10.26.2013
The Promise
written by Gene Luen Yang,
Bryan Konietzko,
Michael Dante DiMartino; art by Bryan Gurihiru; ~240 pgs, paperback
Parent Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Overall Grade: B
Originally released in 3 parts but now available in one collected volume.
Set a few years after the end of the cartoon, Aang, Katara and Sokka are still travelling the world helping ease the transition back to peace. Toph is off running a metal-bending academy. The conflict about how to handle the Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom (some of which have been there for generations) places Aang and company squarely in the middle of their two friends, the Earth King, and Fire Lord Zuko, and builds to an inflamatory brink.
I'm recommend this to fans of the animated series, but there's not much stellar about it. Frankly, Aang and Katara being lovey-dovey and calling each other 'sweetie' gets old almost immediately. But we do see the seeds of how Republic City came to be, as well as the Air Nomad culture enthusiasts seen in 'Legend of Korra' came from.Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: graphic novel, media: book, series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
