Meaghan's Reviews > Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall

Fables by Bill Willingham

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Jun 14, 12

bookshelves: graphic-novels, fairy-tales
Read from June 12 to 13, 2012

Based on the legend of Scheherezade: Snow White, sent on an errand to the land of Arabian myth, puts off her own execution by entertaining the Sultan with stories about her fellow Fables. This is a lovely collection featuring some beautiful art by various artists including Charles Vess and Jill Thompson. It gives background on several of the regular Fables characters such as Old King Cole (who comes off very well in his tale), Flycatcher (whom I now feel really bad for), Frau Totenkinder, Snow White herself, and, in perhaps the cutest origin story ever illustrated, Bigby. My favourite stories were the ones about Bigby and Old King Cole, but they were all quite good. Although this does not fall within the regular Fables chronology, it's definitely worth a read. Highly recommended.

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