Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 (Twilight Saga: The Graphic Novels)

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The Twilight Graphic novel, volumes 1 and 2 are a must read for any Twilight fan. It can never replace Twilight the novel and really shouldn't be read unless you're already familiar with the story, but it brings the characters to life in a way that even the movies do not. I highly recommend it. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-05-07 14:34:45 Boxid IA135701 Boxid_2 CH115001 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

Now that there's actual comic books out of the series (or at least of the first book) my flames for why I loved this series so much has been rekindled. I'm a comic book dork and being a book fanatic like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, of course I need these two comics for my own library.Vampires are organized in family groups known as covens. These groups comprise groups of vampires that all have the same progenitor. Edward Cullen’s coven is unique in that his family only feeds upon the blood of animals, and were all transformed after some devastating life incident. The werewolves of Twilight are organized in a more traditional fashion, with the ability to change being passed down within a family. Other vampire organizations include the Volturi, an Italian coven of vampire introduced in book two, as well as the finale, that act as sort of a governing body for all vampires. Bella Swan On the whole the art is wonderful. I only had a few quibbles. First, I didn't like the way Ms. Kim drew lips. She drew lines on Bella's bottom lip, presumably to make the lips more visible, but resulted in looking like someone punched Bella in the mouth. Also, I thought the shirts the boys were wearing looked odd. They bunched awkwardly and had unusually high, almost Mandarin collars. Finally, I had difficulty telling Carlisle and Jasper apart. This is somewhat understandable though since their hair color and build are similar. Ah, Twilight. It seems like everywhere you turn, you can't escape it. The books are everywhere, the franchise has 5 motion pictures, a make-up line, clothing, and now graphic novels. What's next? Toilet paper? For the big, climatic battle... I didn't get much out of it. It's only a couple of panels, and I always find action confusing in image form. I know the actual action is short in the actual novel as well, but most of the panels are just Bella with a bunch of lines to indicate movement, without actually seeing what's happening to her. Not to say there isn't a panel or two with more detail, but I just wish there had been more. I also wish the use of color had been here, rather than in the unimportant epilogue. However, where this graphic novel really excels is the art. I LOVE how Bella and Edward look. The artist did a great job at capturing both the beautiful and the plain look of Bella, of it being easy to call her plain with just a description but then having her be beautiful even without a fancy hair-do (granted, it does look like she's wearing make-up to enhance the beauty, but...). It was just the right balance for how Bella sees herself vs. how all of the guys see her. Also, Edward looks so much more attractive in this than he did in the movies. Funnily enough, Alice and Carlisle look almost identical to their movie versions. The only design I wasn't a fan of was Charlie, but I think that's just because his movie actor did such a great job at the role that it's hard to picture him looking different.

The comic's first printing was reported to be of 350,000 copies, which, according to USA Today, was believed to be the largest first printing for a graphic novel in the U.S. market. [1] A typical first printing for a graphic novel is between 20,000 and 25,000 copies. [2] Yen Press announced that the book sold 66,000 copies in its first week, which it claimed was a record for U.S. sales of a graphic novel in its first week. [3] Lccn 2010513755 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL24090147M Openlibrary_editionThe story of Twilight begins with an Isabella "Bella" Swan moving to live with her father Charlie Swan, the Chief of Police, in Forks, Washington. A lot of the faults of the narrative and characterization are pretty much the same as the Twilight novel as it is a direct adaption so I need not go over, again, my discontent with how the romance played out or the characters opinions. The graphic novel follows closely with the first book. It uses direct quotes from the book, while shortening some scenes or omitting them all together. The cover shows human teenager Bella Swan sprawled on the grass – an image from the dream that first inspired Meyer to write the novel. "In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire," she has said. "I stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. I was so intrigued by the nameless couple's story that I hated the idea of forgetting it; it was the kind of dream that makes you want to call your friend and bore her with a detailed description." urn:lcp:twilight00step:epub:62494ebd-a236-4b71-a1ef-9172d2324584 Extramarc UCLA Voyager Foldoutcount 0 Identifier twilight00step Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t71v6q89j Isbn 9780759529434

Oh, c'mon. Who wouldn't want to wipe their ass with Edward Cullen's face? The only question is: will it leave a trail of sparkles? Twilight the Grapic Novel is just one of many YA series to get a manga adaption in recent years and it's so under appriciated. It does Twilight justice while making the book it's adapoted from fresh and exciting. The second novel is the continuation of the first, starting off where Edward spends the night at Bella's house before introducing her to the rest of his family. I came across this 2-in-1 edition right after reading the first book separately. As such, some of this review is copy/pasted from my review of the first volume. There's only one time it bothered me some of the dialogue was left out, and that's when Bella learns Edward can't read her mind. In the actual book it's made very clear Edward doesn't want Bella to think there's anything wrong with her and that he's the freak, but in this graphic novel it's just left with Bella saying she's the freak. It's a minor thing, but also not.Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington from Arizona, with her mother and step-father. At school, she begins to pursue a seemingly young boy. Edward Cullen turns out to be a vampire, from a family of vampire that only feed on animal blood. The series contains strong elements of classical horror and fantasy, including werewolves. In the Twilight series, werewolves are the descendants of the Quileute tribe, a nation of Native Americans that have the ability to transform into wolves. These human/wolf hybrids are the natural enemies of the more recent vampires, whom they view as destructive and parasitic. Ok...That's pretty much all the praise I can force out of my body for anything related to Twilight. They began questioning each other about their lives, and Edward decided to show Bella why he and his family couldn't be in the sun. They went hiking, where Edward tried once more to show how dangerous he was as a vampire, but it turned out that neither could stay away from each other, culminating in a kiss. This first part of the novelization ends with Edward taking Bella home.