| | |  | LAN | Home » » » » Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book One | | | | | | | Description: | | 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 up to Bigby, Fabletown's sheriff, and a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the culprit is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.
This Deluxe Edition collects the first two trade paperbacks of the series, issues 1-10, and Bill Willingham's prose story from Vol. 1, as well as character sketches.
AWARDS:
YALSA: 2004 annual recommended list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
·Willingham, Bill. Animal Farm (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo.
·Willingham, Bill. Legends in Exile (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo.
YALSA: 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
·Willingham, Bill, Todd Klein, and others. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall. 2006. DC Comics/ Vertigo
As of 2008, Fables has won twelve Eisner Awards.
·Best New Series in 2003
·Best Serialized Story in 2003, 2005 and 2006 (Legends In Exile, March of the Wooden Soldiers and Homelands)
·Best Anthology in 2007 (Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall)
·Best Short Story in 2007 (A Frog’s Eye View, by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall)
Hugo Award Nomination 2009:
·Fables: War and Pieces was nominated for the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bill Willingham | | Hardcover:
| 264 pages | | Publisher:
| Vertigo | | Publication Date:
| October 06, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 140122427X | | Product Length:
| 7.42 inches | | Product Width:
| 0.7 inches | | Product Height:
| 11.11 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.81 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.02 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.71 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
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73 of 77 found the following review helpful:
 Another crappy glued bindingDec 26, 2009
By Art
Just a warning that for DC/Vertigo, "Deluxe" apparently doesn't actually mean "Deluxe" enough to warrant a proper sewn binding. Instead, as per the usual practice in the comic book industry, this is just a paperback glued into a cardboard cover. The pages are glued in and the book does not open as wide as a proper hardcover, so in some cases you lose some of the art in the gutter between the pages.
While Marvel has, seemingly, come to their senses, and is producing at least some of their hardcovers with sewn bindings these days, DC can't be bothered. Even for a deluxe edition like this, which will probably be a double-dip (at least) for many potential purchasers, they can't bother to spend the extra pennies to bind it like a real book. Sorry, fans. DC apparently thinks we'll buy anything and they're probably right.
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
 Pure funOct 08, 2009
By Trevor Burnham
Prince Charming is a womanizer. Goldilocks is a communist. The Big Bad Wolf is a hard-boiled detective. And they're all living in present-day New York.
The premise may be ridiculous, but the execution is so masterful that it's reminiscent of nothing less than Neil Gaiman's Sandman. It's an engrossing new mythology, full of humor but tinged with darkness. Forget Disney's "Enchanted"--this graphic novel is very much for adults, the story of a struggling underground community of exiles. The art is excellent, the characters are memorable (of course, we already know most of them in some form or another) and the writing is top-notch.
This volume was my introduction to Fables, so I can't compare it to other editions. (This hardcover is equivalent to the first two softcover volumes.) If you already have the comics in some other form, then there's little reason to upgrade to this "Deluxe Edition," which has few extras. But the production quality of this slim, glossy hardcover is very good. It was clearly made to last. I look forward to passing this down to my children some day--when they're old enough.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Review of quality of the printingSep 08, 2011
By Drake
After borrowing the series from a friend who had the paperback versions I thought this might be a nice way to add the story to my collection without having to deal with all the paperback volumes. The quality of the print seems to lack in color and has been cropped to remove the amazing borders from the original paperbacks (one of my favorite details). You get the equivalent of two paperbacks in this book so there isn't much savings. I think you get more value from the original paperback volumes.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Imagine all the fairy tales were true?Dec 31, 2009
By Joseph Prunty
"flatliner718"
I won't lie...I never read Fables before blind buying this volume. I did hear for awhile just how great the series was, but somehow i put it off. I can't, and won't now. I'm hooked. You will look at characters you are already established with, but now knowing in a different light. I mean who would have ever thought you'd see The Wolfman as a detective? I don't know what these issues looked like when they were originally released on the grade of paper they were on, but this deluxe edition really lets the art shine. My biggest concern is the release schedule...I love the deluxe format of the title, but in the introduction writer Bill Willingham mentions how these will be released yearly....I hope more often than that, because many volumes are out already in trades. I however want to hold out on the deluxe editions, so it will be tough dealing with the delay in getting more Fables in my diet!
10 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful edition of the acclaimed graphic novelOct 31, 2009
By J. Burgos
"I <3 Books & Comics"
I have been reading this incredible series on paperback. I own all of the first 9 volumes on paperback and when I saw this I decided to purchase it to add to my collection. It is beautifully bound with a wrap-around dusk-jacket and glossy, high quality paper (not the cheaper paper used in the paperback compilations). I suspect that Fables will be producing these collector's editions in years to come and eventually we may even see these collected in Absolute Editions. DC-Vertigo are masters of re-packaging, but these editions are truly for the hard-core collectors.
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