Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 184576451X, Paperback)

Stepping out of Bill Willingham's acclaimed Vertigoseries FABLES, the charming and insufferable Jack of Tales is thecenter of attention once again, this time in his very own ongoing title. Inthis first collection, Jack is thrown into a prison-like "retirement"community for wayward Fables, where he discovers a sinister plot toeliminate all traces of magic from the Mundane World. Written by Willingham and Matthew Sturges, THE (NEARLY) GREAT ESCAPEfeatures art by Tony Akins and Andrew Pepoy as well as painted covers byJames Jean and a special sketchbook section by Akins.