Gabriel Valentin

The Sword in the Stone was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid; as an adult who has since read T. H. White's The Once and Future King, I still hold a fondness for it and was very excited to see a comic book that picks up shortly after where the movie ends.

The art, especially the backgrounds, put me in mind of the storybook opening of the movie. It has a lovely, old-fashioned feel to it.

The story wasn't as strong as the art, with more emphasis on spell slinging than on the lessons show more Merlin was trying to impart to the newly crowned king. Still, young readers will probably be charmed by this book and adult readers will get to revisit some old friends.

Received via NetGalley. show less