While we all wait for Legend of Korra with bated breath, here's something that might tide over those who felt somewhat misled by the lack of closure on certain plot-points in the original show:
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/02/avatar-the-last-airbender-from-dark-horse-and-nickelodeon/
DARK HORSE AND NICKELODEON CONSUMER PRODUCTS ANNOUNCE A MULTI-PART PUBLISHING PROGRAM BASED ON THE ORGINAL ANIMATED SERIES AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER!
The Hit Series Returns To Comics This May As Part of Free Comic Book Day!
MILWAUKIE, OR – Feb. 2011 – Following the breakout success of last year’s Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series, Dark Horse is proud to collaborate with Nickelodeon on a comprehensive publishing program built around this beloved and exciting Emmy-winning animated series!
The first installment of this new series will be released on Free Comic Book Day, May 7, with two introductory short stories — including the unpublished tale “Relics†and the iconic Dirty Is Only Skin Deep... This free comic will be packaged with Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars in a special flip-book comic, available only at your local comic book shop.
Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures will be released TK. This all-new 240-page comic book contains over 70 pages of never-before-seen material in addition to long-out-of-print comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine. With 26 stories set in Airbender continuity and created by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series, this is an essential addition to any fan’s bookshelf.
Additionally, Dark Horse will create all-new Airbender stories that will be published as digest-style original graphic novels—conveniently sized paperback collections—in early 2012. Picking up where the season three finale left off, this new series will follow the further adventures of Aang and his friends, as they help to rebuild a world torn apart by 100 years of war.
“We had a great experience collaborating with Dark Horse on Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series,†series co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino said. “We are excited to work closely with them once again to bring the further adventures of Avatar Aang and his friends to the comic world.â€
Bolded paragraph. Holy crap. But damn, why the long wait? The new mini-series will probably be out by then! D:
Picked up a copy of Art of the Animated Series a few months ago. Excellent book.
Picked up a copy of Art of the Animated Series a few months ago. Excellent book.
That art book made me appreciate the Korean animators a hell of a lot more than I already did.
And Korra is actually a mini-series?
Well damn I was misinformed, yet onto the graphic novel itself. I was thinking that Gurihiru would do the honors (illustration) but since it already mentioned that Dark Horse is behind the pen (pencils) that immediately squashes that notion (Gurihiru is exclusive to MARVEL).
This brings back harsh memories of that press release about there being more mini stories being told "some time soon" around when the series finale was airing. It's been almost three years already since then!
Needless to say I can't stay disgruntled, for I am eagerly anticipating what this has to offer.
