Book log 2018 #6 - David Gemmell's Legend
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lonemagpieby Stan Nicholls and Fangorn.
A nice graphic novel adaptation (from 1993) of Gemmell's first book – and it's so long since I read it when it first came out that I'd forgotten mine was a signed copy. It's a bit overly carried by narration captions, as comics go, but captures the essence of the book really well, and brings Druss to life nicely. Some of the descriptions are pulp gold, but the dialogue is good and it all works well.
The obviousness of the source material for the different factions is from the novel, so not the GN's responsibility, but I did nearly fall out of bed when I saw what was clearly Glamis Castle as the Temple of The Thirty....
Still, I was looking for a bit of nostalgic sword and sorcery action, and this did the trick as well as any actual Gemmell novel, with the great art being a wonderful bonus!
A nice graphic novel adaptation (from 1993) of Gemmell's first book – and it's so long since I read it when it first came out that I'd forgotten mine was a signed copy. It's a bit overly carried by narration captions, as comics go, but captures the essence of the book really well, and brings Druss to life nicely. Some of the descriptions are pulp gold, but the dialogue is good and it all works well.
The obviousness of the source material for the different factions is from the novel, so not the GN's responsibility, but I did nearly fall out of bed when I saw what was clearly Glamis Castle as the Temple of The Thirty....
Still, I was looking for a bit of nostalgic sword and sorcery action, and this did the trick as well as any actual Gemmell novel, with the great art being a wonderful bonus!