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| Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Willingham
Creator: Todd Klein
Publisher: Vertigo
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 15839
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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Product Description
Bill Willingham's critically acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series FABLES is a wickedly imaginative take on the current state of the world's favorite characters from fable and lore.This original hardcover collection is set in the early days of Fabletown, long before the FABLES series began. Traveling in Arabia as an Ambassador from the exiled FABLES community, Snow White is captured by the local sultan who wants to marry her (and then kill her).But the clever Snow attempts to charm the sultan instead by playing Scheherazade, telling him fantastic stories for a total of 1001 nights.Running the gamut from uncomfortable horror to dark intrigue to mercurial coming-of-age, FABLES:1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL reveals the secret histories of familiar FABLES characters through a series of compelling and visually illustrative tales.Writer Bill Willingham is joined by an impressive array of artists, including Charles Vess, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Michael Wm. Kaluta, James Jean, Tara McPherson, Derek Kirk Kim, Esao Andrews, Mark Buckingham, Mark Wheatley and Jill Thompson. FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL is both a welcomed entry point to the critically acclaimed series and an essential part of Willingham's enchanting and imaginative FABLES mythos.
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A Fables masterwork December 7, 2006
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
Once upon a time, long before the events of Bill Willingham's ongoing "Fables" series, Snow White was sent on an embassy on behalf of Fabletown to seek an alliance with the Arabian nations. Once there, she found herself trapped by the sultan and scheduled to be married, bedded and executed, all within the next 24 hours. Snow, cunning thinker that she is, distracts the sultan with a story, and her subsequent stay of execution draws out longer and longer as she spins tales of fables behind the fables.
Charles Vess, one of my favorite fantasy artists, provides the book's foundation, working with Michael Wm. Kaluta to give brilliant, highly detailed and colorful life to Snow, the sultan and his fantastic court. Each of Snow White's stories features the work of a different artist, and the differing artistic styles provides eye-pleasing transitions between tales.
This book is certainly intended for mature readers; youngsters are probably not ready for a naked Snow White, the ugly truth about her time with the dwarves or the fate of the Frog Prince's wife and children. But for adults, whether or not they read the Fables series, this is a masterwork of prose and artistic storytelling. Set apart from the regular series and yet deeply grounded within it, "1001 Nights of Snowfall" is a richer, fuller, more satisfying collection than anything the series has yet produced.
Scheherazade herself should envy this treasure trove of stories. I only regret the book held only a handful and not the full set of 1,001. This is easily one of the best graphic novels of the year.
by Tom Knapp, Rambles editor
Wonderful background on Fables characters October 20, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This long-awaited addition to the _Fables_ lineup gives, along with a framing story based on the _Thousand and One Nights,_ background on many of the best-known Fables...as well as some that we haven't met yet. We find out why Snow White is so touchy about the dwarfs, what really happened to Flycatcher's family, why Bigby hates his father and the story of Frau Totenkinder...and that's just the most well-known of the Fables whose backstories are presented.
The art is by a stable of guest artists, including James Jean, the Fables cover artist, who does a spectacular job illustrating Flycatcher's story. All of the art is good, and some is better than that.
If you're a Fables fan, you'll definitely want this book. It may not be the best place to begin for a Fables newbie, but once you've gotten to know who is who, you'll definitely want it.
Comics don't get any better than this April 19, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham is a lushly illustrated stand-alone hardcover comic from the Fables series. The stories take place between the happily ever afters in the fairy tales and their exile from their homelands by the Adversary. I can't say enough good things about the artwork in this book. Lush, lavish, sumptious, this book elevates comic books to the level of art. Even the weaker stories are carried by the gorgeous art. Willingham allows Snow White to steal (or perhaps add) a page to Scheherazade's 1001 Arabian Nights as she entertains a tempermental sultan with tales of the Fables. The first story about Snow is worth the money for the book alone. If you haven't read any other Fables books, this is the one to hook you. You don't need to be familiar with the other comics to enjoy this one. If you are already a fan of the series, why haven't you read this already! Willingham adds depth to his already multi-layered characters, including giving a sense of tragedy to the comic Frog Prince. I was a bit disappointed with the origin of Bigby (Big Bad Wolf), but that's a minor quibble in a terrific book.
 Great art, but read it after the first couple of Fables volumes January 23, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The only reason this doesn't get a full 5 stars is that it cannot be read as a standalone collection of stories, as i thought. You cannot use this volume as an entry point to Fables. Essentially, it's a series of flashbacks regarding the origins of some characters from the Fables series, masked as 1001 arabian nights "frame stories" told by Snow White during her imprisonment in arabian territory.
So, as any prequel, it should be read after 2-3 TPB volumes of Fables otherwise it's just like watching the flashback parts from Lost episodes without the events happening on the island.
On the bright side, it has some of the greatest art in comics i've seen and the variation makes it even greater. This is the kind of comics that i find perfectly crafted: a single writer for story consistency and a variation of illustrators to provide different perspectives on the same characters.
It also got some awards so it's a warm recommendation but as i said, only after getting acquainted with the characters whose origins and dark secrets are presented here.
Warning: don't buy this for your kids even if it looks shiny and contains pictures of Snow White, Prince Charming and goblins. Fables is a series for mature readers, with mature (even sexually oriented) themes dressed in a fairytale form and it achieves that without falling into parody or mockery (which makes it great). It walks the same path as the works of Neil Gaiman or Roger Zelazny with a stronger mainstream appeal (meaning that you don't have to read volumes of mythology and classic literature or to buy companion books in order to understand all the references).
Definitly not "The Runt" November 10, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've never read Fables before this, but I may start thanks to this. This is pretty much a serries of short stories that explain the backstories behind famous fairytale charaters we all know and love (such as Snow White, The Wicked Witch, Old King Coal), however the stories take a far more mature twist as the backstories are retold with a far more belivable style than "and thaey all lived haappily ever after." I may warn you though it's NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN by any means.
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