Apple Volume 1 (v. 1) [Paperback]

Various (Author), Various Artists (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2008

Straight from Korea comes a breathtaking new anthology series! From video games, to animation, to comics, Korean artists have touched all facets of modern media. APPLE lets these artists shine as their creativity flows through eye-popping artwork and wondrous original tales. Artist Hyung-Tae Kim (ROBOT, Magna Carta, War of Genesis), is joined by dozens of Korea's most talented creators.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Udon Entertainment (July 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897376367
• ISBN-13: 978-1897376362
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT book, January 25, 2009

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M. Daugherty (Somewhere in WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)

I currently own several miscellaneous art books, the "Japanese Comickers" series, the Robot series, and a few various issues of (ugh) Flight. I was hesitant to buy it because the price is a tad higher, but you defintely get what you pay for.

All the other series I mentioned about have great variety, but that occasionally comes at the cost of "talent". Let's face it, some of the artists just aren't very good or have very conceptually executed work.

Apple still has variety, but nearly all of the artists truely push their work to the edge. It just feels more "mature" than any other series on the market (that I'm aware of).

Apple also has alot more pages for the money compared to the other series I mentioned.

I should add that I'm coming from the standpoint of someone looking for good compilations of artists and their techniques; I don't buy these books for their storylines. That said, I will buy the second volume the moment it comes out. The other series can wait.

I would also urge you to disregard anyone you tells you not to buy this book because it has swords that look like they might be from Final Fantasy 7 in it.

Seriously.

And 11 people found that review helpful so far.

"Omg u gaiz dun't buy this book bcuz theirs an armored bear on page 112 and there were already armored barez n Goldun compaz."

And apparently, Robot is the first Anthology ever, and now that Anthologies have been done no one should ever do them again. Seriously, you guys...please stop and think before you just rate people up.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Robot in Art, Not so much better in Story, July 11, 2008

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S. Jenkins "Arshes Nei" (Torrance CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)

This book came to life from Korean illustrators being inspired by Robot. Apple has much better binding than the first issue of Robot did. I find that the concept artwork actually at a higher quality than Robot. Both Robot and Apple suffer from mostly the same problem of storytelling. I however find Apple's storytelling much weaker.

The book switches from glossy stock paper to matte but it really doesn't make it worse.

I'm glad that I was able to browse through the book at Anime Expo from Udon's booth. What makes it difficult to buy books these days is that often these types of books are shrink-wrapped and sealed. If you don't know what it's supposed to be about, it makes it harder to purchase.

I'm often looking at the book to see what techniques I can learn from these illustrators.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you look at this as an art book..., August 4, 2008

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Natalie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Apple Volume 1 (v. 1) (Paperback)

...This is a great buy, even though this may be a bit biased because I generally prefer many Korean artists' style over their Japanese counter-parts, (don't get me wrong I love them too). The comics that are in this book vary greatly in quality between each other, but the same can be said of this book's Japanese parallel, Robot.

Another pro for this book, for me at least, is there is a lot less sexualizing of little girls in the strips, so you don't have to feel so awkward when you bring this book to the cashier, and don't feel the need to hide this book from anyone ever seeing because of a few strips.

My only real beef with this book is that it costs 5 dollars more than Robot, and a good portion of the book fluctuates between glossed and unglossed paper! This maybe a choice of the artists, but as a matter of me being ocd and cheap, this set me off a little, but I won't hold it against them.

Over all, this book is superior to Robot in visuals, and there are some very very promising comics that I'll look forward to reading in the next issue, as well as some comics I'd really wish they'd omit, (it seems the poor ones take up the most space in the book). I'd recommend this to anyone who loves digital art, I'm looking forward to the next release!