Fables: Legends in Exile
The first collected volume of Willingham's signature Fables series and the clearest entry point to his major work.
Author guide
Bill Willingham Books in Order
Bill Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist whose career spans independent comics, mainstream superhero comics, adult fantasy comics, prose fantasy, and creator-owned graphic fiction. He created and illustrated Elementals, wrote the adult fantasy series Ironwood, and later became best known for creating and writing Fables and its related series Jack of Fables and Fairest. His prose includes the children's fantasy novel Down the Mysterly River and the Fables novel Peter and Max. He has also written for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, IDW, Dynamite, and other publishers.
fantasycomic booksgraphic novelssuperhero fictionhorroradult fantasychildren's fictionscience fiction
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Elementals: The Natural Order
Introduces Willingham's earliest major creator-owned comic series, which he both wrote and illustrated.
Down the Mysterly River
A standalone prose fantasy novel and accessible introduction to Willingham's fiction outside comics.
Read in order
Books by series
comic-series · concluded
Elementals
Creator-owned superhero fantasy comics created, written, and initially illustrated by Bill Willingham.
- 1 Elementals: The Natural OrderAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 1988
comic-series · concluded
Ironwood
Adult fantasy comic series written and illustrated by Bill Willingham.
comic-series · concluded
Pantheon
Mythological superhero comic series created and written by Bill Willingham.
- 1 PantheonAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2008
- 1
Proposition PlayerAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2003
comic-series · concluded
Fables
Fantasy comic series created and written by Bill Willingham, featuring folkloric and literary characters living in exile in the modern world.
- 0
Fables: 1001 Nights of SnowfallAmazon ↗Book 0 · graphic-novel · 2006 Optional
- 1 Fables: Legends in ExileAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2002
- 2
Fables: Animal FarmAmazon ↗Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2003
- 3 Fables: Storybook LoveAmazon ↗
Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2004
- 4 Fables: March of the Wooden SoldiersAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2004
- 5 Fables: Mean SeasonsAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2005
- 6 Fables: HomelandsAmazon ↗
Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2005
- 7
Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days)Amazon ↗Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2006
- 8 Fables: The Ballad of Rodney and JuneAmazon ↗
Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2007
- 9 Fables: WolvesAmazon ↗
Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2007
- 10 Fables: The Good PrinceAmazon ↗
Book 10 · graphic-novel · 2008
- 11 Fables: WitchesAmazon ↗
Book 11 · graphic-novel · 2008
- 12 Fables: The Dark AgesAmazon ↗
Book 12 · graphic-novel · 2009
- 13 Fables: The Great Fables CrossoverAmazon ↗
Book 13 · graphic-novel · 2009 Optional
- 14
Fables: War and PiecesAmazon ↗Book 14 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 15 Fables: Rose RedAmazon ↗
Book 15 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 16 Fables: Super TeamAmazon ↗
Book 16 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 17 Fables: Inherit the WindAmazon ↗
Book 17 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 18 Fables: The Dark CityAmazon ↗
Book 18 · graphic-novel · 2012
- 19 Fables: Cubs in ToylandAmazon ↗
Book 19 · graphic-novel · 2012
- 20 Fables: The AftermathAmazon ↗
Book 20 · graphic-novel · 2013
- 21 Fables: The Thrilling Adventure HourAmazon ↗
Book 21 · graphic-novel · 2013
- 22 Fables: CamelotAmazon ↗
Book 22 · graphic-novel · 2015
- 23 Fables: The Last StoryAmazon ↗
Book 23 · graphic-novel · 2015
- 24 Peter and Max: A Fables NovelAmazon ↗
Book 26 · novel · 2009 Optional
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Jack of Fables
Fables spin-off comic series co-created and co-written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges.
- 1 Jack of Fables: The Nearly Great EscapeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2007
- 2 Jack of Fables: Jack of HeartsAmazon ↗
Book 2 · graphic-novel · 2007
- 3 Jack of Fables: The Bad PrinceAmazon ↗
Book 3 · graphic-novel · 2008
- 4 Jack of Fables: AmericanaAmazon ↗
Book 4 · graphic-novel · 2008
- 5 Jack of Fables: Turning PagesAmazon ↗
Book 5 · graphic-novel · 2009
- 6 Jack of Fables: The Big Book of WarAmazon ↗
Book 6 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 7 Jack of Fables: The New Adventures of Jack and JackAmazon ↗
Book 7 · graphic-novel · 2010
- 8 Jack of Fables: The Fulminate BladeAmazon ↗
Book 8 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 9 Jack of Fables: The EndAmazon ↗
Book 9 · graphic-novel · 2011
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Fairest
Fables spin-off comic series focusing on the women of Fabletown; Bill Willingham wrote the opening volume and the original graphic novel Fairest in All the Land.
comic-series · concluded
Thessaly
Sandman-related fantasy comic stories written by Bill Willingham about the Greek witch Thessaly.
comic-series · concluded
Robin
DC superhero comics written by Bill Willingham and collected in standalone volumes.
comic-series · concluded
Day of Vengeance
DC Comics supernatural superhero miniseries written by Bill Willingham.
- 1 Day of Vengeance: The Nature of MagicAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2005
comic-series · concluded
Shadowpact
DC Comics supernatural superhero series co-created and initially written by Bill Willingham.
comic-series · concluded
House of Mystery
Vertigo horror-fantasy comic series co-written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges.
- 1 House of Mystery: Room and BoredAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2008
comic-series · concluded
Warriors Three
Marvel Comics fantasy superhero miniseries written by Bill Willingham.
- 1 Warriors ThreeAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2011
- 1
Legenderry: A Steampunk AdventureAmazon ↗Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2014
- 1 Lark's KillerAmazon ↗
Book 1 · graphic-novel · 2018
Outside the series
