This artist is celebrated for their compelling contributions to the comic book medium, crafting visually rich and atmospheric worlds. Their style is defined by dynamic character work and a keen eye for detail that brings narratives to life. They have been instrumental in several key series, lending their distinctive artistic voice to explore complex themes and genres. Collaborations with prominent writers have further cemented their significant impact on the industry.
The second compendium of Bill Willingham's Eisner Award-winning series Fables invites readers into a richly imagined world where fairy tale characters live in exile in the modern world. This collection continues to explore their struggles, relationships, and adventures, blending fantasy with contemporary themes. With captivating storytelling and intricate artwork, it promises an immersive experience for fans and newcomers alike.
When Little Red Riding Hood walks through the gate between this world and the Fable Homelands, she's welcomed as a miraculous survivor by everyone except her old Bigby Wolf, who smells espionage and subversion. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes?
"Imagine that all the characters from the world's most beloved storybooks were real -- real, and living among us, with all their powers intact. How would they cope with life in our mundane, un-magical reality?"--Cover, p. [4].
Improbably caught in a June blizzard, two wayward compatriots stumble upon a mysterious inn and learn that they are in the middle of a "reality storm." Now surrounded by a menagerie of people and creatures from different times and realities, the two stranded travelers are entertained by these mesmerizing myths
Death incarnate, as defined by master storyteller Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN), is a genuinely likeable young girl with a fondness for ankhs who truly cares about people. It's small wonder then that when a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death."
The High Cost of Living
From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of course) death.
This volume collects issues 42-82 of a captivating series that intertwines classic fairy tale characters with modern storytelling. As the narrative unfolds, beloved figures navigate complex relationships, face moral dilemmas, and confront threats to their hidden community. The blend of fantasy and reality explores themes of identity, power, and resilience, offering readers a rich tapestry of character development and intricate plots that challenge the boundaries of traditional fairy tales.
The winter isn't ending. Nobody knows why.And Odd has run away from home, even though he can barely walk and has to use a crutch.Out in the forest he encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle - three creatures with a strange story to tell.Now Odd is faced with a stranger journey than he had ever imagined.A journey to save Asgard, City of the Norse Gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it.It's going to take a very special kind of boy to defeat the most dangerous of all the Frost Giants and rescue the mighty Gods. Someone cheerful and infuriating and clever.Someone just like Odd...
Refugees from Fabletown have returned to New York's Castle Dark, and Reynard, now able to shapeshift from fox to man, travels the mundane world to regale the animals with tales of his exploits, rubbing the other Fables' noses in his good fortune. Frustration at their restriction to the Farm threatens to become a issue once more.
This collection of dark and imaginative tales explores a bizarre world filled with strange venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who devours raw meat, a man's obsession with a skin model, and a haunting story within a story about ghosts.