The Book of Ballads

About this book

Illustrated and presented by one of the leading artists in modern fantasy here are the great songs and folktales of the English Irish and Scottish traditions re-imagined in sequential-art form in collaboration with some of todays strongest fantasy writers. Here are New York Times bestseller Neil Gaiman with "The False Knight on the Road"; popular mystery author Sharyn McCrumbs version of "Thomas the Rhymer"; acclaimed childrens writer Jane Yolen with "King Henry" and "The Great Selchie of Sule Skerrie"; popular novelist Charles de Lints contemporary reworking of "Twa Corbies"; Bone creator Jeff Smith with "The Galtee Farmer"; Emma Bulls version of "The Black Fox " and much much more. Introduced by award-winning editor and writer Terri Windling and finished with full lyrics and discographies of the classic versions of these songs and tales The Book of Ballads is an event in the worlds of fantasy and graphic storytelling alike.