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The Wheel of Time - Graphic Novels #6
The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Six
The final volume of the authorized, New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's New York Times, USA Today, and Toronto Globe and Mail bestseller, The Eye of the World
Well-known comic book writer Chuck Dixon, working closely with the Jordan estate, continues his New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's international bestseller, The Eye of the World. Volume Six, which collects issues 31–35 of the Eye of the World comic book, is illustrated by Francis Nuguit.
Rand al'Thor and his companions—his old friends from Emond's Field; the brave warrior Lan Mandragoran; and Moiraine, the mysterious and powerful Aes Sedai—have at last been reunited. Their journey in search of the Eye of the World nears its climax as they dare the otherworldly Ways, guided by an Ogier, Loial, and narrowly escape the menace of the soul-stealing Machin Shin. When the group reaches the realm of the Green Man, they believe themselves safe. But two of the Forsaken are waiting for them, ready to attack and to guide their dark lord, Ba'alzamon, to the ones he has been seeking!
When the three young men left Emond's Field, they were untried blades. Their long journey has stolen much of their innocence and made them seasoned warriors, given them powers and gifts they did not seek and are still learning how to use. But not until the final moments are they sure which of them the Dark One intends to claim…and whether that one is strong enough to fight back and survive.
Collects issues #31-35.
Well-known comic book writer Chuck Dixon, working closely with the Jordan estate, continues his New York Times bestselling graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's international bestseller, The Eye of the World. Volume Six, which collects issues 31–35 of the Eye of the World comic book, is illustrated by Francis Nuguit.
Rand al'Thor and his companions—his old friends from Emond's Field; the brave warrior Lan Mandragoran; and Moiraine, the mysterious and powerful Aes Sedai—have at last been reunited. Their journey in search of the Eye of the World nears its climax as they dare the otherworldly Ways, guided by an Ogier, Loial, and narrowly escape the menace of the soul-stealing Machin Shin. When the group reaches the realm of the Green Man, they believe themselves safe. But two of the Forsaken are waiting for them, ready to attack and to guide their dark lord, Ba'alzamon, to the ones he has been seeking!
When the three young men left Emond's Field, they were untried blades. Their long journey has stolen much of their innocence and made them seasoned warriors, given them powers and gifts they did not seek and are still learning how to use. But not until the final moments are they sure which of them the Dark One intends to claim…and whether that one is strong enough to fight back and survive.
Collects issues #31-35.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published January 27, 2015
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About the author
Chuck Dixon
3,351 books1,013 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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October 7, 2018
Does it have to be over already? Please please please make more volumes. Even if it's just the next book being adapted, I'm OK with that. Just please make it happen. I guess in the meantime I'll have to reread the rest of the series. This series was a great adaptation and I highly recommend this to all my friends! Happy Reading 😊
February 28, 2025
Perfect ending to an amazing set of graphic novels! 6 volumes containing 36 books of glorious artwork and a spot on adaptation of the novel! Five stars!
August 15, 2020
Rating: 5 stars
This volume was the best yet! The art was awesome! I basically just want to show cool pictures, then I will write stuff.
This is the Green Man!
These two are of Rand fighting at the end:
This is a Draghkar looking awesome:
And lastly this is from when Lord Agelmar talks about Lan's past:
These graphic novels were great. I obviously prefer the traditional format, but I really enjoyed these, especially reading them along side the full novel. I was very impressed at how much the adapters managed to keep in the graphic novels, because (in my experience, anyway) comics tend to cut out quite a bit of the original story. I totally understand this, because pictures and speech bubbles are a very different way of telling a story rather than just words, but the adaption of The Eye of the World kept pretty much everything from the source. In a lot of cases, it was word for word.
I will definitely be reading the New Spring graphic novel when I get to it in my reread of The Wheel of Time (though I am not sure when that will be, as I don't currently own a physical copy of it like I do with The Eye of the World) and I especially look forward to seeing what Siuan looks like.
This volume was the best yet! The art was awesome! I basically just want to show cool pictures, then I will write stuff.
This is the Green Man!
These two are of Rand fighting at the end:
This is a Draghkar looking awesome:
And lastly this is from when Lord Agelmar talks about Lan's past:
These graphic novels were great. I obviously prefer the traditional format, but I really enjoyed these, especially reading them along side the full novel. I was very impressed at how much the adapters managed to keep in the graphic novels, because (in my experience, anyway) comics tend to cut out quite a bit of the original story. I totally understand this, because pictures and speech bubbles are a very different way of telling a story rather than just words, but the adaption of The Eye of the World kept pretty much everything from the source. In a lot of cases, it was word for word.
I will definitely be reading the New Spring graphic novel when I get to it in my reread of The Wheel of Time (though I am not sure when that will be, as I don't currently own a physical copy of it like I do with The Eye of the World) and I especially look forward to seeing what Siuan looks like.
March 16, 2023
After reading this sixth volume, which brought the series to a conclusion in fittingly spectacular fashion, I was left wondering... what's next? This has been great so far, and I yearn for more adventure in the lives of all these characters. Perhaps I need to read Robert Jordan's books now, eh?
After finishing this, I greatly enjoyed going back through the rest of the series, beginning with Volume 1. This exercise created in me a deeper understanding of what I read through, the first time. I suddenly knew what all the words meant; and caught things I previously dismissed due to a lack of significance at the time.
Furthermore, I've begun to appreciate the task undertaken by these artists in rendering the graphic version of this epic. I believe they've done the job quite well!
After finishing this, I greatly enjoyed going back through the rest of the series, beginning with Volume 1. This exercise created in me a deeper understanding of what I read through, the first time. I suddenly knew what all the words meant; and caught things I previously dismissed due to a lack of significance at the time.
Furthermore, I've begun to appreciate the task undertaken by these artists in rendering the graphic version of this epic. I believe they've done the job quite well!
February 6, 2015
The final volume in the Eye of the World graphic redo, from the ride through The Ways to the end battle at the Eye. I am still loving these, obviously a lot of care went in to truly recreate the story. I think I *finally* have a grip on that end sequence, which was a bit cloudy even after a handful of rereads from the novel. Again, so cool to see major settings represented, and knowing it's probably pretty darn close to Jordan's vision.
Looking forward to the continuation, with the next novel!
Looking forward to the continuation, with the next novel!
December 21, 2015
Great adaptation of a GREAT novel!!! Almost makes me want to re-read the series!
October 18, 2021
Wow, I am kinda very surprised how good this volume was after some mediocre 3 volumes.
First, this volume has the issues #31,#32,#33,#34, and #35. I was starting to feel a little disappointed and burned out until I reached this last volume for this graphic novel adaptation. The recent artwork was okay and nothing too extraordinary but they outdone themselves with this volume. The borderlands and the Blight are very fitting with the description of them and I loved that.
I think this volume is my favorite from all 6. I wished they actually continued this graphic novel thing with the other books, I certainly think it will allow more people to be introduced to the wonderful world of WoT.
First, this volume has the issues #31,#32,#33,#34, and #35. I was starting to feel a little disappointed and burned out until I reached this last volume for this graphic novel adaptation. The recent artwork was okay and nothing too extraordinary but they outdone themselves with this volume. The borderlands and the Blight are very fitting with the description of them and I loved that.
I think this volume is my favorite from all 6. I wished they actually continued this graphic novel thing with the other books, I certainly think it will allow more people to be introduced to the wonderful world of WoT.
October 20, 2017
I seriously can't keep up with the plot of these books, it seems like everyone has a dozen different names and they're constantly referring back to people who were briefly mentioned 2 volumes ago. I don't know how I followed the Wheel of Time through a dozen books when I was a teenager, but apparently I did. Despite the tortuous cavalcade of names and histories, I'm still keen to keep reading (if they ever do the second book). The story is fun, and this volume chronicles one of the more exciting passages from The Eye of the World.
I feel pretty meh about the art style. It's standard stuff I suppose, but applied to a medieval fantasy world it looks like something from 1950s pulp fiction. All the guys have six packs and necks like tree trunks, all the women look like models, and the fantastical creatures are rendered in the most boring way possible, with little imagination and often contradicting the descriptions written in the text itself. But the story drew me on.
I feel pretty meh about the art style. It's standard stuff I suppose, but applied to a medieval fantasy world it looks like something from 1950s pulp fiction. All the guys have six packs and necks like tree trunks, all the women look like models, and the fantastical creatures are rendered in the most boring way possible, with little imagination and often contradicting the descriptions written in the text itself. But the story drew me on.
December 5, 2022
The epic end of the book, the one the TV series and the morons running it decided to ignore, was and is in my opinion full of foreshadowing. It occurred to me that if the TV series had done what the graphic novels did: picked the most important parts of the first book and created a very entertaining read the show would not have been the disappointment it was.
The Green Man though... no idea what Jordan meant to do with this character. An homage to Tolkien? The graphic depiction made me think of the Green Giant of the TV commercials. Overall I enjoyed seeing the characters we all love depicted as Jordan conceived them. The comments at the end have been a great insight of what what it takes to produce graphic novels.
The Green Man though... no idea what Jordan meant to do with this character. An homage to Tolkien? The graphic depiction made me think of the Green Giant of the TV commercials. Overall I enjoyed seeing the characters we all love depicted as Jordan conceived them. The comments at the end have been a great insight of what what it takes to produce graphic novels.
June 23, 2024
As I have already said, the comic summarizes the story of the novel very well (as it is much more faithful to the novels than the TV series) but the art is quite inconstant as the artist changes with each volume. So much so that I almost abandon reading this series, but curiosity got the best of me. However, as the story of the first book comes into a conclusion, you are so caught up in the action that the artwork doesn’t really matter. Overall, it is an entertaining reading and the graphic novel remains a good way to avoid reading the lengthy novel series (while waiting for the next season of the TV adaptation). A relatively good comics if you are curious about the story.
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July 2, 2024
A review for the series: I've been wanting to read The Wheel of Time for a while. But it's so long, it has felt too daunting to begin. Enter the graphic novel version. These six volumes roughly cover the first two books, with a bonus seventh that covers part of a prequel. Overall, this was a nice introduced to the series for me. I enjoyed the pacing and enjoyes the way the medium added to the narrative. Aaannddd now that I know some of the general themes and characters, I feel more prepared to dive in to the regular series (plus, I want to know what happens 🙃)
PS This volume is probably my favorite
PS This volume is probably my favorite
February 29, 2020
Now, the end of the Eye of the World in graphic novel form is tying up a bunch of plot threads. It may be that the book version gives more context and you can get hints of events to come but In the case of the graphic novel, these hints are not so subtle or altogether missing. So, when Rand and his group kick ass at the end of their journey, there is a certain degree of anticipation but also surprise at the scale and epicness of it all. Great series, too bad the other books in the series have not yet been treated in graphic form.
May 16, 2017
Blaaahhhhh I don't care. I'll give you the derivative fantasy world, but it's still on you as a creator to bring SOMETHING new to the table. ANYTHING new, I beg you. Between the white-bread heroes, generic Questing, essentially interchangeable women and forced romance, I doubt I'll ever continue with this series. The graphic novel adaptation gets two stars instead of one because I can't fault it for its source material, but it doesn't help that the art is bland, stiff and forgettable, either.
October 3, 2025
Well this series is still as good as when I first read the original novel. Now that I am done with this series I will go back to the original series and continue with book 2. I originally read book 1 and started book 2 but never finished it. It had been so long that i gave up on the series and then i found out about this graphic novel series and thought to myself this is perfect I’ll read these graphic novels as a reread for book 1 and now i can continue with the original series again.
December 23, 2017
Review for all books in the series up to and including this one.
I really did not like the artwork. Most of the time it looked unfinished. Almost all of the women had the same face and the same body. Men were only slightly more distinguishable. And it was not really immersive as I am used to, as far as graphic novels go. I would give it 1.5 stars.
The story was interesting so I had to finish it.
I really did not like the artwork. Most of the time it looked unfinished. Almost all of the women had the same face and the same body. Men were only slightly more distinguishable. And it was not really immersive as I am used to, as far as graphic novels go. I would give it 1.5 stars.
The story was interesting so I had to finish it.
January 2, 2023
Esse é o melhor volume. (Talvez tenha spoiler).
Pontos negativos: a vibe de abestalhado cabeça dura dos principais, o pseudo romance do Rand e da Egwene, Nynaeve, e Mat boca de sacola.
Pontos positivos: eu gosto do mundo e quero ver como os personagens vão evoluir ao longo dos livros.
Enfim, gostei da luta final, e gostei doa Ogyer.
Pontos negativos: a vibe de abestalhado cabeça dura dos principais, o pseudo romance do Rand e da Egwene, Nynaeve, e Mat boca de sacola.
Pontos positivos: eu gosto do mundo e quero ver como os personagens vão evoluir ao longo dos livros.
Enfim, gostei da luta final, e gostei doa Ogyer.
September 15, 2020
These graphic novels are all AMAZING. They are such a fun read and I really wish they would do the rest of the series.
November 1, 2023
More please. Stayed up late last night and woke up early to finish this before work today!
December 9, 2023
Brakkadoom!! Beautifully end for Book 1. Can't wait for Book 2. Thank you Dynamite Comics!
April 16, 2024
A good adaptation of the novel. The boys get tested and come out on top. They inadvertantly accomplish a quest that they hadn't set out to fulfil. Prophecy comes into play more.
October 8, 2024
An excellent companion to the epic fantasy series. Superb art and retelling. If you enjoyed the regular novel, definitely check out this graphic novel
March 17, 2015
Wow... After literally YEARS, the graphic novelization of the FIRST volume of the 14-book Wheel of Time series comes to a close.
I give the publishers credit for trying to stay true to the material, but I do have a few bones to pick.
The artwork never really grabbed me. I know that's more to do with the artists chosen. But it just wasn't "artistic" enough. There's really nothing unique-looking at all here. Everything - from the characters, to the scenery, to the towns, to the armies and their gear - just looks so bland. So normal. It just feels like they took this amazing series and made it as uninteresting as they could. There isn't enough detail in the images AT ALL, especially of the cities and sweeping vistas. I would have gladly traded away some of the long-winded moments of characters doing everyday things - which Robert Jordan made interesting in the novels - for fewer panels with better artwork.
Of course, with the artwork not sitting well with me, it goes without saying that none of the characters look like I imagine they do. There is far better artwork in the "Guide to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time", and I had a lot of issues with that when it came out, as well. Probably the best artwork I've ever seen on the Wheel of Time has actually come from the fans. Back in the 90's the WoT was the rage on the Internet, with most discussion and speculation on forums than I'd seen for any other series, and there were black and white sketches that seemed to bring the characters right of the mind's eye better than Peter Jackson's movies did for LotR characters.
The other problem with the artwork is what one artist actually admits in the "Covers" gallery in the back - he hadn't actually read the books at all! He actually hadn't even read the other comics up to this point! This is inexcusable. There are so many great artists out there who are actually FANS of this series - why would you hire a "professional" who didn't even know the material with such a wealth of possibilities out there?
So yeah, I'm disappointed in this series, even though I'm glad they actually finished it, because hopefully it will help boost the series in the public awareness just a little bit more. But I can honestly say I don't care whether or not they continue the comics with "The Great Hunt". Not if they do it like this. It would take too long, and I would have to buy too many volumes, just to see more lackluster renditions of my favorite books, characters and scenes.
Let's just hope that the right people will come together in the future and bring this series either to the big screen or to something like HBO. Until then, if you haven't already, immerse yourself in the actual books that Robert Jordan wrote, and admire the mastery over epic fantasy that he demonstrated time and again, and that so many of us grew up with and whose imaginations were so captured by.
October 27, 2015
Finished all of the graphic novels in the series over the last few days, as is one of my rituals for getting me back into the head space of going to Randland.
I was amazed, still am, by the level of detail that Andie Tong works into each and every panel. If you're at all familiar with the Wheel of Time books/property, you know that Robert Jordan is a writer that relished in meticulously describing every aspect of his world in sometimes excruciating detail. Tong takes full advantage of this in his panels. One only needs to listen to corresponding chunks of the audiobooks while checking out his pages to note this. Mike S. Miller does a lot along the same lines with his adaptations of GRRM's Hedge Knight books and the ASOIAF comics.
Chuck Dixon does a serviceable job of adapting the story and writing the script, trimming it here and there where it needs to be trimmed, and lord knows Jordan can use that from time to time. Rarely if ever do you come across a line or passage that isn't taken verbatim from the novel. Nor does he shy away from big blocks of text, which can distract at times, but ultimately works, letting Jordan's own eye for detail and character drive the story.
Another advantage to the graphic novel is that it firmly cements looks of characters in your head. Which comes in handy with as many characters as TWOT. (Ha, sounds dirty.)
At the end of the day, this was pretty good stuff. Not a quick read, although if you're just looking to brush up on your story before beginning the novels proper, this is a great way to go.
And maybe this time I can get past "The Shadow Rising" before my ADD kicks in and I see something shinny in the corner.
I was amazed, still am, by the level of detail that Andie Tong works into each and every panel. If you're at all familiar with the Wheel of Time books/property, you know that Robert Jordan is a writer that relished in meticulously describing every aspect of his world in sometimes excruciating detail. Tong takes full advantage of this in his panels. One only needs to listen to corresponding chunks of the audiobooks while checking out his pages to note this. Mike S. Miller does a lot along the same lines with his adaptations of GRRM's Hedge Knight books and the ASOIAF comics.
Chuck Dixon does a serviceable job of adapting the story and writing the script, trimming it here and there where it needs to be trimmed, and lord knows Jordan can use that from time to time. Rarely if ever do you come across a line or passage that isn't taken verbatim from the novel. Nor does he shy away from big blocks of text, which can distract at times, but ultimately works, letting Jordan's own eye for detail and character drive the story.
Another advantage to the graphic novel is that it firmly cements looks of characters in your head. Which comes in handy with as many characters as TWOT. (Ha, sounds dirty.)
At the end of the day, this was pretty good stuff. Not a quick read, although if you're just looking to brush up on your story before beginning the novels proper, this is a great way to go.
And maybe this time I can get past "The Shadow Rising" before my ADD kicks in and I see something shinny in the corner.
June 4, 2023
This volume brings the Eye of the World adaptation to an end. I don't have much to say about this that I didn't say about previous volumes. I think Chuck Dixon did a good job with the script. I haven't read the original novel yet, so I can't say how faithful it is, but it reads well as a comic, and holds together well enough.
The art was inconsistent throughout the whole series. There were a number of different artists across the run, some better than others. Overall, I thought the artwork did a good enough job of telling the story, and was consistent enough that the characters remained mostly recognizable across the series.
As to the story itself, it's pretty standard fantasy stuff. The ending wasn't quite as satisfying as I would have liked. Maybe it works better in the novel. Still, I don't feel like it was incomplete or like I was cheated in any way. Obviously, there are more books, so there's more story to tell.
This graphic adaptation was gotten me interested enough that I think I'll give the original novels a try. I'll try reading the first one, at least, and see if I like it.
The art was inconsistent throughout the whole series. There were a number of different artists across the run, some better than others. Overall, I thought the artwork did a good enough job of telling the story, and was consistent enough that the characters remained mostly recognizable across the series.
As to the story itself, it's pretty standard fantasy stuff. The ending wasn't quite as satisfying as I would have liked. Maybe it works better in the novel. Still, I don't feel like it was incomplete or like I was cheated in any way. Obviously, there are more books, so there's more story to tell.
This graphic adaptation was gotten me interested enough that I think I'll give the original novels a try. I'll try reading the first one, at least, and see if I like it.
March 7, 2015
Four stars may be a little generous. I love seeing the story presented visually but hate the way some of the characters are drawn. Moiraine and Lan, particularly, often look like severe, haggard old people. They are only middle-aged! Lan may be weathered and battle-hardened but he shouldn't look like Nynaeve wants to diddle her grandpa. Ick! And no artist in this series has ever captured the whole Aes Sedai "ageless" look.
But still, it was fun to experience TEOTW in this format. Is The Great Hunt next?? (Please!)
But still, it was fun to experience TEOTW in this format. Is The Great Hunt next?? (Please!)
February 10, 2015
I was disappointed with the ending. I had been reading this series for 15 years and was excited for the last book. unfortunately the ending DID NOT answer most of the questions brought up by all the other books.. comes to a rushed end and then he rides off into the sunset. Usually this is fine, but this time to many major questions were never answered
April 13, 2015
Excellent as per usual. A very faithful adaptation of the original. I think the artwork is good (not amazing, but drawn really well and does a good job illustrating some of the more harder to imagine scenes).
June 1, 2015
Nice wrap up for book 1 though no new territory is covered by the license this format gives you. Still its a great way to relive The Eye of the World
April 16, 2016
A very nice finish to this set of comics. I eagerly look forward to a continuation of this process!
March 8, 2015
I'm still not completely sold on WoT as a graphic novel. It is adequate, but nothing about it wows me.
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