This graphic novel adaptation of Raymond E. Feist's popular Magician Apprentice series is very well done. The illustrations are in full color, printed on heavy stock, and stunning in their artistry. However, the first volumes just begin telling the original story as they are rather thin. This is one of the better-produced novel adaptations I have seen, but to get the entire first book as a graphic novel adaptation will prove quite costly. The story centers on Pug and Tomas, two friends in the kingdom of Crydee who embark on a hero's quest that is eerily reminiscent of Tolkein's Lord of the Rings trilogy. In the first two GN issues, Pug & Tomas make a long journey, go through ancient mines with a dwarf leader, and attempt to unite the kingdom's many nations' armies in a force to battle a dangerous army that is poised to invade. ( )

A Marvel adaptation of what appears to be part of the first book, which was split in half in the USA it seems, and only half of that, to start with. So, going to be an expensive way to get the whole story.

Other than that, it is pretty well done, and especially the firedrake, Fantus, very cool.

One major art problem is that there is a shift from the first half to the second. Whereas Pug and Tomas at the start are shown aging slightly as they move into later teenagerhood, the second half style changes them to look more like they are 10 or so again at times, and shorter, too, compared to the long, skinny slim hipped pillow look given to everyone by the first artist.

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