Friday, July 11, 2014

Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1

Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1

'Dragon Age Library Edition' collects three sets of stories in the King Maric storyline. The main characters are a young king named Alistair, a cynical dwarf named Varric and a resourceful, beautiful pirate named Isabela. The art is quite good and this edition features artist commentary in the margins of some of the pages.

Alistair is in search of his father and he enlists Varric and Isabela to help him. They go in search of a swamp witch who controls dragons to find answers. This leads them to the Qunari, where Isabela is captured and attempted to be converted. The final showdown for this book is a big fight with Titus, where we learn the fate of Alistair's father, enter an odd dreamscape, and learn a bit more about some of the characters.

It's all based on a series of video games which are artistically beautiful. The comic is also. The commentary at times was a bit too congratulatory, but the comments about style choices or how a character were portrayed were interesting insights. My best advice is to read them after you've read either the whole thing as a graphic novel, or just the page, since some of the notes do include spoilers for the current page.

I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

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