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The Michael Moorcock Library - Elric Vol.1: Elric of Melniboné
Michael T. Gilbert, Michael Moorcock, P. Craig Russell, Roy Thomas
3.77 AVERAGE
10 reviews for:
The Michael Moorcock Library - Elric Vol.1: Elric of Melniboné
Michael T. Gilbert, Michael Moorcock, P. Craig Russell, Roy Thomas
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A rather 70's-retro pulp comic style, with garish colours, lots of long, lanky, bony figures, an ape-faced villain, and a side-character who looks a LOT like Vincent Price dressed as Errol Flynn/Robin Hood. Faces often seemed hastily scribbled, sometimes with weird expressions that didn't match the impressions I got from the writing of the characters' emotions in that panel. Costumes don't give a consistent sense of world-building: some people dressed in medieval fantasy style, others in 19th-century military uniform style, others in cheesy early-Hollywood barbarian garb, and women's costumes usually just slapped together like "um, I dunno, a dress...?" *doodles a poofy sack onto her*
A more consistent world-building art style and less caricature-like character designs might have kept me more engaged. As it is, the loud, clashing, not-quite-right artwork kept me distracted from the story. The Elric story needs a strong sense of atmosphere to take off, and this effort just didn't manage it.
A more consistent world-building art style and less caricature-like character designs might have kept me more engaged. As it is, the loud, clashing, not-quite-right artwork kept me distracted from the story. The Elric story needs a strong sense of atmosphere to take off, and this effort just didn't manage it.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Traaginen hahmo Elric oli suosikkihahmojani parikymmentä vuotta sitten. Ihmeen hyvin ristiriitaisen hahmon lumous on kestänyt aikaa,tässä sarjakuvaversiossa hyvin koristeellinen piirustustyyli sopii Elricin taruun kuin nenä päähän.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate collects Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate #1-7 published by First Comics, which adapts Elric: Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock.
Roy Thomas teams up with Michael T. Gilbert and George Freeman to adapt the second Michael Moorcock Elric novel here. Officially, I prefer P. Craig Russell but this is excellent.
House-Roy adapts Moorcock's work well in his, using a lot of Moorcock's prose but largely letting the artwork speak for itself. Gilbert and Freeman keep the characters looking consistent with the previous volume, although looks a little more alien in this. His coloring isn't consistent, though.
The new characters introduced pretty much look how I'd expect. I pictured Hawkmoon's armor being green for some reason but Corum, Erekose, and Smiorgan Baldhead look like they do in my mind. The Olab look a little less avian and more reptilian but they still ring pretty true to what I pictured.
I don't like this quite as much as the first volume or the last volume in the series but it's still a solid book. 4 out of 5 stars.
Roy Thomas teams up with Michael T. Gilbert and George Freeman to adapt the second Michael Moorcock Elric novel here. Officially, I prefer P. Craig Russell but this is excellent.
House-Roy adapts Moorcock's work well in his, using a lot of Moorcock's prose but largely letting the artwork speak for itself. Gilbert and Freeman keep the characters looking consistent with the previous volume, although looks a little more alien in this. His coloring isn't consistent, though.
The new characters introduced pretty much look how I'd expect. I pictured Hawkmoon's armor being green for some reason but Corum, Erekose, and Smiorgan Baldhead look like they do in my mind. The Olab look a little less avian and more reptilian but they still ring pretty true to what I pictured.
I don't like this quite as much as the first volume or the last volume in the series but it's still a solid book. 4 out of 5 stars.
The Michael Moorcock Library - Elric Vol.1: Elric of Melniboné reprints Elric #1-5 from Pacific comics, adapting the novella of the same name by Michael Moorcock.
I loved P. Craig Russell's version of Stormbringer when I read it a couple months ago so my wife bought me this for our anniversary.
Story wise, I think Roy Thomas did a great job adapting the classic Elric origin. All the elements were there and he kept what was needed. Thankfully, there were not huge captions of text and he let the artists do the heavy lifting.
While I would have preferred PCR by himself, he and Michael T. Gilbert share the art chores on this. At first, PCR does the layouts and inks and MTG does the pencils but the workload becomes blended over time and the series gets better as it goes on. It's clear neither artist actually read the original Moorcock stories since Yrkoon is a ginger and the Amereen and the surroundings aren't nearly gloomy and hopeless enough but they did a good job on the art, all things considered.
Compared to the masterpiece that was Stormbringer, I can't rate this higher than a 3 or 3.5 at best. It's hard to fault the artists, though. PCR honed his craft for another, what, 15 years before drawing Stormbringer? For the time it was created, I can't imagine a better adaptation of the source material.
I loved P. Craig Russell's version of Stormbringer when I read it a couple months ago so my wife bought me this for our anniversary.
Story wise, I think Roy Thomas did a great job adapting the classic Elric origin. All the elements were there and he kept what was needed. Thankfully, there were not huge captions of text and he let the artists do the heavy lifting.
While I would have preferred PCR by himself, he and Michael T. Gilbert share the art chores on this. At first, PCR does the layouts and inks and MTG does the pencils but the workload becomes blended over time and the series gets better as it goes on. It's clear neither artist actually read the original Moorcock stories since Yrkoon is a ginger and the Amereen and the surroundings aren't nearly gloomy and hopeless enough but they did a good job on the art, all things considered.
Compared to the masterpiece that was Stormbringer, I can't rate this higher than a 3 or 3.5 at best. It's hard to fault the artists, though. PCR honed his craft for another, what, 15 years before drawing Stormbringer? For the time it was created, I can't imagine a better adaptation of the source material.
More than subverting its time's Sword and Sorcery tropes, it successfully creates a fantastical world with a healthy dose of cosmic horror, Mysticism, and musings on Fate and the condition of Man; expertly presented in comic book form with brilliant visuals which, whilst making justice to Moorcock's prose, more than stand up to the test of time.
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Adaptando la primera novela del ciclo de Elric escrita por Michael Moorcok, Roy Thomas con los dibujos de Michael T. Gilbert y P.Craig Russell nos traen este primer compendio de seis números dedicadas al famoso personaje de Elric de Melniboné, el príncipe albino. En este primer volumen conocemos la isla de Melniboné y a su emperador, Elric, un albino melancólico y taciturno obligado a ser líder, un gran guerrero y poderoso hechicero, pero que adolece de una débil salud y falta de crueldad. Por esas causas, es cuestionado por su primo Yyrkoon, pretendiente al trono de Melniboné, que intentará a través de un malicioso y demoníaco plan terminar con su vida.
Un guión muy interesante, elementos espectaculares y escenas de acción hace que este comic de pura espada y brujería tengo un ritmo constante y equilibrado, en el cual es difícil dejar de leer. Violencia y sexo son dos elementos cruciales en la obra, que la dotan de realismo particular dentro de la fantasía. La edición es una pasada, papel de gran calidad y un formato de lectura muy cómodo sin grandes dimensiones. La parte gráfica es espectacular, fusionando los estilos de esos dos grandes artistas y con un coloreado muy interesante, sobre todo en las partes trágicas o de reflexión.
Un guión muy interesante, elementos espectaculares y escenas de acción hace que este comic de pura espada y brujería tengo un ritmo constante y equilibrado, en el cual es difícil dejar de leer. Violencia y sexo son dos elementos cruciales en la obra, que la dotan de realismo particular dentro de la fantasía. La edición es una pasada, papel de gran calidad y un formato de lectura muy cómodo sin grandes dimensiones. La parte gráfica es espectacular, fusionando los estilos de esos dos grandes artistas y con un coloreado muy interesante, sobre todo en las partes trágicas o de reflexión.