Library Journal and Vertigo Comics are cosponsoring a give-away celebrating Vertigo’s publication of Bill Willingham‘s new “Fables” novel, Peter & Max (art by Steve Leialoha). Entries are due by 31 December 2009. The Grand Prize winner will receive “the entire Fables library, including Peter & Max, Fables deluxe edition volume 1, Fables 1001 Nights of Snowfall, and one set of the Fables collected trade paperbacks volumes 1-12.” Five second place winners will receive a copy of the new novel and of Fables deluxe edition volume 1. And 25 third place winners will receive the new novel. To enter, see this page.
LJ describes the book: “In the deepest dark of The Black Forest, two brothers will come undone…
“When an unspeakable tragedy befalls a family of traveling minstrels, they become stranded and left for dead. Here in the heart of The Black Forest, Peter Piper and his older brother Max encounter ominous forces that will change them both irreparably. Thus begins an epic tale of sibling rivalry, magic, music and revenge that spans medieval times to the present day when their deadly conflict surfaces in the placid calm of modern-day Fabletown.
“Writer Bill Willingham deftly weaves a story of adventure and dark fantasy—ably accompanied with lush illustrations by noted Fables artist Steve Leialoha—that will keep readers riveted until the final, fateful page.
“Fans of the ongoing Fables series will uncover the secret histories of some of their favorite characters including Bigby Wolf, Frau Totenkinder and Bo Peep to name a few.”
Willingham himself describes the series for new readers: “Once upon a time, all of your storybooks turned out to be true. Fables is a unique series imaging that all of your favorite nursery rhyme, storybook, and fable characters are real and living in New York City. The characters have all escaped from their own homelands and gathered in a small area of New York. Of course, this is only the human looking characters. All of the animals, Puss in Boots, the Three Little Pigs, Mother Goose, and more, live in an area of upstate New York known as ‘The Farm’.”