Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love

So the first issue of the six part series, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, a Fables spin-off is due out on November 4. Here's more information below. I'm sure this will be collected into another collection issue (which is how I get my Fables and Jack of Fables, I admit) after all six issues have been released although I haven't seen an announcement yet.

And here's more to help you read all about it:

Written by Chris Roberson Art by Shawn McManus Cover by Chrissie Zullo When supernatural artifacts from the Homelands begin surfacing in the modern world, it falls to Cinderella, Fabletown's best kept (and best dressed) secret agent to stop the illegal trafficking. But can Cindy foil the dark plot before Fabletown and its hidden, exiled inhabitants are exposed once and for all? And how does her long lost Fairy Godmother factor into the equation? Whether she's soaring through clouds, deep-sea diving, or cracking jaws, Cindy travels from Manhattan to Dubai and hooks up with a handsome, familiar accomplice who may be harboring secret motives of his own. Meanwhile, trouble brews back home in Fabletown when Cindy's overworked, underappreciated assistant decides to seize control of The Glass Slipper, Cindy's exclusive shoe boutique. Writer Chris Roberson (occasional contributor to HOUSE OF MYSTERY and JACK OF FABLES), artist Shawn McManus (SANDMAN, THESSALY: WITCH FOR HIRE) and evocative new cover painter Chrissie Zullo deliver Cindy's first major solo adventure replete with sex, spies and magical shoes in the 6-issue CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE.

Cinderella: Superspy: Writer Talks 'Fables' Spin-off

Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, next month's six-issue mini-series by writer Chris Roberson and artist Shawn McManus, will show the kick-ass side of Cindy as she faces a formidable foe from the Fable lands.

The mini-series is a spin-off from the ongoing Vertigo series Fables, the comic by Bill Willingham that follows the adventures of fairy tale characters who escaped from an invasion of their magical world to form a secret community in the heart of New York City. The almost-immortal "fables," as they're called, still hold somewhat true to their histories, but have evolved over the hundreds of years that they've been walking around our "mundane" world.

Fables has been one of the publisher's more successful titles, currently on issue #90 with a spin-off series, Jack of Fables already over 30 issues strong. Fables is also being translated for television as ABC has ordered a pilot for an hour-long drama series based on the series.

And another Newsarama article: Cinderella, Super-Spy: Roberson on the Fables Spin-Off

You can read Chris Roberson's announcement about the series on his site.


You can also read posts about the series on the Vertigo blog.

And another article: Willingham Expands the Fables Universe:Fables creator Bill Willingham discusses the state of Fables, his new novel, and the upcoming Cinderella mini-series

So either head to your favorite bookstore or order online or wait for the compilation issue sometime next year. The images are for the first three issues, due out in November, December and January, respectively.