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| Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Willingham
Creator: Todd Klein
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 26865
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 6.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1401203671
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401203672
ASIN: 1401203671
Publication Date: October 18, 2006
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A great example of a wonderful, adult comic book December 16, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Originally, fairy tales and fables were gore-filled, fantastical stories with dire warnings and messages. What if all those stories were real?
The world of fairy tales and "Fables" is the backdrop for this collection. Prince Charming really married Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella (didn't you know it was the *same* Prince?). Snow White escaped not only the evil Queen of her own story, but she had to flee from a greater menace, "The Advesary". This evil tyrant has chased all of the European fables out of their own worlds, and into ours.
This story is a bit of a prequel to the series. As such, this book reads very easily on its own. Personally, this was my first book in the series. Although there are several trade paperbacks of the Fables comics out now (seven as of this writing with #8 soon on its way - we hope!), none of those are needed at all to enjoy this book.
In this story Snow White is sent from the exiled world of the European Fables to the world of Arabian Fables. Her goal is to speak with their ruler and join forces against "The Adversary". Through her efforts to gain the support of the Arabian King this story unfolds. This book is a collection of stories from the European Fables. We learn much more about many of the faces familiar to those reading the comics.
Whether you are a fan of the series, a fan of fairy tales or fables, or looking for a graphic novel that tells a rich, layered story with great depth and beautiful art - this book is for you!
Every Mundy Should Read Fables January 28, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I while back I was looking through the Graphic Novel section of Barns and Noble when stumbled on a copy of Fables vol 1. I thouhgt "I like fables and legends." So I fliped quickly through the pages; looked interesting and the price was only $9.95. After reading it, I was hooked and became a faithful reader since.
Fables shows Bill Willingham's true genius of creating a great epic with total control resting with him. Fables is a matured vision of everyone's favorite childhood stories. The charactor development is demanding with some of the best story twist you can find. Fables is the type of story that make you care about the charactors.
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, itself, is a monster in itself. I loved using this colloection of short stories as a "quick fix" while waiting for the next volume of the series.
Masterful concept and execution March 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Somehow, thumbing through this comic had never really grabbed my attention - or really turned me off, either. I finally decided to make up my mind one way or the other, and took this first of the collected monthlies home.
And darn well about time, too. Although the premise almost invites bad execution, the stories and artwork both meet very high standards. Artwork by Vess, Bolton, and Kaluta set a high tone, one that the other artists rise to. The stories pull the reader in, too. They draw on the familiar characters of childhood fairy tales, but move them forward in a world of dark forces and dire conflicts. There are no "adult" themes here, but there's still plenty to please a mature and thoughtful reader, and certainly not much for a young child.
I hung back from this title for a long time - well, I've made other mistakes, too. I enjoyed this first collection immensely, and I'm coming back for more.
-- wiredweird
Good Backstories to One of the Best Series Being Published October 24, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you have never read Bill Willingham's Fables, you really need to start. It is one of the greatest ongoing series on the shelves today. Willingham imagines a world where the characters of the stories we were told as children, such as Snow White, Prince Charming, the Big Bad Wolf, and Pinnochio, actually exist. The first twist is that they have personalities that are slightly different than what we were told as children. The second twist is that the world they live in is in fact our own. After being driven from their Homelands by the mysterious Adversary, they came to our "mundane" world in order to find shelter from the maniacal conqueror.
In this graphic novel, Willingham, along with numerous artists, tells stories of life in the Homelands before and during the Adversary's rise to power, along with a story of the very early days of Fabletown. Similar to the story of 1,001 Arabian Nights, Snow White has been sent to the Arabian Homeworlds in order to secure an alliance between the Arabic fables and the European fables. However, the sultan imprisons her and tries to marry her. However, at dawn, he will decapitate her. To save herself, Snow tells him stories of her Homelands, and promises new ones each night, thus staving off execution for one more day.
Some of her tales include her own, which finally states why she can't stand mention of the seven dwarves, the tragedy of Prince Ambrose, the Frog Prince, who is now living in Fabletown and known as Flycatcher, an interesting look at Bigby Wolf's origins, the story of her own escape with her sister and their encounter with Frau Totenkinder, and King Cole's story of escape, ascendancy to the office of Mayor of Fabletown, and the beginning of his demise.
All of these stories display Willingham's trademark wit, and the art for all of them is amazing. The only negative thing I have to say about this book is that Fables works best in modern times. The twists on the characters are still fun, but part of Fables' greatness is derived from watching these characters interact in our modern world. But aside from this one criticism, this is a must for Fables fans.
Necessary component to the Fables saga. April 1, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One Thousand Nights of Snowfall fills in the back story of Fabletown's most notable characters. Some of the tales compiled within trace over old and familiar fairy tales, albeit updated with a mature, adult, and wholly more believable twist. This isn't "supplementary reading" for anyone who follows the series, it's an undeniable "must-read".
Dream-inspired/inspiring artwork and tight, clever story-lines. There's so much to gain from this addition.
This book presents the biggest questions to the series yet: given a big enough time-line, can the Fable's ever really escape their tragic pasts? Is this foreshadow for an inevitable sad ending? Or will they be redeemed by the heroism within them inspired by said tragedies?
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