Amulet Is Indeed Out
Amulet Is Indeed Out
I just called my local Barnes and Noble and Amulet is on the shelves. I also just ordered my hardcover copy today. I don't think I'll be able to wait to go down to the local bookstore and give it look though!
I just sat down and read the whole thing... I loved it. Th opening prologue was such a well executed scene. The only thing I was bummed to see was that the wallpaper image of the house on the rock was only a single page, simply because of how beautiful the double page spread was.
I look forward to many re-reads and seeing book 2 take shape.
I look forward to many re-reads and seeing book 2 take shape.
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I signed up for this forum for the sole reason of posting my opinion on this wonderful piece of work...
First I'm apalled that every bookstore I went to has this crammed into some bottom shelf in the "kiddie" section of the bookstore. I even went as far as to remove it from the kids section and place it in the manga section (knowing full well that most of the customers who browse the DC/Marvel filled graphic novel section probably wouldn't bat a lash). Sure enough, a day later all six copies were gone from the store and the cashier said they have a new shipment on order. You can thank me later
Second, I love this work. Out of everything I've read I.E. all the short comics on your website and the short stories that appear in Flight, I loved The Orange Grove the most because it's subject and style appealed to me. I don't want to say you went for a more minimalistic approach because it just doesn't have that same tone, but you have this knack of never including details unless they're 100% called for and that only served to make TOG richer in my eyes. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Amulet followed closely (in terms of style) to that one particular piece of work.
Third, you know how to write children. I'm not a professional so I don't want to sound like a know-it-all, but very few writers seem to know how to inherently write children's dialog. They're almost always approached as tiny, slightly naive adults which is plain wrong but kids are fueled primarily by emotion and Amulet conveyed this almost perfectly. At first I was afraid you would include the flowery uppercase/lowercase lettering but I was overjoyed to see familiar block letters(I'm really biased against anything that's not block lettering; my first comic book was Bone #1 almost 17 years ago so I grew up on that).
Amulet is fantastic work, Mr. Kibuishi. So fantastic that I stopped reading the latest The League of Incredible Gentlemen just to finish Amulet and I never abandon a good piece of Moore work like that. This is Eisner material, and I certainly hope more people witness that. It's nice to see a "family oriented" piece of graphic literature without having it talk down to you or assume you're stupid.
The hardest part now is waiting for volume 2...
First I'm apalled that every bookstore I went to has this crammed into some bottom shelf in the "kiddie" section of the bookstore. I even went as far as to remove it from the kids section and place it in the manga section (knowing full well that most of the customers who browse the DC/Marvel filled graphic novel section probably wouldn't bat a lash). Sure enough, a day later all six copies were gone from the store and the cashier said they have a new shipment on order. You can thank me later
Second, I love this work. Out of everything I've read I.E. all the short comics on your website and the short stories that appear in Flight, I loved The Orange Grove the most because it's subject and style appealed to me. I don't want to say you went for a more minimalistic approach because it just doesn't have that same tone, but you have this knack of never including details unless they're 100% called for and that only served to make TOG richer in my eyes. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Amulet followed closely (in terms of style) to that one particular piece of work.
Third, you know how to write children. I'm not a professional so I don't want to sound like a know-it-all, but very few writers seem to know how to inherently write children's dialog. They're almost always approached as tiny, slightly naive adults which is plain wrong but kids are fueled primarily by emotion and Amulet conveyed this almost perfectly. At first I was afraid you would include the flowery uppercase/lowercase lettering but I was overjoyed to see familiar block letters(I'm really biased against anything that's not block lettering; my first comic book was Bone #1 almost 17 years ago so I grew up on that).
Amulet is fantastic work, Mr. Kibuishi. So fantastic that I stopped reading the latest The League of Incredible Gentlemen just to finish Amulet and I never abandon a good piece of Moore work like that. This is Eisner material, and I certainly hope more people witness that. It's nice to see a "family oriented" piece of graphic literature without having it talk down to you or assume you're stupid.
The hardest part now is waiting for volume 2...
Actually I think moving the copies of Amulet out of the kid's section is against what Scholastic and possibly Kazu intended when going into this venture. They want to aim it at kids and appeal to that audience. Your bookstore didn't screw up. That's where it was supposed to go. Though it is cool that it sold out on the manga shelves. Maybe copies should be put in both areas?
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