The Ring of the Nibelung, Volume 2: Siegfried & Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods
by P. Craig Russell
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A graphic novel adaptation of Richard Wagner's operas "Siegfried" and "Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods," which chronicle the life of the orphaned hero Siegfried, the bearer of the ring that holds the fate of the gods, and his love affair with the Valkyrie Brunhilde.Tags
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This final volume of THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG can be summed up in a single word: stunning.
The story itself can be silly at times, utterly ridiculous at times, yet it can also be heartbreaking and soul crushing.
But the real strength here is P. Craig Russell's incredible art. I've been following this guy since the 70s, and I've never seen better work out of the man. But equal praise must be bestowed on the colourist, Lovern Kindzierski and letterer (yes, really!) Galen Showman because, instead of simply workmanlike colouring and plodding type, both have worked hard to take Russell's already high quality art and elevate it. The colours and especially the type work with the art to bring a synergy to all the elements and all serve the story show more and the individual scenes.
This is the comic form being used to its full potential that is far too rare.
Having no knowledge of Wagner's original work, I have no idea how close this hews to the original, but I can say this adaptation is simply a stunning achievement in its own right. show less
The story itself can be silly at times, utterly ridiculous at times, yet it can also be heartbreaking and soul crushing.
But the real strength here is P. Craig Russell's incredible art. I've been following this guy since the 70s, and I've never seen better work out of the man. But equal praise must be bestowed on the colourist, Lovern Kindzierski and letterer (yes, really!) Galen Showman because, instead of simply workmanlike colouring and plodding type, both have worked hard to take Russell's already high quality art and elevate it. The colours and especially the type work with the art to bring a synergy to all the elements and all serve the story show more and the individual scenes.
This is the comic form being used to its full potential that is far too rare.
Having no knowledge of Wagner's original work, I have no idea how close this hews to the original, but I can say this adaptation is simply a stunning achievement in its own right. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Ring of the Nibelung, Volume 2: Siegfried & Gotterdammerung: The Twilight of the Gods
- Original publication date
- 2002
- People/Characters
- Siegfried (Wagner Ring Cycle); Wotan (Wagner Ring Cycle); Brunhilde; Brünnhilde (Wagner Ring Cycle); Hagen (Wagner Ring Cycle); Gutrune (Wagner Ring Cycle) (show all 7); Gunther (Wagner Ring Cycle)
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
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- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- PN6727 .R87 .R56 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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