The multiple Harvey and Eisner award-winning fantasy is now collected in one volume! The 450-page Castle Waiting graphic novel tells the story of an isolated, abandoned castle, and the eccentric inhabitants who bring it back to life. A fable for modern times, Castle Waiting is a fairy tale that"s not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil?but about being a hero in your own home. For the first time, Fantagraphics" Castle Waiting collects the entire story into one mammoth volume?and includes the concluding chapter written and drawn especially for this volume. Wittily reinterpreting the Grimm Brothers classic tale "Briar Rose" ( Sleeping Beauty ) as a story of love, enchantment, and sibling rivalry, the opening chapter "The Curse Of Brambly Hedge" sets the stage for the story. In the second chapter, "The Lucky Road," Lady Jain"s fairy-tale life turns out...