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New Spring: the Graphic Novel (Wheel of Time Other) Paperback – Illustrated, January 18, 2011

by Robert Jordan (Author), Chuck Dixon (Author), Mike Miller (Illustrator),

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In the last few years before his death, Robert Jordan worked closely with Chuck Dixon and Mike Miller on the graphic adaptation of New Spring.

The eight full-color issues of New Spring, released between 2005 and 2010, tell the story of the search for the infant Dragon Reborn and of the adventures of Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of a long-dead nation. Adapted by noted comics writer Chuck Dixon with the full cooperation of Robert Jordan, and illustrated by artists Mike Miller and Harvey Tolibao, New Spring will delight any of Robert Jordan's millions of readers.

Tor is proud to collect all eight issues of New Spring in a single volume, which will also include developmental art, script pages, and correspondence between Jordan and Dixon.

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256 pages
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Tor Books
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January 18, 2011
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6.71 x 0.53 x 10.2 inches
ISBN-10

076532380X
ISBN-13

978-0765323804
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“There is plenty to like in this comic. Fans can revel in the careful realizations of familiar characters. Newcomers can delight in high quality, evocatively colored art, including numerous two-page spreads. The story feels like it was intended for the comic book medium . . . due in no small way to Chuck Dixon's hand in this. Top flight.” ―ComicCritique.com

About the Author

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. He taught himself to read when he was four with the incidental aid of a twelve-years-older brother, and was tackling Mark Twain and Jules Verne by five. He is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics. He served two tours in Vietnam with the U.S. Army; among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and bronze oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. A history buff, he has also written dance and theater criticism and enjoyed the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing, and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.
Robert Jordan began writing in 1977 and went on to write The Wheel of Time®, one of the most important and best selling series in the history of fantasy publishing with over 14 million copies sold in North America, and countless more sold abroad.
Robert Jordan died on September 16, 2007, after a courageous battle with the rare blood disease amyloidosis.

Chuck Dixon writer of New Spring: the Graphic Novel, has written many comics for DC, Marvel, and most other major comics publishers. Considered one of the best writers of Batman of the last decade, Dixon worked closely with Robert Jordan on the adaptation of New Spring.

Mike Miller has worked for Marvel and DC and on other Dabel Bros. projects, including The Hedge Knight.

Harvey Tolibao draws Darkhawk for Marvel Comics and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for Dark Horse Comics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books; Illustrated edition (January 18, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 076532380X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765323804
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.71 x 0.53 x 10.2 inches

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CHUCK DIXON

Born in Philadelphia, Pa.

Chuck Dixon has more than twenty-five years of experience in the graphic novel field as an editor, writer and publisher. He has contributed well over a thousand scripts to publishers like DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse, Hyperion and others featuring a range of characters from Batman to the Simpsons. His comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit continues to be an international bestseller. Considered to be one of the most prolific writers in his field, this award-winning storyteller Has scripted G.I. Joe for IDW, along with many creator-owned projects including Winterworld and Joe Frankenstein which re-unites him with Bane co-creator Graham Nolan. He is also the co-creator of an ambitious line of graphic novels based on the American Civil War available now through Dover books.

In addition to his work in graphic novels, Chuck is currently writing two different series of action novels. Bad Times is a series about a team of former Army Rangers who travel back in time in search of treasure and adventure. His Kindle-sensation Levon Cade books are dark tales of vigilante justice. Both are available now in paperback and through Kindle!

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A Worthy Graphic Novel of New Spring

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2011

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Being not too much of a fan of western comics, I nevertheless enjoyed this quite a bit. The art, panel layout and design for the first five chapters are exquisite. This is definitely a level of quality that I can see Robert Jordan approving of. The sheer scope and detail of some of the page spreads is breathtaking. Moiraine almost looks *too* beautiful, though I doubt anyone is going to complain...

Chuck Dixon's adaptation is generally quite good, though it tends to info-dump at times via internal monologuing. Wheel of Time is undoubtedly a very difficult franchise to translate into graphic form yet some of the information could probably have been imparted less clumsily (e.g. Tamra's explanation of who the Whitecloaks are). There's a sentence in one of the later chapters that includes the wording "the Saidar flowed into her" and at the risk of sounding nit-picky, that is wording that Robert Jordan would never have used. Despite all of this, Dixon's work is passable at worst and quite good at best.

It's obvious that the last few chapters (6-8) were rushed. Panel layout is considerably less complex and I'd also say less detailed as well. Furthermore, no kind of satisfying conclusion is felt at the denouement because we arrive there so fast. I'm not sure who is to blame for the frenzied pacing of the last couple chapters, but it's as if the publisher just wanted to end the project as quickly as possible.

A little more on the art in the last few chapters: while it's definitely a step down from the first five, chapters six and seven are not in any way bad. They're just not as exceptional as the work of the first artist. Now the eighth chapter is quite terrible, there's no doubting that. There is no panel consistency between character models AT ALL! Moiraine looks *OK* sometimes, but then in the next panel she looks as though she gained 40 pounds. Characters look painfully awkward in almost every scene.

In conclusion, this graphic novel is worth your time if you are already a fan of the Wheel of Time. The first five chapters are nearly flawless and contain some of the best art I've seen in a graphic novel. Chapters 6-7 are still quite good, though not as exceptional. Finally, the last chapter is definitely the low point of the novel in all respects, which is a rather big disappointment in a lot of ways.

If you're a Wheel of Time junkie like I am, you will not be disappointed with this adaptation. For fans new to the series, I would definitely recommend reading the books first.

***1/2 stars rounded up to four.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2011

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New Spring is a graphic novel/comic book adaptation of the prequeal book to the Wheel of Time series. Fans of the Wheel of Time would be better served by reading the actual novel in terms of appreciating the story, however visualizing the world as imagined by Robert Jordan is quite exciting. The artwork in the first five chapters is exquisite and was quite closely monitored by the original author of the series before his untimely death.

Unfortunately, the quality of the artwork takes a sharp dive during the last three chapters. While it is not necessarily bad artwork, it pales in comparison to the stunningly detailed work the precedes it. Many of the characters come close to being unrecognizable by the end of the story, and the clothing worn by the characters as well as the details of the surroundings becomes much less distinct. As readers of the series well know, details of this sort should NOT have been sacrificed. In addition, the coloring and shading become less distinct and what was in the early chapters a stunning depiction of the One Power becomes much more mundane.

Like many people who are buying the complete graphic novel, I was one of the original fans who "pre-ordered" the entire series (each chapter as an installment) from Red Eagle, only to see stalls, halts, rumored arguments with Robert Jordan himself, a change in production company, a decrease in quality, and ultimately, never received the final installments, although I had paid for them. Although the final chapters make me long for the quality product that could have been (as evidenced by the original chapters) I am at least satisfied that I have a complete product with a full story; as there was a time when it was doubted that the full graphic novel would ever be finished.

Also included is the original cover art for each of the installments (before each chapter), an illustrated glossary, and, most excitingly, emails from Robert Jordan himself! The uber-fan will have to buy this comic for the emails alone. They show how much he cared about his story, his characters, and his world; how he would not compromise his vision and how much he appreciated a quality product.

Overall the good is the artwork in the beginning and the emails from the author. The bad is that the ending chapters are so poorly illustrated. I think had it not been such a drastic disappointment at the end it would have been a 4-star book; had the artwork been maintained throughout it would have definitely been five-stars.

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Visually stunning, choppy writing

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2012

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Having read all of The Wheel of Time series books at least twice, I was excited by the discovery that there was a graphic novel available for the prequel A New Spring. I haven't read too many graphic novels, but was compelled by the idea of seeing how an artist would take the details of this world and create the appropriate imagery.

For the most part, I am pleased with what is here. Some of the scenes are simply beautiful. I was especially thrilled to see Tar Valon drawn in such glorious detail. I have a much more detailed concept in my head now that I will relate to as I finish the series up later next year.

As others have noted, you can easily see that the last third of the book was thrown together rather haphazardly. I had some difficulty with the transitions between scenes at different parts of the book and found the epilogue had none of the power of the original text. If I had not read the book first, I doubt I would have enjoyed it nearly as much.

The rest of the series is now being steadily released, at about one chapter a month. You'll find these production values to be much more consistently high. So don't give up on these graphic novel interpretations after seeing the end of this one. They are of much higher and consistent quality.

Overall - I recommend this to the Robert Jordan fan who has read the books as it adds wonderful visuals to this compelling story.

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Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2012

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I purchased this to help get my son more interested in reading. He hates reading for school and will only rarely read for pleasure. I have been a fan of The Wheel of Time series since the 80's. So I am looking forward to Sharing this with my son. The novel should probably be rated PG-13. Luckily that is my sons age so it gives an opportunity to talk about the things that take place as well. I will most likely read this to my son and discuss it then let him look at it and read through himself. The quality of the print is good although unfortunately for me there was a few pages near the middle with a jagged crease down the middle of the page. Perhaps a problem with temperature or humidity at the printing press. Luckily this did not take to much away from the art work on those pages.
Having said that I really enjoyed the graphic novel myself. If you have read the original novels you'll notice the first 3rd of story fleshes out parts that where only mentioned in passing or alluded to. It then proceeds to follow the story you may remember from there. There is a little bonus material in the back. Including letters from Robert Jordan describing elements from the original novels for this book. If you are a fan of the series this is a great addition.
If you are not familiar with the Wheel of Time series it is a well written expansive world of fantasy. I highly recommend this graphic novel on its own merits plus you can know that it is just a taste of the wonderful and sometime dreadful world Robert Jordan created.

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Clayton P. Byers

Wonderful Adaptation, Until the Final Pages

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2011

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Having been a fan of the Wheel of Time for a number of years, I picked up the New Spring Graphic Novel once it was released. The cover is a great portrayal of what kind of art you will find inside, at least for the first 2/3s of the story.

Story: Sticks to the novel, but obviously shortened and abbreviated since it's a graphic novel. The first 6 chapters move at an appropriate pace, but the final two cover so much material that it feels extremely rushed and vague. Having read the New Spring novel a few times, I knew where the story was going, but like I mentioned, it cut out a great deal.

Art: Phenomenal for the first 6 chapters. The characters are detailed, the scenery beautiful, and the overall layout and design is great. I like the way they portrayed weaving, and even the minor detail of adding a glow to the women when channeling. Chapters 7 & 8 appear to be rushed "rough draft" versions. Details were lost, the scenery generic, the characters bland; all around a large reduction in quality. Sure, the art isn't terrible, but compared to the beginning of the graphic novel it feels childish and unprofessional. A real letdown.

Bonus Material: After the story, we get a set of emails from Robert Jordan (Jim) to the production team. It is some great insight into the amount of effort and care he took into crafting the stories. Even little details such as the cut and material of the clothing was noted. OK, those details are something that haunts us fans, especially in the middle books, but in the case of a graphic novel it makes a world of difference. Outstanding.

Overall: It seems like management had put together a great team for the first 6 chapters, then everyone was fired and the new team forced to make a too tight deadline. Enjoyable as a fan, and I truly appreciate the first 6 chapters, but the last two make it fall short of great. If you can get over the stylistic and narrative deficiencies at the end, it's worth the purchase.

Cameron Johnson

Wonderful Edition to the Series

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2011

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The great thing about this book is that I never knew about it until I stumbled across it here on Amazon. As soon as I realized it was real, I bought it and impatiently waited for it to arrive.

And I wasn't disappointed. The artwork is phenomenal, with all of the right details. What is especially interesting, though, is the correspondence at the back. It is a series of emails from Robert Jordan. It's fascinating because you start to notice a pattern in the emails - over and over Robert Jordan is telling the artists to put more clothes on the women! Whether he's stating that this particular character wouldn't be showing cleavage, or some other character wouldn't be wearing such a revealing dress, Jordan is constantly having to reign in the artist's instincts to make every female character be drawn as provocatively as possible, and at one point has to correct the artist who drew a group of men like "extras from a Conan the Barbarian movie." I found this to be a powerful (though inadvertent) commentary on Western comic art as a whole. Anyone who has read a Marvel or DC title can immediately recognize that the women are hyper-sexualized, while the men are hyper-masculinized (they have muscles that don't even exist in real life!) I was pleasantly surprised that this book, for the most part, did not follow that pattern of art. The men and women here look surprisingly realistic, and a lot of effort has obviously been made to be true to the details of the novel.

5 stars, and a must for anyone who is a fan of the Wheel of Time series.

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Great, though inconsistent, art.

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2013

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I've read all the Wheel of Time novels except "New Spring," so I decided to get the story from the graphic novel rather than the novel novel. I always had trouble visualizing Jordan's world, which is ironic because he was very (over-) detailed about everything in his books, from the rugs looked like to what everyone was wearing.

Now that I have an idea what the world looks like, I look forward to re-reading the series. For "New Spring," the art for the first six chapters was beautiful. Then, for some reason, the art style changed (I'm guessing a different artist?). Colors were darker, characters were heftier, and everything seemed less detailed. Either way, the last two chapters felt different from what I'd seen and read before, and it distracted me. Add the three or so typos in the dialogue, and you have a slightly disappointing graphic novel. It was still a fun read, and I may check out the graphic novels for "Eye of the World" as well. These seem to immerse me in Jordan's world in a way his books could not.

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Mostly Great Art! Follows the story well.

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2011

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I've been reading The Wheel of Time since 1995. It is my favorite fantasy series. This graphic novel brings the New Spring book to life! The art is great for the first half of the book or so. Later chapters it becomes less detailed. You can tell that the artist changed and there was a relative time difference between when the first portion and the second portion of the novel.

It has been awhile since I read New Spring but this Graphic Novel follows the story very well and the dialogue is straight from the book. There was only one small part that I recalled from the full story that seemed left out but it did not detract from the product.

If you are a Wheel of Time fan this is definitely worth owning!

Derrick O'Rourke

Strong Start, Weak Ending

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2011

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This book starts off strong with some great art but fades off in the last 3 chapters. The art gradually goes downhill. It's not really bad art, it's just not up to the standard set by the earlier work by Mike Miller.

The story is a bit ponderous & I imagine trying to read these in single format would've been a nightmare (I'm not just talking about all the release delays). However, the characters are well developed & as a Wheel of Time fan I was delighted to see the characters & different armies come to life. The double spread of Tar Valon is fantastic.

The extra's are good although some of the comments Robert Jordan has to make to Chuck Dixon worry me for the rest of the Wheel of Time adaptations. Chuck wanted to have Aiel on horses. That's just wrong.

Overall, what could've been a brilliant adaptation is just a solid one.

This review is specific to the Kindle Edition only.

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2019

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Collecting Graphic Novels isn't really my thing. While I own a few nicer hard copies, I prefer digital for the purposes of reading. I've purchased a few through the Kindle Store now and have been mostly pleased with the format.

In the case of New Spring, the book was unreadable on my kindle device. Having to zoom in to the text boxes make it extremely difficult to follow along the flow the of story, and trying to zoom in on a corner often sent it off to the next two-page spread.

That's right. EVERY page is presented as a two-page scan.

Coupled with the complete lack of any effort to adjust the contrast to make it easier to see on a black and white device... I'm just going to have to wait for a hard copy to see if this story is worth reading.

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Awesome graphic novel...

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020

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I love the Wheel of Time series. My favorite books. When I learned about them being adapted into comics... I had to have. I got this in the mail 3 days after ordering. Very fast shipping.

Great work wish there were more

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020

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Great art adding visuals to a wonderful series. Hope they do more of these!

Mark A. Schuldt

An Excellent Rendition!

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2012

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I'm an avid fan of The Wheel of Time. Robert Jordan's skill at description really makes the books come alive, but to see actual artists' renditions of his world, as carefully dictated by him, was fantastic. These pictures are exactly as he wanted them to be. You really get to see the characters you have seen only in your mind's eye. To Jordan's credit, these pictures were very close to the images his descriptions helped me imagine.

Absolutely worth the money and time to read!

Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021

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Arrived quickly and in great condition. Zero complaints.

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