Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham (writer) and too many artists to all name here; graphic novel; 144 pages
This standalone entry retells the story of Arabian Nights with Snow White standing in for Scheherazade. Snow is a diplomat with whom the king falls in love, and Snow winds up telling him stories of Fabletown's residents (past and present) to keep herself alive. The art here is wonderful, with a new artist for each story, and the stories, both long and short, were some of my favorite from the series so far. Most of these are things that happened before or after the famous fairy tales, so it had me thinking about the familiar stories with a whole new interpretation.
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