Snag Your Copy Excalibur: The Legend Of King Arthur Originated By Tony Lee Conveyed In EText

novel brings to life King Arthur and the Knights of the round table, Lady of the Lake and Avilon, Morgana and the Unseelie, Merlin, Sir Lancelot and Lady Guinevere, and King Ulric and the land of Albion.
Obviously, when I saw this in the library, I couldn't pass it up, It's Arthurian, it's a graphic novel, and it's not just a straight retelling of the original stories, To me, that's actually a good thing as long as it hangs together, and this more or less did, I think the main problem is that there's far too much of the Arthurian legend to reduce into a single volume, Either you have to pick something particular to focus on, or you have to take your time, This felt a bit rushed, On that score, there's a rushed quality to the art, but mostly I quite liked it,

I'm not really sure what to think of how they put this together, which sources they used or ignored, The whole Vivianne thing was a little confusing to me, as Nimue and Vivianne are meant to be the same person,

It's hard to believe in deep enduring love when it takes about two pages to set up, if you're lucky, so emotionally this story didn't really work for me.
I don't know if Arthur will ever transfer well into comic book form though this now makes me tempted to make my comic for my class be based on Arthuriana, but this is a good effort.
Apparently the same people did a Robin Hood comic as well, and I'm willing to bet that worked out better Robin Hood ballads were the comics of their day! The art has its ups and downs, which really shouldn't be brushed aside because this is a visual medium, not just a book.
I'm not a big fan of characters not having eyeballsof the time think if every character were Brock from "Pokemon" and walked around/with their eyes seemingly shut.
I generally liked it on my first readthrough, but it

doesn't survive a second very well at all,

I'm very confused about why Arthur has such acclaim, Most of his great works appear to happen 'offscreen' or inbetween time skips, He makes the selfish decision to stay in Avalon extralong because he'd rather be with his girlfriend than do his duty, He knocks Vivienne aside when she's trying to help him even though he has no reason to suspect that she would do so even though he knows what magic is and doesn't bother to ask questions.
And he makes Merlin erase his memories for no apparent reason, There's some vague implication that it's important he marry Guinevere for united the people, but I don't remember her having much standing at all.
She's not a nobody, but honestly: is it so bad that Arthur stay single until he can find someone of higher standing or at least use that as an excuse because he misses Vivienne.
In fact, Merlin actually calls Arthur out for it as STUPID decision in a conversation that ultimately doesn't matter because the spell makes Arthur forget about it.
Was this the writers attacking some editor who forced them to add in melodrama

In short, I don't know why Arthur is such a great king in the tale, or the only blonde.


I largely enjoy this version for the women: Guinevere's ending and Vivienne, I love that Vivienne helps teach Arthur and that Arthur directs Guinevere to rule after him, Nimue saves Merlin's life out of love rather than the creepier versions of their relationship, and Morgaine's story is more interesting,

Overall, the story has too many timeskips, poor character development, and the plot doesn't flow well, The art is nothing amazing, If you're a fan of Arthurian stuff, you might like it, It's rather short, anyway. This was a great graphic novel representation of King Arthur's story, It did still have some of the traditional parts such as Uther disguising himself as Gorlois to get to Igraine, Arthur being raised by a foster father, Morganna Le Fey, Merlin, and the GuinevereLancelotArthur love triangle.
However, the author added in a romance between Arthur and Vivianne, the Lady of the Lake,

If you like King Arthur and don't mind a lot of legend in a small book, then you'll enjoy this, If not, this isn't the Arthur retelling for you, Good!
Not too gory, . . This is an amazing story about King Arthur, It's visuals are vivid and and compliment the story well, I would recomend to anyone interested in this topic, I loved it!!! I looooooove King Arthur and that whole story, so reading it in a graphic novel form was so great, It made the story easy to follow, it was concise, and incredible, Good good good. The Arthurian legend springs to life in another powerhouse graphic novel from the creators of OUTLAW: THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD,

Arthur Pendragon was raised in obscurity, but fate will not leave him to the shadows, In a moment of desperate need, he draws a legendary sword from its stonebed and commences the life he was born to lead, A series of adventures sparked by the elusive wizard Merlin launches Arthur through love and betrayal, domination and defeat, and toward the prophesied end awaiting him.
Merging a faithful retelling with dynamic illustrations, EXCALIBUR invites longtime fans to relive the legend and those new to the story to experience it up close in a vivid graphic adventure.
Wonderful in terms of clearly explaining a story and drawing in elements, The foundation was there and this was really fun to read, This story and telling was different than the other iterations I have seen in popular culture, Enjoyed this and would read again, More Fairie magic than other versions, Interesting spins to some characters story lines too, King Arthur stories aren't my favorite, but I love the work Tony Lee and Sam Hart have done together, They put so many of the Arthur legends in this book, but they made it blend and flow well, If you like the stories of the Knights of the Round Table or historical graphic novels, this one is worth reading, Quick Summary: Dynamic illustrations

My : This was a YA read for class, Rich discussions with comparative analysis occurred, The students loved the alternative approach to King Arthur's tale,

Rating:/
Recommend: Yes
Audience: YA/T/A
libraryread MiddleAges DTR I found this take on Arthurian legend to be an interesting one but it didn't really add too much in fact in the instance of the love triangle it made it a bit more convoluted/confusing The artwork was not my favourite, sometimes it felt kind of unfinished but it wasn't too off putting.


Interesting but not something I would reread I think, I'm a big fan of both Arthurian legend and graphic novels so this was an obvious choice to pick up, and it was fine. Some stuff from le Morte d' Arthur, but nothing particularly spectacular, Definitely needs a series to really flesh out the legend and do the side characters justice, I wasn't enthused by this, I'm by no means a huge fan of Arthurian legend, so it's not like it bothers me when a new work deviates from the standard.
It only bothers me when the changes lead to moments that don't ring true, For some reason, Lee felt like he had to make the whole Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot love triangle even more complicated, See, Arthur was really in love with Vivianne, the Lady of the Lake, all along, He just had Merlin erase his memories of loving her because as king, he would have to get married, And marrying for love was totally something that royalty was worried about back then, So when he does remember, he's really not all that upset about Guinevere cheating on him with Lancelot, because fair's fair, right Yeah, no.
The art didn't wow me either, and on several pages looked more like a rough draft than a finished product, Really This is what you give me for an Arthurian legend You keep Cei from the sword in the stone, but you make him the funny, sunny foster brother Then there's all that stuff about Avalon and you've got good fairies I'm not going to call them Fae or Faeries, I'm going to spell like we spell now!.
. . I just don't buy it,

Look, we've all had a lot of fun with Arthurian legend, but until you're ready to produce a full scale, really well put together cohesive legend, and by well put together, I include not having drawings in the middle of pages that look like they were the conceptual drawings for what would become the final drawings don't go making up a brand new set of things that have whole back stories that we cannot possibly know about.


Let's also not forget that this is a LEGEND, Arthurian legend is based on ath century leader, and while the whole thing has probably been blown WAY out of proportion, it is still based in some ancient stories.
I'm not saying that we can only write Arthurian legends that arehistorically accurate, but I do think that adding this much stuff is going a little far.
This might as well have been the story of Fernando and the Axe in the Tree but for a few details that linked it to Arthur.
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