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The Wheel of Time - Graphic Novels #0
New Spring: The Graphic Novel
In the last few years before his death, Robert Jordan worked closely with Chuck Dixon and Mike Miller on the graphic adaptation of New Spring.
The eight full-color issues of New Spring, released between 2005 and 2010, tell the story of the search for the infant Dragon Reborn and of the adventures of Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of a long-dead nation. Adapted by noted comics writer Chuck Dixon with the full cooperation of Robert Jordan, and illustrated by artists Mike Miller and Harvey Tolibao, New Spring will delight any of Robert Jordan’s millions of readers.
Tor is proud to collect all eight issues of New Spring in a single volume, which will also include developmental art, script pages, and correspondence between Jordan and Dixon.
The eight full-color issues of New Spring, released between 2005 and 2010, tell the story of the search for the infant Dragon Reborn and of the adventures of Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of a long-dead nation. Adapted by noted comics writer Chuck Dixon with the full cooperation of Robert Jordan, and illustrated by artists Mike Miller and Harvey Tolibao, New Spring will delight any of Robert Jordan’s millions of readers.
Tor is proud to collect all eight issues of New Spring in a single volume, which will also include developmental art, script pages, and correspondence between Jordan and Dixon.
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 18, 2011
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About the author
Chuck Dixon
3,429 books1,031 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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July 28, 2015
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Um, I don't know. I couldn't really get into this graphic novel too much. I wasn't too sure about some of the things going on. That being said, I have had all of the Wheel of Time books for some time now and have not gotten to read one of them yet!! There are just so many books and too little time. I don't know if I would have started the books first if that would have helped, although I'm not sure what that would have to do with it.
I thought the graphics were so beautiful! I will add a couple on my blog as usual. But, something weird happened to the graphics toward the end. People started looking a little cartoon-ish and I think this is where I got really lost.
They have bonus material at the back showing Robert Jordan corresponding to the artists, etc.
There is also an illustrated glossary at the back of the book that I liked in particular. I like al'Lan Mandragoran. He's uh.. cool. I also thought the Ogier are the most awesome looking beings. I would like to have seen more of them :)
Overall, it was a decent graphic novel.
Um, I don't know. I couldn't really get into this graphic novel too much. I wasn't too sure about some of the things going on. That being said, I have had all of the Wheel of Time books for some time now and have not gotten to read one of them yet!! There are just so many books and too little time. I don't know if I would have started the books first if that would have helped, although I'm not sure what that would have to do with it.
I thought the graphics were so beautiful! I will add a couple on my blog as usual. But, something weird happened to the graphics toward the end. People started looking a little cartoon-ish and I think this is where I got really lost.
They have bonus material at the back showing Robert Jordan corresponding to the artists, etc.
There is also an illustrated glossary at the back of the book that I liked in particular. I like al'Lan Mandragoran. He's uh.. cool. I also thought the Ogier are the most awesome looking beings. I would like to have seen more of them :)
Overall, it was a decent graphic novel.
February 5, 2011
Overall this is a really decent conversion of New Spring into a graphic novel. For the first seven chapters the artwork is just beautiful, almost making up for the crappy TOR cover art of the Wheel of Time, and in general the story was converted with care. I most definitely enjoyed reading this novel.
HOWEVER, I don't know what happened with chapter eight, but suddenly the artwork was shit and the typos in the text went through the roof. I'm being hyperbolic but the decrease in quality really was that noticeable. I don't know if a new artist came on board or what, but whatever went on created a terribly lackluster end to the book. I was too distracted by "is that supposed to be Moiraine? is that supposed to be Suian?" to really enjoy the final chapter.
Though it must be noted that the final chapter might have been kind of ruined anyway since it rushed through the climax of the original book. Now I've seen plenty of comics which have a least one "box" (don't know if this is the correct terminology) that is just a picture between two boxes that have text on them to great a sense of "pause" for dramatic effect. *This desperately needed some of those*. As well as some boxes which conveyed the shock and drama of the climatic scenes. But there were none of those.
It was a very disappointing ending to an otherwise enjoyable reading experience.
HOWEVER, I don't know what happened with chapter eight, but suddenly the artwork was shit and the typos in the text went through the roof. I'm being hyperbolic but the decrease in quality really was that noticeable. I don't know if a new artist came on board or what, but whatever went on created a terribly lackluster end to the book. I was too distracted by "is that supposed to be Moiraine? is that supposed to be Suian?" to really enjoy the final chapter.
Though it must be noted that the final chapter might have been kind of ruined anyway since it rushed through the climax of the original book. Now I've seen plenty of comics which have a least one "box" (don't know if this is the correct terminology) that is just a picture between two boxes that have text on them to great a sense of "pause" for dramatic effect. *This desperately needed some of those*. As well as some boxes which conveyed the shock and drama of the climatic scenes. But there were none of those.
It was a very disappointing ending to an otherwise enjoyable reading experience.
August 31, 2024
Excellent adaptation of the novel! Awesome artwork! I’ll definitely be continuing in the “Wheel of Time” graphic novel series! Five stars!
July 8, 2015
Super je bilo videti kako su zamislili likove, Tar Valon, Aijele... i što su malo produbili priču. Sve ono što je u noveli tek spomenuto (prvenstveno kako su Moiraina i Sijuan provele svoje početke u Beloj Kuli) ovde je dato malo više prostora i lepo objašnjeno.
October 7, 2023
Rating: 5 stars
Ok, let's begin with some preliminary stuff so then I can just rave about the illustrations. I loved this graphic novel. Maybe more than all the other ones. Maybe that's because RJ was alive and actively involved in the development of this volume, but I just think New Spring simply translates better than The Eye of the World because of its length. There were a few things I was kind of irritated by (like Siuan does not have a fringe) but mostly I was completely blown away. I will note that the illustrator changed in the sixth issue from Mike S. Miller to Harvey Tolibao, and while Tolibao did a good job, a vastly prefer Miller's take on the characters, so most of the images I will show will be from the first five issues.
My notes for this book were as follows:
- Aiel War looks dope
- Malkeri in samurai-like helmets are also dope
- that picture of the shadow spawn at the end of 1 is so dope
And my review will be structured as such (in that I'll just show "dope" things then move on).
Aiel War pictures
Let's start with the Aiel War pictures (which sleep deprived Isabella has dubbed "dope". I never use that word, I must have been really tired):
Like, are you kidding?! Look at that!! It's awesome!!!!! And I have two more (That was actually page one, and the next are pages two and three, so you can imagine how excited I was):
Woah!
WOAH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
This is the Malkeri during the war with their helmets which I praised in my notes:
This is such a phenomenal (looking up synonyms of "awesome" because have used it too many times already) representation of the Malkeri, and I think it fits them perfectly. It makes me even more excited for the Lan casting in the show and seeing all the other people in Malkier.
Scenery
Look at this Tar Valon:
Isn't that freaking AWESOME!
And this is the White Tower with Dragonmount in behind:
Chef's kiss perfection!
And this is an Alindear Gate:
My breath was taken away a long time ago, now I think my lungs are sucked dry!!! Ok, might as well get all the scenery pictures out of the way. Actually, let's head up these sections, hang on... Ok done (you've been reading them the whole time, but I just added them using ~editing magic~ Now, back to scenery)
This is of the ter'angreal that they go through to take the Aes Sedai test, and I love it!:
Channelling
This is when Elaida is making Moiraine practice for her Aes Sedai test:
This is Moiraine with Siuan practicing, but the main thing I want to draw your attention to is in fact not dope, and that is Siuan's fringe:
Nope. Do not like that. I remember how excited I was after finishing The Eye of the World comics at seeing Siuan, but now I'm just pissed. Anyway, back to normal stuff.
This scene is of Moiraine's dream about Rand/the Dragon and the illustration is just stunning:
This is Moiraine channelling during the test (with clothes on, fortunately):
Oh, man I could put every picture of the test here, but I'll just choose two. Look how amazing!:
Other random cool stuff
This is the original Amyrlin at the beginning of New Spring called Tamra Ospenya (the one who's Keeper had the Foretelling about the Dragon) and I just think she looks amazing in this panel (right after the aforementioned Foretelling):
And to round out my notes (and this review), this is the, ahem, "picture of the shadowspawn at the end of 1 [that is] is so dope":
The Trollocs! The Myrddraal! The sheer magnificence!!!!!!
Ok, I really need to shut up now. I just love coming back to my graphic novel reviews and seeing all the cool pictures.
Ok, let's begin with some preliminary stuff so then I can just rave about the illustrations. I loved this graphic novel. Maybe more than all the other ones. Maybe that's because RJ was alive and actively involved in the development of this volume, but I just think New Spring simply translates better than The Eye of the World because of its length. There were a few things I was kind of irritated by (like Siuan does not have a fringe) but mostly I was completely blown away. I will note that the illustrator changed in the sixth issue from Mike S. Miller to Harvey Tolibao, and while Tolibao did a good job, a vastly prefer Miller's take on the characters, so most of the images I will show will be from the first five issues.
My notes for this book were as follows:
- Aiel War looks dope
- Malkeri in samurai-like helmets are also dope
- that picture of the shadow spawn at the end of 1 is so dope
And my review will be structured as such (in that I'll just show "dope" things then move on).
Aiel War pictures
Let's start with the Aiel War pictures (which sleep deprived Isabella has dubbed "dope". I never use that word, I must have been really tired):
Like, are you kidding?! Look at that!! It's awesome!!!!! And I have two more (That was actually page one, and the next are pages two and three, so you can imagine how excited I was):
Woah!
WOAH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
This is the Malkeri during the war with their helmets which I praised in my notes:
This is such a phenomenal (looking up synonyms of "awesome" because have used it too many times already) representation of the Malkeri, and I think it fits them perfectly. It makes me even more excited for the Lan casting in the show and seeing all the other people in Malkier.
Scenery
Look at this Tar Valon:
Isn't that freaking AWESOME!
And this is the White Tower with Dragonmount in behind:
Chef's kiss perfection!
And this is an Alindear Gate:
My breath was taken away a long time ago, now I think my lungs are sucked dry!!! Ok, might as well get all the scenery pictures out of the way. Actually, let's head up these sections, hang on... Ok done (you've been reading them the whole time, but I just added them using ~editing magic~ Now, back to scenery)
This is of the ter'angreal that they go through to take the Aes Sedai test, and I love it!:
Channelling
This is when Elaida is making Moiraine practice for her Aes Sedai test:
This is Moiraine with Siuan practicing, but the main thing I want to draw your attention to is in fact not dope, and that is Siuan's fringe:
Nope. Do not like that. I remember how excited I was after finishing The Eye of the World comics at seeing Siuan, but now I'm just pissed. Anyway, back to normal stuff.
This scene is of Moiraine's dream about Rand/the Dragon and the illustration is just stunning:
This is Moiraine channelling during the test (with clothes on, fortunately):
Oh, man I could put every picture of the test here, but I'll just choose two. Look how amazing!:
Other random cool stuff
This is the original Amyrlin at the beginning of New Spring called Tamra Ospenya (the one who's Keeper had the Foretelling about the Dragon) and I just think she looks amazing in this panel (right after the aforementioned Foretelling):
And to round out my notes (and this review), this is the, ahem, "picture of the shadowspawn at the end of 1 [that is] is so dope":
The Trollocs! The Myrddraal! The sheer magnificence!!!!!!
Ok, I really need to shut up now. I just love coming back to my graphic novel reviews and seeing all the cool pictures.
September 20, 2012
For the most part I felt like this was a really great adaptation of the novel. I loved the detail and faithful retelling. The first 7 chapters had fantastic art and I loved seeing some of my favorite characters and favorite institution of the series put into visual form. Unfortunately the 8th chapter is done by a different design team and it really shows. It's not the worst art I've seen (it's better than some of the Buffy season 8 stuff) but it detracts from the great 7 chapters before it. I know a lot of stuff went on behind the scenes which is unfortunate and uncontrollable. One unfortunate event was the passing of Robert Jordan. This definitely impacted how Chapter 8 appears. He had specific opinions and input on the first 7 chapters and this is why they came out to be as awesome as they were. Chapter 8 breaks the rules too much. If you read the bonus material you'll see the RJ specifically said no off the shoulder dresses and we see in several places women wearing off the shoulder dresses. It's a shame, but as a fan I'm just glad New Spring was completed.
August 21, 2022
Utterly incomprehensible story beats and page lay out, ugly art style, all the female characters were indistinguishable, very weird cultural appropriation.
December 12, 2019
The artwork in the first seven issues was just beautiful, and really did justice to the imagery put forth in the book, but the drastic change in the eighth issue was rather off-putting, I'd say, if not completely disastrous.
January 1, 2017
A New Spring is the prequel to the Wheel of Time series and it tells the story of Moiraine and Siuan and how the began as Accepted and were put on the path to finding the Dragon Reborn, before finally being raised Aes Sedai and being able to search for him. Moiraine also meets Lan and bonds him as her warder.
I actually really like seeing Moiraine and Siuan and young women, it makes it easier to relate to them. The only thing I didn't like in this story in general was it didn't span enough time and give the reader an idea on how Moiraine came to be heading towards the Two Rivers and how it was that Siuan became the Amyrlin.
What I like about graphic novels is that it can really help to bring the characters and the story to life. I really enjoyed the pictures in this, how they looked, facial expressions, it was all great. Of course there's not as much text to pick up the story by so I'd definitely be wanting to read the book in full before reading the graphic novel.
The only comment I really have to make about some of the images is in the detail. But you know, the devil is in the detail! The coloured bands on the Accepted dresses changed order sometimes. It went from say brown, white then grey, to brown, grey then white. I also didn't feel that Moiraine's height was portrayed that well either. She's Cairheinin so should be heaps shorter than everyone, but was often the same height.
Asides from that I really enjoyed being able to devour my favourite series in a new way. I'll definitely be getting my hands on the graphic novels for Eye of the World. I'm not sure if there are plans to keep going beyond the first book though, if anyone knows can you please send me a message or something? Thank you!
Read more on my blog.
I actually really like seeing Moiraine and Siuan and young women, it makes it easier to relate to them. The only thing I didn't like in this story in general was it didn't span enough time and give the reader an idea on how Moiraine came to be heading towards the Two Rivers and how it was that Siuan became the Amyrlin.
What I like about graphic novels is that it can really help to bring the characters and the story to life. I really enjoyed the pictures in this, how they looked, facial expressions, it was all great. Of course there's not as much text to pick up the story by so I'd definitely be wanting to read the book in full before reading the graphic novel.
The only comment I really have to make about some of the images is in the detail. But you know, the devil is in the detail! The coloured bands on the Accepted dresses changed order sometimes. It went from say brown, white then grey, to brown, grey then white. I also didn't feel that Moiraine's height was portrayed that well either. She's Cairheinin so should be heaps shorter than everyone, but was often the same height.
Asides from that I really enjoyed being able to devour my favourite series in a new way. I'll definitely be getting my hands on the graphic novels for Eye of the World. I'm not sure if there are plans to keep going beyond the first book though, if anyone knows can you please send me a message or something? Thank you!
Read more on my blog.
August 8, 2013
I received this book through goodreads first-reads.
Okay it's really hard for me to judge this graphic novel, so I will do my best to be fair.
For one, I found this to be a very confusing read. And that might just be my ADHD talking, but there is SO MUCH going on all at once, it was very difficult for me to get a lot of this straight. I would need a long time to try to explain everything to someone else.
I would have found the illustrated guide to characters and meanings a lot more helpful if it had been in the front of the book instead of the back. But even then, I would've constantly been going back to it to try and understand the more complex parts that were going on. And that really is what brings this down to 3 stars.
But a plus to this is, what I did understand of this novel was a pretty interesting story. And when I was able to understand, I was invested in the characters and their choices. Another plus was that the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, my hats off to the artists.
This book is full of magic, fighting, and complex sub plots. If you are a fan of them, I think you'll enjoy this GN. It brings to mind Game of Thrones as well, so if you enjoy that, you might enjoy this too.
Okay it's really hard for me to judge this graphic novel, so I will do my best to be fair.
For one, I found this to be a very confusing read. And that might just be my ADHD talking, but there is SO MUCH going on all at once, it was very difficult for me to get a lot of this straight. I would need a long time to try to explain everything to someone else.
I would have found the illustrated guide to characters and meanings a lot more helpful if it had been in the front of the book instead of the back. But even then, I would've constantly been going back to it to try and understand the more complex parts that were going on. And that really is what brings this down to 3 stars.
But a plus to this is, what I did understand of this novel was a pretty interesting story. And when I was able to understand, I was invested in the characters and their choices. Another plus was that the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, my hats off to the artists.
This book is full of magic, fighting, and complex sub plots. If you are a fan of them, I think you'll enjoy this GN. It brings to mind Game of Thrones as well, so if you enjoy that, you might enjoy this too.
June 6, 2021
Figured I'd start this fresh off my reread, which worked out great for direct comparisons. For starters, it's amazing how you can halve the page count by simply switching to a visual medium... and a lot of things look as Robert Jordan described them (notable to me: Gitara Moroso's outfit, the Ogier stonemason, Moiraine's mourning dress). This is largely because those earlier issues/chapters were made while RJ was still alive, and in this edition there are emails from him to the Dabel Brothers on art decisions with suggestions for changes.
Chapter 8 is noticeably different, visually- was it a different artist, or was it because after he passed?
Still, prior to that there are a number of issues where the voice boxes aren't attached to the right character speaking, and occasional typos. This could've used a round of editing for consistency, maybe...
Chapter 8 is noticeably different, visually- was it a different artist, or was it because after he passed?
Still, prior to that there are a number of issues where the voice boxes aren't attached to the right character speaking, and occasional typos. This could've used a round of editing for consistency, maybe...
January 28, 2011
Loved it! New Spring is the prequel to the Wheel of Time massive series, and here it got graphic novel treatment, with full input from the author, Robert Jordan, before he died. I loved finally seeing Tar Valon, the White Tower, Dragonmount and many other reference points from the novels. Lots of "tasteful" nudity (no nipples!) which was distracting but very true to the books.
Also fun to see major players from the end of the series appearing as novices and bit players. Kind of ominous to realize just how many ended up eeeeeevillll.
Also fun to see major players from the end of the series appearing as novices and bit players. Kind of ominous to realize just how many ended up eeeeeevillll.
December 29, 2021
This is a very solid adaptation of the novel, but they changed artists or something partway through and it's very noticeable. I don't think I would mind the art style in the back half so much except that the art in the first half is so beautiful and detailed that losing it towards the end really sucks.
December 23, 2012
As true to the original story as a graphic novel could be. A nice adaptation!
April 21, 2013
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June 17, 2022
Nice graphic novel that tells a prequel story. I have not read any of the Robert Jordan novels yet, only watched the show on Prime. So this helped clear up a few things for me. Good art too.
January 7, 2020
I picked this book from the library shelf because it looked like it would take me more than one session to read, the cover was beautifully illustrated and it was written by Robert Jordan, whose Wheel of Time is on my bucket list.
I should have left it on the shelf when I saw Robert Jordan. Simply because I had been warned previously of the depth and breadth of his writing and that it takes time to get in and through it.
It was too much for me, with zero WOT context and being a Robert Jordan virgin... wrong place at the wrong time. The intricate character names mixed with the sometimes indistinguishable crafting of their visage left me confused more often than not.
Then there was the unexplainable art change in Chapters 7/8. I stayed in 1 through 6 as the illustrations were sweeping and grand and breathtaking but the change in the last two chapters was jolting and brought the rating from a 3 to a 2.
The rating isn’t a reflection on the writing or story arc, it’s on the implementation of story to graphic novel and the interpretation of the details that makes a deep story like this readable in this format, or not.
I should have left it on the shelf when I saw Robert Jordan. Simply because I had been warned previously of the depth and breadth of his writing and that it takes time to get in and through it.
It was too much for me, with zero WOT context and being a Robert Jordan virgin... wrong place at the wrong time. The intricate character names mixed with the sometimes indistinguishable crafting of their visage left me confused more often than not.
Then there was the unexplainable art change in Chapters 7/8. I stayed in 1 through 6 as the illustrations were sweeping and grand and breathtaking but the change in the last two chapters was jolting and brought the rating from a 3 to a 2.
The rating isn’t a reflection on the writing or story arc, it’s on the implementation of story to graphic novel and the interpretation of the details that makes a deep story like this readable in this format, or not.
June 29, 2019
For whatever reason, I was never a big fan of Robert Jordan's fantasy work, but I came across this graphic novel and figured, "eh, what the heck, I'll take a look at this prequel and see if I like it."
Well, yes and no. I suspect I'd have liked it better if I'd read the book prior to reading this graphic adaptation, but I'm not certain. Chuck Dixon is a good comics writer, and for the first half of the book, the artwork telling the story is outstanding, but then...I'm not sure why, but it felt like the story got more difficult to understand, and some of the artwork got sloppy. Since I hadn't been reading the novels, some of the internal conflicts felt confusing as well.
Still, there's enough good stuff in this story that I found it interesting, but not enough that I want to make the commitment to reading the series of novels for which this was a prequel.
Well, yes and no. I suspect I'd have liked it better if I'd read the book prior to reading this graphic adaptation, but I'm not certain. Chuck Dixon is a good comics writer, and for the first half of the book, the artwork telling the story is outstanding, but then...I'm not sure why, but it felt like the story got more difficult to understand, and some of the artwork got sloppy. Since I hadn't been reading the novels, some of the internal conflicts felt confusing as well.
Still, there's enough good stuff in this story that I found it interesting, but not enough that I want to make the commitment to reading the series of novels for which this was a prequel.
October 14, 2022
I liked where they were going with this, and enjoyed the first two chapters okay. At that point, I was excited to follow the characters and their journeys! By the end, there were too many characters for me to keep track of. Every character was unlikable and made choices I didn't understand. The final chapters had less polished art than the first few chapters. While I appreciate the idea behind this project a lot, I think the story was too big for this format. It seems that I would have liked this graphic novel better had I previously read the original series.
February 29, 2020
I have not read any of the Wheel of Time books. New Spring is an introductory graphic novel to the world of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. We follow Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai and her companions in the search for the Dragon reborn, a mythical person that will champion the forces of good. An interesting primer to the series. The art could be better at times but overall the artist provided a good representation of the story.
June 30, 2021
Reading this shortly after reading the novel to see if there are any differences in the story. There are a few things much sped up, which is necessary for the medium. I did spot Elyas in here (a fun little easter egg), can't remember if he is mentioned in the book. I love the emails from 'Jim' at the end showing how involved Robert Jordan was in adapting this graphic novel. I really enjoyed the art.
June 21, 2020
An excellent transposition of the prequel of The wheel of time series where we get the knowledge of the prophecy about that child who will defeat the evil. The graphic art is truly beautiful and effective and brings a mystical aspect to the story. An invitation to visit or revisit the original series.
January 7, 2022
El guión es correcto, pero siento que me falta información para conocer realmente a los personajes y el motivo de las relaciones interpersonales. El estilo de dibujo personalmente no me convence aunque esta bien realizado a excepción puntual de algunos errores de color (en una ocasión el vestido de un personaje cambia de color de una viñeta a otra siendo el mismo momento narrativo).
April 24, 2020
Las ilustraciones son fabulosas, pero la historia se me hizo un poco rara. Frases que no sabía de qué venían, Historia un poco rebuscada...entiendo que no debe ser fácil resumir esos libros (que no he leído) en un tomo de cómic
October 1, 2022
I found the emails between Jordan and the production team and the illustrators very interesting. Being able to see how they visualised the characters: their physical appearance and what they wore; was fascinating. Of course reading a graphic novel after reading the book was a lot of fun.
August 7, 2017
lovely art - Lan and Moraine love story
November 7, 2017
This was interesting. Never heard of this before. Good volume.
August 19, 2023
I don't usually read comics. This one helped me understand the actual book better. It was a great recap. Now I can read the first book with better grasp.
September 13, 2023
Well adapted from the book!
September 16, 2023
A very solid adaption of the book, apparently finished in close consultation with Robert Jordan. Best read as a companion to the novel rather than on its own.
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