bill willingham's fables comic book series

The series also deals with such other matters as the main characters' personal lives, their attempts to hide the Fables' true nature from regular humans (or 'Mundies'), and, later, the return of the Adversary.įables was a critical and commercial success, winning many Eisner Awards and receiving several Hugo Award nominations for Best Graphic Story. It is set in the modern day and follows several of Fabletown's legal representatives, such as sheriff Bigby Wolf, deputy mayor Snow White, her sister Rose Red, Prince Charming, and Boy Blue, as they deal with troublesome Fables and try to solve conflicts in both Fabletown and 'the Farm', a hidden town in upstate New York for Fables unable to blend in with human society. The series features various characters from fairy tales and folklore – referring to themselves as 'Fables' – who formed a clandestine community centuries ago within New York City known as Fabletown, after their Homelands have been conquered by a mysterious and deadly enemy known as 'The Adversary'. Fables was launched in July 2002 and concluded in July 2015. The series featured various other pencillers over the years, most notably Lan Medina and Steve Leialoha.

Willingham served as sole writer for its entirety, with Mark Buckingham penciling more than 110 issues.

DC/Vertigo, 2002-2015, 22 volumes (150 issues)įables is an American comic book series created and written by Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics' Vertigo.

Bill willingham's fables comic book series