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Magician Apprentice - Volume 1 (Magician Apprentice (Numbered)) (v. 1) Hardcover – May 30, 2007

by Raymond E. Feist (Author), Michael Oeming (Author),
Bryan J.L. Glass (Author)
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Product Details

  • Series: Magician Apprentice (Numbered) (Book 1)
  • Hardcover: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Marvel; Direct Ed edition (May 30, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785127224
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785127222
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #984,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Brings back fond memories
By J. A Magill VINE VOICE on October 29, 2007
Format: Hardcover
Like many people, I look with a certain amount of dread when books I love get turned into movies. Likewise, the idea of such books being turned into graphic novels carries with it some fear, as the singular vision of an author is diffused through the intervention of the perspectives of legions of others. Yet in the case of Feist's "Magician's Apprentice" at the first look one can tell how closely the author has guarded the vision of his first novel in his much loved world of Mikidemia. Every page reveals the people and places of the author's world as he imagined them in brilliant color, brining a whole new life to a work which brought many readers to fantasy. Even readers who have enjoyed the "Riftwar Books" but have little interest in graphic novels are sure to enjoy the experience.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A pretty good graphic novel, but with two different styles
By Kurt A. Johnson TOP 1000 REVIEWER on November 8, 2012
Format: Hardcover
The Festival of Banapis is coming up, the day when the young men are selected by craft masters to become apprentices. But, young Pug little realizes that he is to be selected by Kulgan, the castle wizard. It's the start of a new path for Pug, and for his friend Thomas, who was selected to be a guardsman. But, unbeknownst to the inhabitants of Crydee, there is a threat looming over the West, and it is about to become all too apparent!

Overall, I found this to be a pretty good graphic novel. The writers do a good job of bringing the great story into the comic world. The only real mistake they did was having the have the book illustrated by two different artists. It does indeed cause a jarring transition as you move between the two styles. As for me, I enjoyed the work does in the first three chapters, by Brett Booth, more than I did the final three chapters, which were done by Ryan Stegman.

But, that said, I did enjoy seeing a great book ably presented as a great comic. I can't wait to read more!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A fun, but flawed adaptation
By Doctor Mobius on December 14, 2012
Format: Hardcover
While the story of Pug and Tomas is effectively translated to a visual medium, there are a number of aesthetic and artistic choices that I found extremely distracting, as well as some startling inaccuracies that I feel detracted from the intent of the story.

I'm not a huge fan of the "Modern Fantasy" aesthetic that was chosen for the Midkemian characters clothing and armor. The Riftwar books have always had a very realistic approach to medieval fassion, arms, and armor. Instead much of the armor, especially that of the Duke Borric and the elves, looks like it came out of a video game. I attribute this to an aesthetic decision on the part of the artist, just like giving the characters' bodies comic book proportions. Still, it doesn't gel with the care that was taken to reproduce the Tsurani arms and armor in splendid detail from the novels' words and cover art.

As far as inaccuracies go. the decision to make the Royal Family wear Black and Gold, rather than the Brown and Gold of house ConDoin is very strange, especially considering that the rest of the soldiers and household guard wear brown and gold, and in that Guy Du'Bastyra's colors are black and gold, and those colors carry a significant menace for a character who remains enigmatic for much of the original series.

Lastly, further on in the series, the Moredhel are depicted as having dark grey/black skin like the Drow of Dungeons and Dragons. Though the Moredhel are called "dark elves" in the series, a great deal of the character of the race comes from the fact that they are nearly indistinguishable from other elves, save for their grey cloaks and dark nature. It's a major point that Elves and Moredhel can distinguish each other on sight, instinctively, where humans cannot. I attribute this mistake to a lack of research on the part of the artist.

Overall, while a fun read for a longtime fan of the series, I feel it's fallen short of what it could have been.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Again the same complaint
By Mitchel Pearson on January 1, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Feists novels all are very amazing reads and I couldn't wait to see the adaptation into a graphic novel. I was very impressed with the beginning chapters. The pictures were very well drawn with vivid color and detail. As I have read all of Feists books, the artists depiction of the characters seemed dead-on and actually showed growth as the pages turned. Chapters 4-6 on the other hand made the main characters seem almost as children with much less detail and color. Even the characters expressions seemed less confident, and age progression was way off following the story line. Reading the second half was very disappointing as far as the drawings went. Overall very worth purchasing if only for the first half. Hopefully as these graphic novels continue, the better artist will take over!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Graphic SF Reader
By Blue Tyson on March 20, 2008
Format: Hardcover
A Marvel adaptation of what appears to be part of the first book, which was split in half in the USA it seems, and only half of that, to start with. So, going to be an expensive way to get the whole story.

Other than that, it is pretty well done, and especially the firedrake, Fantus, very cool.

One major art problem is that there is a shift from the first half to the second. Whereas Pug and Tomas at the start are shown aging slightly as they move into later teenagerhood, the second half style changes them to look more like they are 10 or so again at times, and shorter, too, compared to the long, skinny slim hipped pillow look given to everyone by the first artist.
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