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A review by libreroaming
Avatar: The Last Airbender--The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales Library Edition by Gene Luen Yang, Faith Erin Hicks
4.0
A collection of different Avatar short stories, some a brief as two pages to slightly more fleshed out moments that you can see easily slotting in the series. The best of the bunch was "Going Home Again" Aaron Ehasz, who wrote for the series itself, explaining how Zuko and Mai's relationship started. That was a five star read.
Alison Wilgus's stories were also pitch perfect, including the fun Sokka and Zuko sword match. Johane Matte's "Relics" provided a somber insight to Aang's unresolved grief with losing his entire people. But most of the stories trended to comedy and humor, as they were intended to be read in serial magazines by people who may not be huge Avatar fans, which is why I assume the kids almost never use pseudonyms when they're supposed to be hiding from the Fire Nation.
The clunkers were usually by Gene Luen Yang, like "Sisters" that felt abrupt and out of of character for Ty Lee, but I found most of his Avatar work to not work with me. Dave Roman's "New Recruits" felt like fanfic with random characters that could shadowbend and cookie dough bend. But, like the good stories, they are usually so short they don't overstay their welcome.
A nice addition for an already converted Avatar fan, and some of these stories make good silly introductions for those without the attention span. 3.5 rounded up. Some real gems make it worthwhile compared to other Avatar comics and a large amount of the art is gorgeous with only a few eyesores.
Alison Wilgus's stories were also pitch perfect, including the fun Sokka and Zuko sword match. Johane Matte's "Relics" provided a somber insight to Aang's unresolved grief with losing his entire people. But most of the stories trended to comedy and humor, as they were intended to be read in serial magazines by people who may not be huge Avatar fans, which is why I assume the kids almost never use pseudonyms when they're supposed to be hiding from the Fire Nation.
The clunkers were usually by Gene Luen Yang, like "Sisters" that felt abrupt and out of of character for Ty Lee, but I found most of his Avatar work to not work with me. Dave Roman's "New Recruits" felt like fanfic with random characters that could shadowbend and cookie dough bend. But, like the good stories, they are usually so short they don't overstay their welcome.
A nice addition for an already converted Avatar fan, and some of these stories make good silly introductions for those without the attention span. 3.5 rounded up. Some real gems make it worthwhile compared to other Avatar comics and a large amount of the art is gorgeous with only a few eyesores.