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The Books of Magic Vol. 1: Bindings (The Books of Magic (Graphic Novels) #1)
Tim Hunter, destined to become Earth's greatest sorcerer, defends the realm of Faerie from the deadly manticore while trying to maintain a normal childhood life. Is his real father the one-armed drunk in the front room or is he the man who can turn into a hawk? Is his mother dead and buried or is she Titania, Queen of Faerie? Plus Death herself weighs in on the subject of ...more
Paperback, 111 pages
Published
March 1st 1995
by Vertigo
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Fascinating. Tim the main magical character is similar to the famous Harry Potter which is interesting (something about that archetype yields scrawny boys with troubled pasts dark messy hair and glasses). My favorite character was death. She was stunning and cute, easy to relate to yet shes death so has some depth there. She had a simple apartment that reminds me of some of my apartment homes (comforting), teddy bears, and offers tea to ease the transition. I'm looking forward to reading th...more
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This second volume in the Books of Magic series (numbered, confusingly, as volume 1) further develops the character of Timothy Hunter and begins to explore his mythic origins. When Tim is drawn away from his world by his birth father Tam Lin, we witness his first true trial--capture by the manticore--and learn of his otherworldly genesis. Unfortunately, the story suffered a bit in some of the same ways that the first did--sometimes I felt as if I had missed large swathes of the story, I suspect ...more
The original "The Books of Magic"as written by Gaiman was great reading. Rieber takes over writing chores for the regular series and manages to put together a decent arc in "Bindings".
There are a few subplots in the story, but the main driving force is Tim Hunter's battle with the Manticore. The Manticore is a changeling beast that captures children, "educates" them and eventually eats them. This is vintage Vertigo horror stuff, and is creepy enough to m...more
There are a few subplots in the story, but the main driving force is Tim Hunter's battle with the Manticore. The Manticore is a changeling beast that captures children, "educates" them and eventually eats them. This is vintage Vertigo horror stuff, and is creepy enough to m...more
Although it's quite disturbing (and really irritating) that the volume 1 of the Books of Magic is not really the follow-up of the previous installment (there was a separate story for another mini-serie in which the character of Tim showed up and which took place between the Books of Magic volume 0 and this one... fortunately, this story has been reprinted in Books of Faerie volume 1... unfortunately, the story reprinted is only one episode-long and so is incomplete... damn! I hate how in comics ...more
Not nearly as good as the original by Gaiman -- it was reasonably enjoyable, but lacked a certain, I don't know exactly, coherence or elegance or grandness.
What a great story. It's not about Tim's power over magic. It's about Tim's power of his past and his identity.
This was a pretty fun repetition of the nerd gets powers kind of story.
I felt like the transitions between scenes were really hard to understand. The harry potter character was not loveable, I liked the Manticore better.
I did not know this was a graphic novel when I ordered it from the library.
I did not know this was a graphic novel when I ordered it from the library.
This book is great fun.
Excellent fantasy series.
GoodReads lists Jane Yolen as the author, but actually she just wrote the introduction.
John Ney Rieber takes over the reigns and continues Neil Gaiman's miniseries. Rieber is not Neil Gaiman, but for the most part he doesn't try to be, which is good. The story is fascinating and magical and even a little bit touching, and I very much enjoyed it.
John Ney Rieber takes over the reigns and continues Neil Gaiman's miniseries. Rieber is not Neil Gaiman, but for the most part he doesn't try to be, which is good. The story is fascinating and magical and even a little bit touching, and I very much enjoyed it.
Aside from giving me a view of Zatarra, Zatanna's father, this book gave us the charge of the trenchcoat brigade.
Not actually written by Jane Yolen; I think she contributed a forward.
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John Ney Rieber is an American comic book writer. He has written for the comics The Books of Magic, Captain America, G.I. Joe and Tomb Raider.
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