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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b><u>AWARDS: </u></b><br><b>YALSA: 2004 annual recommended list of Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers</b><br>·Willingham, Bill. <i>Animal Farm</i> (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo. <br>·Willingham, Bill. <i>Legends in Exile</i> (Fables series). DC Comics: Vertigo. <br><b>YALSA: 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens</b><br>·Willingham, Bill, Todd Klein, and others. <i>Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall</i>. 2006. DC Comics/ Vertigo <br><b>As of 2008, Fables has won twelve Eisner Awards.</b><br>·Best New Series in 2003 <br>·Best Serialized Story in 2003, 2005 and 2006 (<i>Legends In Exile, March of the Wooden Soldiers </i>and <i>Homelands</i>) <br>·Best Anthology in 2007 (<i>Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall</i>) <br>·Best Short Story in 2007 (<i>A Frog's Eye View,</i> by Bill Willingham and James Jean, in <i>Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall</i>) <br><b>Hugo Award Nomination 2009:</b><br>·<i>Fables: War and Pieces</i> was nominated for the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story