Stormbreaker Graphic Novel (Alex Rider) - Softcover

Anthony Horowitz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406340669 ISBN 13: 9781406340662

Publisher: Walker, 2012

Synopsis

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About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Horowitz is an award-winning children's author, writer for television and creator of the phenomenal bestselling Alex Rider and Power of 5 series as well as the Diamond Brothers Detective books - all published by Walker Books. He is also the author of The House of Silk: The New Sherlock Holmes. He lives in central London, EC1. Antony Johnston is an award-winning author of more than a dozen graphic novels in everything from horror to romance, and has also written video games, books and animation. He has reinvented Marvel's flagship character Wolverine for manga, and adapted many of Alan Moore's prose works into comic form. He lives in Barnoldswick, Lancashire. Kanako and Yuzuru, two sisters from Japan, collaborate to produce manga-style art for comics and graphic novels. Yuzuru is an illustrator and lives in Tokyo; Kanako is a graphic designer and lives in London.

From Booklist:

An ode to rampant commercialism, this is not exactly based on Anthony Horowitz's thrill-a-second novel about 14-year-old Alex Rider, who discovers that his deceased uncle was a superspy and that Alex himself must face an evil businessman and his multitude of gruesome killers. No, this graphic novel springs from the screenplay for the recent movie, which is based on the novel--which, itself, is a clever compilation of James Bond movies. If it's possible, this is even more rapidly paced than the novel. Alex remains an appealing hero here, and the idea of a heroic teen up against insidious adults continues to be an extremely powerful draw for readers. The female art team casts the action in exciting manga style, and the digital colors produce an anime-like sense of depth and motion. Readers who already like Alex Rider will want this; even adventure lovers unfamiliar with the books will find it difficult to resist the hyperkinetic fun, although they may feel they have sold a bit of their souls to get it. Jesse Karp
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1406340669
• ISBN 13: 9781406340662
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Kanako Damerum, Yuzuru Takasaki