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Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel (Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel #1)
by
Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author),
Emma Vieceli (Goodreads Author) , Leigh Dragoon
After two years on the run, best friends Rose and Lissa are caught and returned to St. Vladimir’s Academy, a private high school for vampires and half-bloods. It’s filled with intrigue, danger—and even romance.
Enter their dark, fascinating world through a new series of 144-page full-color graphic novels. The entire first Vampire Academy novel has been adapted for book one...more
Enter their dark, fascinating world through a new series of 144-page full-color graphic novels. The entire first Vampire Academy novel has been adapted for book one...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
August 23rd 2011
by Razorbill
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Take a look at the first 6 pages of the VA graphic novel here
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Apr 13, 2012
Cheese
marked it as maybe-read
What is the deal with all the graphic novels popping up?? I have nothing against them, I just don't get it. I like having my own visions of the characters, thanks.
Obviously this is a condensed version of the full-length novel. I enjoyed it for what it was, and was digging on most of characters in picture form, especially Rose and Dimitri because I felt like they were drawn very close to the author's description. Lissa, Mason and Mia all fell short by a mile, but who cares when they got Rose and Dimitri right?
Even though I had fun breezing through this fast read, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the book first. Most of the main book points...more
Even though I had fun breezing through this fast read, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the book first. Most of the main book points...more
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Keby sa TO chcelo ešte aj pohybovať a vydávať zvuky!!! :-D
This review doesn’t follow my five basic points of writing, plot, character, worldbuilding and X Factor for two reasons. The first reason is because this is my first graphic novel and it’s different to reviewing books. You take into account more than just those points: there’s also the illustration, the colouring, the flow of action on the page and how it leaps to life in your head.
The second reason is because this is an adaptation of novel by the same name, and even though it’s adapted and writ...more
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When I first heard there was a graphic novel for Vampire Academy, I was ecstatic. I love the books and was excited to see the characters and scenes layed out for my visual enjoyment. Then I saw the cover.
As an avid manga reader, I'm very picky about art. Disliking it will either kill the story or any chance of me even picking it up. I almost didn't pick up the Vampire Academy graphic novel. Rose is nothing like I imagined her and Lissa... WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOUR FACE??? I don't really know what...more
As an avid manga reader, I'm very picky about art. Disliking it will either kill the story or any chance of me even picking it up. I almost didn't pick up the Vampire Academy graphic novel. Rose is nothing like I imagined her and Lissa... WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOUR FACE??? I don't really know what...more
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I love VA.I had to make that clear.I am not sure about my feelings for the Graphic novel though.The cut out half the lipgloss scene :( .If you have read the books you know what I am talking about.The one where Dimka gives to Roza Victor's necklace and then a lip gloss he bought for her because the one she had was running empty.I love that scene!I made realise how sweet Dimka can be and how much he actually cares for her.The other thing I did not liked is they way the characters looked and especi...more
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Goodreads Summary
After two years on the run, best friends Rose and Lissa are caught and returned to St. Vladimir’s Academy, a private high school for vampires and half-bloods. It’s filled with intrigue, danger—and even romance.
Enter their dark, fascinating world through a new series of 144-page full-color graphic novels. The entire first Vampire Academy novel has been adapted for book one by Leigh Dragoon and overseen by Richelle Mead, while the beautiful art of acclaimed British illustrator Emm
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It’s true I’ve been dying to get my hands on this ever since I heard it was going to be released and I can’t say I was disappointed. With the exception of the movie rights being sold, this is Vampire Academy coming to life; in picture and at its best!
I admit I’m not a graphic novel fan, but I couldn’t help but love this! The illustrator has captured the characters perfectly in classical graphic form and you can’t help but love it for what it is. Staying true to the original book, the majority of...more
I admit I’m not a graphic novel fan, but I couldn’t help but love this! The illustrator has captured the characters perfectly in classical graphic form and you can’t help but love it for what it is. Staying true to the original book, the majority of...more
Nancy Price - Graphic Novel: Vampire Academy
Rose Hathaway, a dhampir, is the guarding of Vasilisa Dragomir (Lissa), a mori. Both attend St. Vladimir’s’ Academy, a school for vampires and their protectors. Rose and Lissa share a special bond because Rose is able to see Lissa’s thoughts. Rose is also to be Lissa’s guardian when they finish school. However, Lissa has a unique ability even for a Mori and someone is aiming to use that ability for their own purposes.
The graphic novel does a very good...more
Rose Hathaway, a dhampir, is the guarding of Vasilisa Dragomir (Lissa), a mori. Both attend St. Vladimir’s’ Academy, a school for vampires and their protectors. Rose and Lissa share a special bond because Rose is able to see Lissa’s thoughts. Rose is also to be Lissa’s guardian when they finish school. However, Lissa has a unique ability even for a Mori and someone is aiming to use that ability for their own purposes.
The graphic novel does a very good...more
Wow!!! Just read this amazing graphic adaptation of Vampire Acaddemy, and I must say, it really is something.
While the brilliance of vampire academy, with its plot subtilities, foreshadowing, and general bulid up of suspence can never be truely conveyed through a comic strip, yet there is something to be said about giving two-dimentional life to characters who before now, had only existed in ur heads. Of course, drawing and sketches are a far better medium of portarying the characters we so lov...more
While the brilliance of vampire academy, with its plot subtilities, foreshadowing, and general bulid up of suspence can never be truely conveyed through a comic strip, yet there is something to be said about giving two-dimentional life to characters who before now, had only existed in ur heads. Of course, drawing and sketches are a far better medium of portarying the characters we so lov...more
If you're a fan of Richelle Mead, don't read this comic. If you're NOT a fan of Richelle Mead, you really shouldn't read this comic.
I read the novel which corresponds to this comic a few years back and even I had trouble keeping up with the story. If you're just coming into this universe for the first time, there won't be anything in this comic that will make you want to look up the next installment of the comic, much less the novels. I actually enjoyed the novel series and I feel sad that the...more
I read the novel which corresponds to this comic a few years back and even I had trouble keeping up with the story. If you're just coming into this universe for the first time, there won't be anything in this comic that will make you want to look up the next installment of the comic, much less the novels. I actually enjoyed the novel series and I feel sad that the...more
After reading the review of Frostibite: The Graphic Novel, I was determined to get my hands on a copy of the first just because it occured to me that graphic novels are like manga novels but simply...better! I was intrigued to see how the characters would be portrayed and how the story of Vampire Academy would come out through this sort of novel. Honestly, I wasn't dissapointed. Although not all the characters looked remotely like how I had imagined them (namely Headmistress Kirova, Lissa and Na...more
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Rating (and review) for both Vampire Academy and Frostbite:
I am rating these comics based on the art, and the way the story is being depicted. It has nothing to do with the story itself (the Vampire Academy books are amazing). Let's just say, the comic was disappointing when it came to these things. I was expecting more.
Some of the problems I have with this comic are:
1. The art:It hurt my eyes. It bothered me at times. My main problem really is with ho...more
Rating (and review) for both Vampire Academy and Frostbite:
I am rating these comics based on the art, and the way the story is being depicted. It has nothing to do with the story itself (the Vampire Academy books are amazing). Let's just say, the comic was disappointing when it came to these things. I was expecting more.
Some of the problems I have with this comic are:
1. The art:
This is Amon from Witch Hunter Robin (aka my dreamy anime boyfriend).
‘Vampire Academy’ is the graphic novel adaptation of Richelle Mead’s immensely successful paranormal young adult series of the same name. Illustrated by Emma Vieceli and adapted by Leigh Dragoon, this is the adaptation of the first novel, and tells the story of how Rose Hathaway and her best friend, Moroi (vampire) princess Lissa Dragomir, are dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy after being on the run.
Let me just start by saying that this graphic novel adaptation is one of the most thorough...more
Let me just start by saying that this graphic novel adaptation is one of the most thorough...more
14/05
Was so excited to buy this today :D I can't wait to read it.
15/05
First off I just want to state that my rating of this is based largely on how it came across to me in comparison with the book. It would probably be different for people who haven't read the book. Graphic novels translate very different to an actual book, in the same way that movies compared to books do. Also this was my first graphic novel (I have read Manga before, but it's a little bit different), so this is from someone...more
Was so excited to buy this today :D I can't wait to read it.
15/05
First off I just want to state that my rating of this is based largely on how it came across to me in comparison with the book. It would probably be different for people who haven't read the book. Graphic novels translate very different to an actual book, in the same way that movies compared to books do. Also this was my first graphic novel (I have read Manga before, but it's a little bit different), so this is from someone...more
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I was sitting at the library one sunny morning, waiting for a ride home, when I spotted this book! I was like, 'oh what the heck, let's read a graphic novel for once'.
And for a first timer with reading graphic novels, I loved this one. The art work is astounding. Emma Vieceli done an excellent job with the characters, and managed to bring a lot of my favourite scenes to life. When I first got a peak of the cover, I liked Rose instantly. She looked so much like the Rose in my head. It was the ot...more
And for a first timer with reading graphic novels, I loved this one. The art work is astounding. Emma Vieceli done an excellent job with the characters, and managed to bring a lot of my favourite scenes to life. When I first got a peak of the cover, I liked Rose instantly. She looked so much like the Rose in my head. It was the ot...more
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This was my first graphic novel and I loved it! I've read the actual novel, Vampire Academy, and this was a great condensed, visual representation of the author's original work.
I liked seeing the characters drawn out even better than I like seeing them on TV or movie screens. Since the characters are drawn out as described and not represented by real people/actors (famous or not), they remain whole/untouched so to speak. Sometimes watching a movie erases completely what I've formed in my mind fo...more
I liked seeing the characters drawn out even better than I like seeing them on TV or movie screens. Since the characters are drawn out as described and not represented by real people/actors (famous or not), they remain whole/untouched so to speak. Sometimes watching a movie erases completely what I've formed in my mind fo...more
Jan 27, 2012
Megan
rated it
2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Readers of Vampire Academy who are interested, the Paranormal Lot
Recommended to Megan by:
Nobody
Rose Hathaway is a djamphir, a half vampire - half human guardian of the moroi, good vampires. After being brought back to their school after running away with her best friend, Lissa, a moroi, Rose is taught by Dimitri to catch up on what she missed while away. Rose and Lissa share a bond, and as their school year commences, they have to face many problems. Forbidden love and bitchy school girls are only half the problem when they realise that someone has figured out Lissa's secret, and will do...more
With subtle anime and manga influence on the art style, Vampire Academy is an intriguing beginning to the graphic novel version of the popular book series of the same name. Rose and Lissa, fiercely loyal best friends with a psychic bond, have run away from the Academy, and are taken back in the book's opening. Princess Lissa is a kind of vampire called Moroi. Moroi are living beings, born vampires, who can practice magic. Rose, on the other hand, is a dhampir-- half Moroi, half human. Dhampir ar...more
Oh man, Dimitri is so d@mn hawt in this! Well, it helps that he looks like my all-time favorite comic hottie Gambit, right down to the long-ish brown hair, duster, and trim build lol. Even so the character of Dimitri does shine through to be his own man. Rose also looks great and visually matches the spirit of her character from the series. Lissa however was a little shallower in it than her full-character comes across in the books. And maybe it was the bangs or something but it didnt match my m...more
I bought this comic with high expectations with the art and such. And since I'm a major in animation, the art did little for me. The characters were poor in design, and lacked that emotional quality I look for in a person's artwork. Also they had this flat feeling, and some of...ahh well you get it, it just sort of pissed me off. I was hoping for something good that would help me feel better about spending 6$ on this. Yeah 6$ not a lot, but it is when you want to moan about how badly drawn the c...more
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I picked up this graphic novel for two reasons. One, I wanted to expand my reading experience and step out of the box into a new genre. My daughter is always gushing about graphic novels, so I finally caved on one. Two, I wanted to refresh my memory a bit about the series, since I have only read the first book in the Vampire Academy series. I figured this book would bring me up to speed so I can finish it and know where things left off. What I didn't expect was how much I would enjoy it!
Now my d...more
Now my d...more
I aboslutely love the Vampire Academy series, and found the Vampire Academy, the first book in the series so engrossing! So when I heard it was going to be made into a graphic novel, I was intrigued. I've never read a graphic novel before, I've always thought I'd prefer the images in my head, but as it's one of my favourite books, I thought I would give it a go.
I have to say I was quite impressed at how well the novel was adapted for the graphic novel. I'm not the fastest reader, so the novel wo...more
I have to say I was quite impressed at how well the novel was adapted for the graphic novel. I'm not the fastest reader, so the novel wo...more
I'm glad I decided to first read the novel this graphic adaptation is based on, even though I obtained a copy of the graphic novel first. (I managed to snag it at a giveaway at the Penguin Teen booth at San Diego Comic Con last week.) It's a fairly close adaptation to the book, but it moves very quickly, packing a full length novel into a much shorter format. While I agreed with the adaptive choices that were made regarding which plot points to change or leave out, each scene seems to bang up ag...more
I don't like men with long hair. I never saw the appeal. I don't care if the guy has striking eyes or that he is devastatingly beautiful, but no way in hell am I going to find Tarzan handsome.
BUT OMFG.
Is that..IS THAT?
Dimitri.
Oh my lord. If I didn't love you then, I sure do love you now.
See that's the thing about graphic novels. It's all so damn visual. (If you know what I mean.)
Did..did you..did you see those abs? *Gulps*
And did you see how amazing his lines were?
Forgive me for all my fangirl...more
BUT OMFG.
Is that..IS THAT?
Dimitri.
Oh my lord. If I didn't love you then, I sure do love you now.
See that's the thing about graphic novels. It's all so damn visual. (If you know what I mean.)
Did..did you..did you see those abs? *Gulps*
And did you see how amazing his lines were?
Forgive me for all my fangirl...more
It was never going to be easy condensing the complexities of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy into a short and punchy graphic novel (my mind was boggled when I learnt that this edition covers the entire first book rather than being volume 1). So credit to the writers and artists - they do a great job of setting the scene, establishing the characters and driving the story forward at a break-neck pace.
Sadly, some of the nuances are lost in translation - what I love so much about the series is that...more
Sadly, some of the nuances are lost in translation - what I love so much about the series is that...more
I am a HUGE Richelle Mead and Vampire Academy fan, so normally when something is released by Richelle Mead I pre-order it straight away or I buy it as soon as I know it exists. But when I saw that Vampire Academy was being made into a graphic novel series I was a little bit hesitant to pick it up because I was afraid that this would ruin the characters I already had in my head, but what made me finally go and pick this up was the insert in "Vampire Academy The Ultimate Guide" which I just finish...more
I love VA so reading this was a no brainer for me. So the story; for me it didn't really flow, I often found my self flipping back to the previous page to check I didn't muss a page. I eoulndt recommend reading this before the original book for that reason (though it may just be cos I dont read a lot of graphic novels). What I was most disappointed about was the severe lack of Rose/Dimitri character relationship development their scenes just sort of appeared and seemed to jump in leaps and bound...more
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Scorpio Richelle Mead is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy books for both adults and teens. Originally from Michigan, Richelle now lives in Seattle, Washington where she works on her three series full-time: Georgina Kincaid, Dark Swan, and Vampire Academy.
A life-long reader, Richelle has always loved mythology and folklore. When she can actually tear herself away f...more
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