| Title | : | Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0316133191 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780316133197 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2011 |
| Awards | : | Goodreads Choice Award Graphic Novels & Comics (2011) |
The second volume of Twilight: The Graphic Novel completes the visual adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's worldwide bestselling debut novel and is a must-have for any collector's library.
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 Reviews
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Ah, Twilight. It seems like everywhere you turn, you can't escape it. The books are everywhere, the franchise has 5 motion pictures, a make-up line, clothing, and now graphic novels. What's next? Toilet paper?
Oh, c'mon. Who wouldn't want to wipe their ass with Edward Cullen's face? The only question is: will it leave a trail of sparkles?
So, those three stars you see? Not for the story, but for the artwork. If you want to know what I thought of Twilight...lol...well, you can check out my review
here.
BUT I'm going to go ahead and give credit for where it's due: The artwork is stunning. Kim Young did an awesome job bringing the characters to life. Most of the pages are in high gloss, black and white, some consisting of a few colors splashed here and there:
And when you get to the end the last few pages are full color. They are very beautiful!
Ok...That's pretty much all the praise I can force out of my body for anything related to Twilight.
****BONUS***
New Moon: The Graphic novel (Stephanie's version):
Amen. Hallelujah.
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Carlisle is such a dilf 🥵
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There's not much to say about this graphic novel.
You either like
Twilight or you don't.
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Más de lo mismo; y por eso no quiero decir que haya estado mal, sólo que sí, es lo mismo que la novela, pero con dibujos. Y es que ese es el punto, ¿o no?
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Mal Bella. Söyleyeceklerim bu kadar.
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Finally the 2nd volume of Twilight Graphic Novel will be released this year..
Is it just me or what, Edward look weird here... o_O!!! -
4.5 stars
I think I actually enjoyed this one more than the first!
It was fun to SEE all of the parts that the movie left out or changed... I will definitely check out the next one if my library has it! But I don't really see myself buying these... -
Well... 2.5⭐
I have read this just out of curiosity. Last year I read volumen 1, so why not reading the next one? The story adaptation sticks to the original. The illustrations are great and the reason I almost liked it. -
Amazing illustrations. Way better than the actual book.
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As an unabashed Twilight fan, I couldn't even wait a day to pick up the second volume of the Twilight Graphic Novel, illustrated by Young Kim. The Graphic Novel - both volumes 1 and 2 - is a great addition to the Twilight Universe. Note that I say "addition." The Graphic Novel adds richness to Twilight, but is not strong enough to stand on its own. This is due largely to the inherent nature of a graphic novel - it is heavy on illustrations and lighter on dialogue. Through facial expressions and the short statements, you capture the gist of the plot, but not in the same way as a book full of words. Additionally, if you're not familiar with graphic novels or manga, you may have difficulty following the Twilight Graphic Novel. When I read Volume 1, I had never read manga and I was confused by the pace of the plot and the placement of the drawings. Fast forward 18 months and I have read a great deal of manga. It made a big difference in my comfort level with Volume 2.
While the Graphic Novel cannot fully replicate Twilight the book, Volume 2 like Volume 1, is a gorgeous work of art. Young Kim is an amazing artist. The characters are wonderfully depicted; they are living portraits. You see Edward's personality through the drawings: his broodiness, his arrogance, his humor, his temper, his kindness, and his desperate love for Bella. Subtle changes in facial features depict emotion perfectly. Bella is drawn just as I imagine her in the novel: slender, pretty but not too pretty, stubborn, passionate, and overly kind. Of all the characters, I am most pleased with Alice. She is perfect in every way that the movie Alice is not. She is drawn as very thin and delicate looking with short, spiky black hair - a feature the movies keep messing up. Emmett too is drawn well, bulky with dark curly hair - another thing the movies ignore.
The highlight of Volume 2 for me was not the baseball game or the final showdown with James. Instead, it was Carlisle's backstory, along with some of other characters' stories. Numerous pages were spent depicting the end of Carlisle's human life and the challenging beginning of his vampire life. Unlike the main story which is drawn in black, white, and gray tones, Carlisle's story was drawn in color that is best described as sepia. There are mixtures of black, brown, orange, and red. Not only does the color scheme separate the backstory from the primary story, but it also emphasizes the tumultuous nature of that time period. We see Carlisle's angry, bigoted father, the ill-fated vampire hunt, Carlisle's painful transformation, his despair, and then his reawakening as a "vegetarian." The visuals make these scenes much richer than the book. So much so, that I would go back and re-read the pages in Volume 2 before I would read the pages in the book to get the best understanding of Carlisle's story. The scenes of Edward, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Alice's transformations are very brief, but similarly rich.
While the backstories were my favorite part of Volume 2, the baseball game and the ballet scene were still fabulous. I loved how Ms. Kim managed to convey suspense and anticipating through art, using more lines and faster flowing drawings. Even though I obviously knew what was going to happen, I was still nervous as I flipped through the pages. Like the book, the story is solely through Bella's eyes, so we miss much of what the Cullens did at the ballet studio. But the visuals still manage to give a slightly clearer picture of what happened than the novel.
On the whole the art is wonderful. I only had a few quibbles. First, I didn't like the way Ms. Kim drew lips. She drew lines on Bella's bottom lip, presumably to make the lips more visible, but resulted in looking like someone punched Bella in the mouth. Also, I thought the shirts the boys were wearing looked odd. They bunched awkwardly and had unusually high, almost Mandarin collars. Finally, I had difficulty telling Carlisle and Jasper apart. This is somewhat understandable though since their hair color and build are similar.
Otherwise, the art was almost perfect. I loved the incorporation of photographs into the pages. They added richness to the scenery. Additionally, the Cullen house was fabulous. A perfect depiction of the big, white Victorian described in the book. The artwork clearly conveyed the openness of the house, with lots of light and a sleek modern interior design. I've mentioned the use of color in the backstory scenes. The final prom scene was enriched with almost full color. You saw the bright blue of Bella's gorgeous prom dress and the brilliant brown and bronze of Bella and Edward's hair. There was also a beautiful twilight/sunset drawing that appropriately closed off the volume.
The Twilight Graphic novel, volumes 1 and 2 are a must read for any Twilight fan. It can never replace Twilight the novel and really shouldn't be read unless you're already familiar with the story, but it brings the characters to life in a way that even the movies do not. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5 (admittedly biased rating; probably deserves a 4 but all Twilight-related books get a 5 from me) -
Graphic novels have always a feel-good about them. The illustrations were simply a fab but remember, it's still Twilight.
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I am so in love with Bella and Edward from the very first time I watched TWILIGHT, I guess 2012 or 2011, I may be only 10-12 years old, lol. And now, this masterpiece, ( ◜‿◝ )♡ Loveeeyy dovveeyyyy( ˘ ³˘)♥
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Young Kim did a great job with the art and the adaptation.
The best is seeing Laurent look like Laurent, Jasper look like Jasper, Rosalie look like Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme looking almost as young as their adopted children. And of course Edward and Bella looking like they should and acting in character. I wish the upcoming Midnight sun was this faithful to the original, but I'm not getting my hopes high.
Onto the incomplete New adult graphic novel now. -
|5 Stars| 100% A+++| Ages 14+|
Oh Twilight. Need I say more?
Original Review:
Good finish to book 1! -
I'm gonna keep this one simple.
Once again, I enjoyed revisiting the world of Twilight. Bella is stubborn and a danger magnet. Edward is a creeper and yet I just don't care. And the cast of secondary characters are humorous and compelling.
I really loved the artwork in the comic. I felt it brought the story to life in ways the movie failed to. My favorite scenes were the final pages which centered around prom.
Overall, I found the vol. 2 to be an enjoyable read and loved the new format. -
solid five! no shame to say that I am a twilight fan. I'll snap your head if you come to me to give any counter logic. oka?
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I loved this graphic novel! The illustrations were absolutely phenomenal!
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<3 DUH
Only negative point: I don't like the way Alice looks in this style. Everything else was lovely. -
3.5/5
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Let’s not talk about the fact that I’m reading these…
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Edek jest creepy jak zawsze, Bella to ultimate no thoughts head empty, a ja jestem team Jacob and proud
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Que linda la escena del baile. Realmente me encantaron los dos volúmenes, al fin ver escenas de los libros adaptadas así fuera a dibujo fue increíble, mantuvo la personalidad de ambos personajes, y sus frases iconicas.
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The following review is based off my own opinions, thoughts and reactions. So in other words brace yourself. *There may be inappropriate words such as curse words.* You have been advised in advance.*
I had always been a fan of the Twilight series. Before the Twilight series got to be this huge deal and everyone was freaking out over Jacob or Edward, I was a small town girl who bought the whole series at my school book fair and zoomed through those books like they were brain crack.
Now that there's actual comic books out of the series (or at least of the first book) my flames for why I loved this series so much has been rekindled. I'm a comic book dork and being a book fanatic like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, of course I need these two comics for my own library.
I'm just glad the comics stuck a lot to how the book and the movie played out. I was really glad it stayed that way. Nothing is more horrid and soul gnawing than thinking something is going to turn out to be the exact opposite of everything of what you've already read and seen. But fear not because this is pretty dead on.
Actually, I like the comic a lot better than the movie. So much better than the movie. Actually, anything is better than the movie at this point because the first one sucked! But thank goodness the comic stuck to the book. And because I know some of you are going to be wondering which guy I thought was the most attractive in the comic, I will always choose Carlisle because lets just face it, I'm that kind of girl. Giggty. But seriously, I will always be Team Guy Who Hit Bella with the Van!
Overall though, I was really impressed with this comic book. I definitely hope they do the rest of the Twilight series in the comic book format! -
I decided that since I liked Twilight's graphic adaptation in the first volume, I thought I'd check into the second volume just to satisfy curiosity, and I have to say that it was a nice adaptation in conjunction with the former. This story picks up right where the last Twilight volume left off, effectively closing off the events of the first book's adaptation. Young Kim's illustrations are just as well done as the first volume, beautifully punctuated in color in spurts, and the B&W panels are quite nice, not only in arrangement, but also in presentation. It doesn't go into as much depth as the original novel, true, but it hits all the highlights of the original story and manages to be a fast, fluid read.
I don't say much about the storyline in and of itself because I had issues with it, particularly in the second part where it has a lot of backstory, and tends to be clunky, but I think for the adaptation and adjustments to transition with the artwork, it worked for what it provided. -
Twilight the Grapic Novel is just one of many YA series to get a manga adaption in recent years and it's so under appriciated. It does Twilight justice while making the book it's adapoted from fresh and exciting.
The artwork is beautiful and does the characters so much service. Drawn by Young Kim, the illustrations of Bella and Edward have so much life. The colored pages are phenomenal. The story itself cuts a lot of the fat from the original, while still being relatively true to it's source material. I feel like it's the more faithful adaption when put up against the movie.
A lot of the faults of the narrative and characterization are pretty much the same as the Twilight novel as it is a direct adaption so I need not go over, again, my discontent with how the romance played out or the characters opinions.
Overall, Twilight the Graphic Novel Part 1 and Part 2 are definitely worth picking up if you want to return to forks in a more visual setting with beautiful artwork and story line that gets straight to the point. -
Twilight está dividido en dos novelas gráficas, la primera estuvo bien, pero esta segunda parte le di 4 estrellas porque es cuando la historia se pone más emocionante, sin lugar a dudas al volver a leer algunos diálogos, se me hizo menos creíble que cuando leí la novela por primera vez, sin embargo sigue teniendo ese algo que me hace disfrutar leerlos, seguiré siendo #TeamJacob. Si a ti te gusta esta saga te recomiendo las novelas gráficas, las cuales además, son una excelente forma para comenzar a leer en inglés, sin embargo; si realmente no eres fan de la saga, no te recomiendo las novelas gráficas. En lo personal las disfruté y me hicieron recordar cuánto me gustaba esta historia.
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Second graphic novel in the series. I like the art a lot! Love how some pages are color and some are not. I think it's kinda crazy with these books being so short you have to wait like a year in between each one!! Great for Twilight fans.
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3.5
