A look at the Last Airbender graphic novel
A couple of months ago, I wrote a pretty extensive blog post about Legend of Korra, the sequel to beloved martial-arts-and-magic animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Included in the post was mention of an upcoming trilogy of graphic novels, entitled Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, from Dark Horse Comics.
Well, Part 1's 80 pages of Team Avatar goodness will be available from 7 February. Part 2 releases on 12 June. For the record, the comic miniseries is written by award-winning comic creator Gene Yang - in close consultation with the Nickelodeon show's scribes Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko - and it seeks to bridge the gap between the original series and its follow-up, which is set 70 years later.
If you're an Avatar fan you can consider the following something of an early Christmas treat (if you don't mind a sneak peak at the comic's contents before it physically lands in your hands). For everyone else, beware huge series spoilers if you click on the link below...
Basically, a good few pages from The Promise Part 1 leaked online last month (which I discovered via The Mary Sue). And the project is looking pretty damn awesome. The creative team has really nailed the tricky process of translating the tone of the animated series - which veers between light-hearted and heartfelt heaviness - for the printed page.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1 is going on my Wish List right now.
Well, Part 1's 80 pages of Team Avatar goodness will be available from 7 February. Part 2 releases on 12 June. For the record, the comic miniseries is written by award-winning comic creator Gene Yang - in close consultation with the Nickelodeon show's scribes Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko - and it seeks to bridge the gap between the original series and its follow-up, which is set 70 years later.
If you're an Avatar fan you can consider the following something of an early Christmas treat (if you don't mind a sneak peak at the comic's contents before it physically lands in your hands). For everyone else, beware huge series spoilers if you click on the link below...
Basically, a good few pages from The Promise Part 1 leaked online last month (which I discovered via The Mary Sue). And the project is looking pretty damn awesome. The creative team has really nailed the tricky process of translating the tone of the animated series - which veers between light-hearted and heartfelt heaviness - for the printed page.
Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1 is going on my Wish List right now.
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