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Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega Graphic #1)
The long-awaited collection-the first four issues of the graphic novel adaptation of the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author's novel "Cry Wolf"
"Cry Wolf" is Patricia Briggs' "New York Times" bestselling novel about the werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham. Now, these characters come alive in full-color graphic novels.
Anne never knew werewolves existed, until t...more
"Cry Wolf" is Patricia Briggs' "New York Times" bestselling novel about the werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham. Now, these characters come alive in full-color graphic novels.
Anne never knew werewolves existed, until t...more
Hardcover, Graphic Novel, 128 pages
Published
October 2nd 2012
by InkLit
(first published 2009)
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Why does Bran look like that? He isn't some big-headed built hunk. He's everyman, average young guy, no one would believe to look at him that he's powerful.
And then Charles looks like a hunched over old guy, he should be the one who's comic book model hot. And I'm glad they didn't make Anna a typical comic big boob girl, it focuses on her face mostly, but unfortunately it's pretty ugly and often looks deformed. Anna and Charles both look like wax figures that are constantly being overheated and...more
And then Charles looks like a hunched over old guy, he should be the one who's comic book model hot. And I'm glad they didn't make Anna a typical comic big boob girl, it focuses on her face mostly, but unfortunately it's pretty ugly and often looks deformed. Anna and Charles both look like wax figures that are constantly being overheated and...more
When a friend of mine sent this to me as a gift, it was originally suppose to go to my oldest daughter who is seventeen. She loves graphic novels and manga, so I thought this might be a great little surprise for her. When I saw the cover of this book though, I thought the artwork was amazing and decided to give it a try.
I will admit -- while waiting for things to be thrown at me -- that I have not read the original series that this is based on. I am behind the times so to speak in the urban fant...more
I will admit -- while waiting for things to be thrown at me -- that I have not read the original series that this is based on. I am behind the times so to speak in the urban fant...more
Nov 12, 2012
Dark Faerie Tales
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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reviewed-by-sheila
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales
Quick & Dirty: This is a graphic novel based off of the urban fantasy book, Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs.
Opening Sentence: No, don’t…Justin…Leo…Charles…NO!
The Review:
I am a longtime fan of the Mercy Thompson world, including the original series and its spin-off, Alpha and Omega. Both are filled to the brim with memorable one-liners and vivid imagery. Each character charms their way into your heart with their personalities and indomitable wills. They...more
Quick & Dirty: This is a graphic novel based off of the urban fantasy book, Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs.
Opening Sentence: No, don’t…Justin…Leo…Charles…NO!
The Review:
I am a longtime fan of the Mercy Thompson world, including the original series and its spin-off, Alpha and Omega. Both are filled to the brim with memorable one-liners and vivid imagery. Each character charms their way into your heart with their personalities and indomitable wills. They...more
‘Cry Wolf: Volume One’ is the first graphic novel instalment of ‘Alpha and Omega’, an adaptation of Patricia Briggs’s urban fantasy werewolf series of the same name.
‘Alpha and Omega’ is the second of Briggs’ series to get the graphic treatment, after her New York Times Bestseller ‘Mercy Thompson’ series was adapted in 2009. I was a very big fan of ‘Homecoming’, so was thrilled to learn that Anna and Charles (themselves a spin-off from Mercy’s world) would also be bought to drawn life. I was espe...more
‘Alpha and Omega’ is the second of Briggs’ series to get the graphic treatment, after her New York Times Bestseller ‘Mercy Thompson’ series was adapted in 2009. I was a very big fan of ‘Homecoming’, so was thrilled to learn that Anna and Charles (themselves a spin-off from Mercy’s world) would also be bought to drawn life. I was espe...more
ORIGINAL POST:
Pat Briggs' ALPHA AND OMEGA from Penguin's INKLIT
ALPHA AND OMEGA
CRY WOLF Volume 1
by Patricia BriggsIllustrator: Todd Herman
Writer: David Lawrence
Covers: Jenny Frison
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 128 pages
InkLit (October 2, 2012)
Pat Briggs' ALPHA AND OMEGA from Penguin's INKLIT
ALPHA AND OMEGA
CRY WOLF Volume 1
by Patricia BriggsIllustrator: Todd Herman
Writer: David Lawrence
Covers: Jenny Frison
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 128 pages
InkLit (October 2, 2012)
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Summary of Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf: Volume One
Includes bonus material and a never-before-published version of issue #1!
Patricia Briggs, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, “always enchants her readers" (Lyn
I love this book series. When I heard they were making it into a graphic novel I was excited. I already fell in love with The Mercedes Thompson Graphic novels and book series I thought that this would be just a great. However I was a bit disappointed.
The adaption was great it followed the book along great. The cover artwork is amazing. I feel it captures how I saw Anna perfectly. However when it actually came to the story telling artwork that's when I felt the artwork was a bit juvenile. It was...more
The adaption was great it followed the book along great. The cover artwork is amazing. I feel it captures how I saw Anna perfectly. However when it actually came to the story telling artwork that's when I felt the artwork was a bit juvenile. It was...more
Oct 01, 2012
All Things Urban Fantasy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy Click to see full review with images
Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega Graphic Novel, Vol 1) is a collection of the first four Alpha and Omega comic adaptations of the CRY WOLF novel by Patrica Briggs. In addition to the stunning cover by Dan Dos Santos, there are four issue covers inside by Jenny Frison that are just gorgeous:
The majority of the art is by Todd Herman and it captures the action of Briggs’ story nicely and does a decent job of c...more
Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega Graphic Novel, Vol 1) is a collection of the first four Alpha and Omega comic adaptations of the CRY WOLF novel by Patrica Briggs. In addition to the stunning cover by Dan Dos Santos, there are four issue covers inside by Jenny Frison that are just gorgeous:
The majority of the art is by Todd Herman and it captures the action of Briggs’ story nicely and does a decent job of c...more
Oct 02, 2012
Paranormal Haven
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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reviewed-read-by-athenna
After bringing Anna home Charles still needed to tread carefully with her. Her abuse from her previous pack still has her spooked and is preventing her from letting down her guard and fully mateing with Charles. But there personal issues will have to wait Charles needs to go and find out what or who is attacking people in the mountains and of course Anna will go with.
I read whole series before it was interesting viewing it in a graphic novel. The artwork was very well done. The story follows the...more
Oct 03, 2012
Francesca the Fierce (Under the Covers Book Blog)
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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books-read-2012
This review was posted at Under the Covers
When reading a graphic novel you either already know about the series, in which case you have a preconceived idea of what you are expecting of the graphic novel; or this might be your first taste and it will determine whether you will read the books.
I've been a fan of Patricia Briggs for a while now and, although I haven't caught up yet to the current Alpha & Omega novel, I do love their world. This graphic novel picks up right were Cry Wolf starts....more
When reading a graphic novel you either already know about the series, in which case you have a preconceived idea of what you are expecting of the graphic novel; or this might be your first taste and it will determine whether you will read the books.
I've been a fan of Patricia Briggs for a while now and, although I haven't caught up yet to the current Alpha & Omega novel, I do love their world. This graphic novel picks up right were Cry Wolf starts....more
One star based on the interior art alone. It wasn't to my taste. I didn't like the character designs and I thought the panel compositions were static and boring. Any sense of the characters' emotions and interactions came more from my memories of the novel than how they appeared on the page.
By contrast, the cover art by Daniel Dos Santos is completely gorgeous. I want it framed on my wall. The issue covers by Jenny Frison are very good.
The story adaptation seems just fine but that may only be be...more
By contrast, the cover art by Daniel Dos Santos is completely gorgeous. I want it framed on my wall. The issue covers by Jenny Frison are very good.
The story adaptation seems just fine but that may only be be...more
I do not like giving bad reviews, particularly to authors or series which I love. Patricia Briggs is superb, and I've enjoyed each of her books. This graphic novel is a disappointment in comparison. The art makes each of the characters look and seem childish, or "less" somehow. The writing seems purposefully dumbed down. I've read amazing graphic novels which with only a few words can create a vivid and deeply moving story. The people behind this work had an amazing novel to draw from, but the e...more
Definitely not the best graphic novel I've read. I thought the characters were stiff & awkward and most of the faces were ugly. Not even Charles is attractive and he should be the the best of the bunch. And all of them look old. In Briggs's universe werewolves should all look to be in their mid-20s and most of them look in their 50s, at least.
I also much prefer the novel to the much-curtailed story in the graphic novel. I did however like how they incorporated bits of the original Alpha and...more
I also much prefer the novel to the much-curtailed story in the graphic novel. I did however like how they incorporated bits of the original Alpha and...more
Isn't that cover gorgeous? Just saying, Daniel Dos Santos always makes me a happy girl. Now if only the artwork continued to be as well drawn in the book itself...
I read a lot of comics--from the 'Big Two' (Dc and Marvel) to the comparatively smaller imprints (Top Cow, Image, Oni, IDW) to web comics (Full Front Nerdity, Otaku no Yen, The Dreamer) so I'm used to all sorts of artwork styles and can usually find little fault in the overall style if it suits the book/series. Unfortunately Todd Herma...more
I read a lot of comics--from the 'Big Two' (Dc and Marvel) to the comparatively smaller imprints (Top Cow, Image, Oni, IDW) to web comics (Full Front Nerdity, Otaku no Yen, The Dreamer) so I'm used to all sorts of artwork styles and can usually find little fault in the overall style if it suits the book/series. Unfortunately Todd Herma...more
I didn't care for the art at all. Particularly, the characters look nothing like I imagined them from the novels' descriptions. Bran was described more than once as looking like an innocuous college student (paraphrasing here), yet here he's stiff and menacing. Also blond, which is not what I'd figured for a Welshman. Actually, he looks kind of like a posterboy for the 'Aryan Race'. The other characters are a bit better as far as overall design, though not great.
As far as body language goes, the...more
As far as body language goes, the...more
This is a graphic novel of the book of the same name...or at least the first portion of the book. I've seen better artwork. Honestly, sometimes the only way to tell the male characters apart was their hairstyle. If you're interested in Patricia Briggs, start with her Mercy Thompson series first. Then read the actual novel this graphic novel was based on...and if you still have time to burn, pick up the comic book version for the heck of it.
I love the Alpha & Omega novels, and this graphic novel adaptation is fine... but doesn't really capture the complexity or romance of the main relationship in the story. Plus, I found the artwork somewhat distracting. The style is too cartoon-ish for my taste, so that Charles and Anna weren't nearly as appealing as I thought they should be. I enjoyed seeing another take on the story, but the graphic novel just didn't work for me as a whole.
Putting two stars on a Patricia Briggs book is rather painful, but the art here is just SO bad. I hated it. And when you hate the art of a graphic novel, it's really hard to enjoy the story. Bran looks old, Anna looks like a floozy, Charles...eh, and Asil looks creepy and slimey.
Took me awhile to remember this story since I read Cry Wolf a long time ago, but I really did enjoy the artwork and how this series ties into Mercy's series. I like finding out about Bran and where Mercy came from. Also it helped me brush up on things before reading Fair Game.
I should know better than to read a manga adaptation of a book. It never ends well, this one was no exception. it was terrible. the story lost everything as it was simplified and many details were wrong.
I love the were-world that Patricia Briggs has developed, but as a long time comic fan I just can't get into any of hers. I'm saddened by this fact, but don't let them deter you away from the actual novels!
Wonderful cover art which throws the sub-par drawing of the comic into strong contrast. Also, I feel it just doesn't do justice to the book and Asil, not at all like I pictured him.
The actual novel is amazing the graphic novel work was very disappointing after waiting so long for it! Must find an artist that does her written word justice!
I thought the drawing was weird, and at times a bit distorted. The storyline itself was good, though.
Love the story.... The artwork is lacking.
Felt like I jumped in mid-story.
Jan 21, 2013
Deb Cutler
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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comics,
library-book
Great story, but horrible art.
very good book
Dec 01, 2012
taeli
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novel,
library-book
finished 12/1/12
Basically a graphic retelling of the novel Cry Wolf, but only part of it.
Basically a graphic retelling of the novel Cry Wolf, but only part of it.
4 star story translation from novel to graphic novel. Merging the details from the novella and the first novel into this volume via flashbacks works.
2 star for personal preference on the graphics. Particularly like the visual portrail of Bran in the Mercy graphic novels better. Leo also looks very different than I recall from descriptions-will just have to reread the novella. Wish the cover art style was used through each issue.
2 star for personal preference on the graphics. Particularly like the visual portrail of Bran in the Mercy graphic novels better. Leo also looks very different than I recall from descriptions-will just have to reread the novella. Wish the cover art style was used through each issue.
Not as strong at the Mercy character series, which I'm glad I read first. This is just your average paranormal werewolf story. The stories and characters are a little shallow and while I understand the trauma Anna went through I found it to be too much of a story crutch. This is a read if you have time book.
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Patricia Briggs was born in Butte, Montana to a children’s librarian who passed on to her kids a love of reading and books. Patricia grew up reading fairy tales and books about horses, and later developed an interest in folklore and history. When she decided to write a book of her own, a fantasy book seemed a na...more
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Patricia Briggs was born in Butte, Montana to a children’s librarian who passed on to her kids a love of reading and books. Patricia grew up reading fairy tales and books about horses, and later developed an interest in folklore and history. When she decided to write a book of her own, a fantasy book seemed a na...more
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