Reception
Critical reception for 1001 Nights of Snowfall was mostly positive. A reviewer for Blogcritics praisied the book for being easy to follow along with for new readers, with another reviewer stating that although some of the tales were "throw away", the longer tales were more satisfactory. Tor called the book a "strange hybrid", citing the book's art as its highlight. SF Crowsnest stated that the book was an "excellent graphic novel and practically a must-have title for anyone interested in the 'Fables' universe or modern re-tellings of traditional fairy tales." OregonLive.com praised the artwork by Vess and Kaluta, but criticized Willingham's writing as "particularly disappointing".
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