressed? The way the Bill and his team portrays these unfamiliar yet fresh characters and has them interact within the curious plot is undeniably entertaining. There is the right amount of suspense and the book is ideally seasoned with tasteful comedy. There's more meaningful content too, sandwiched around the climax. Like countless others I'm definitely hooked.I can't review this Fab...more
What more's left to say about this modern approach to classic fairy-tales that hasn't been expressed? The way the Bill and his team portrays these unfamiliar yet fresh characters and has them interact within the curious plot is undeniably entertaining. There is the right amount of suspense and the book is ideally seasoned with tasteful comedy. There's more meaningful content too, sandwiched around the climax. Like countless others I'm definitely hooked.I can't review this Fab...more
This is definitely an adult graphic novel, but what if an evil force greater than all the evils from every fable and fantasy land started killing off all of our storybook characters? They join together and are exiled to New York, of course. It's not an easy truce and causes conflicts, but what can't be resolved with Snow White as the enforcer of the rules?
Now this is a concept to get interested in. Take the fables that we're all used to being a certain way and create something conpletely different from them. I thought this was a really good read and a great introduction into the Fables universe. I'm starting Vol. 2 and looking forward on how the stories and characters continue to evolve.
Five stars for the first half of the volume. Four stars for the second half. Five stars for the art. I really enjoyed the story and twist on the fables. My only complaints are that some of the scenes were hard to see in the center. **spoiler** Also didn't like Goldies relationship with the bear. I could have done without that.
I haven't read many graphic novels or comics lately outside of those Parker occasionally pics up. I heard Fables was good, and gave it a try. It was an enjoyable fast read that probably inspired ABC's Once Upon a Time concept. The first story arc I give a 3. The second story arc was more enjoyable at a 4.
I am going to have this be a placeholder to signify the entire series. I absolutely loved it. So imaginative and so very well thought out and detailed. Great story line, great character development, just in general...great. I can't wait to read more. As of 8/7/12 I have read up to #113
Recommended
Recommended
I don't.... know what this is? It could be good, and maybe it gets better. I thought it be a bit darker and more serious but I just can't get past the talking animals that make it more like Babe or Charlotte's Web than a comic book. Also can't get past the idea that there are people having sex with the animal Fables in this... Yikes.
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In the late 1970s to early 1980s he drew fantasy ink pictures for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert game rulebooks. He first gained attention for his 1980s comic book series Elementals published by Comico, which he both wrote and drew. However, for reasons unknown, the series had trouble maintaining an original schedule, and Willingham's position in the industry remained spotty for many...more
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