Declarado pela revista americana time como uma das 100 pessoas mais influentes do mundo, o escritor best-seller e roteirista americano george raymond richard martin - também conhecido como grrm e tolkien americano - coleciona vários prêmios de sua vasta obra, entre elas: hugo award, nebula award e bram stoker
Além disso, foi indicado ao quill award e british fantasy award de 2006
Este kit imperdível traz 3 clássicos versao graphic novel (em inglês)
Sao eles: - a game of thrones: the graphic novel (vol.1) - a game of thrones: the graphic novel (vol.2) - a game of thrones: the graphic novel (vol.3) a game of thrones: the graphic novel (vol.1) this graphic novel adaptation contains more than fifty pages of exclusive content not available in the original comic books, including: - a new preface by george r
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Martin - early renderings of key scenes and favorite characters from the novels; - a walk-through of the entire creative process, from auditioning the artists to tweaking the scripts to coloring the final pages; - behind-the scenes commentary from daniel abraham, tommy patterson, and series editor anne groell
You've read the books
You've watched the hit series on hbo
Now acclaimed novelist daniel abraham and illustrator tommy patterson bring george r
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Martin's epic fantasy masterwork a game of thrones to majestic new life in the pages of this full-color graphic novel
Comprised of the initial six issues of the graphic series, this is the first volume in what is sure to be one of the most coveted collaborations of the year
Winter is coming
Such is the stern motto of house stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to king robert baratheon in far-off king's landing
There eddard stark of winterfell rules in robert's name
There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, catelyn; his sons robb, brandon, and rickon; his daughters sansa and arya; and his bastard son, jon snow
Far to the north, behind the towering wall, lie savage wildings and worse unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where jon arryn, the hand of the king, has died under mysterious circumstances
Now robert is riding north to winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious prince joffrey, and the queen's brothers jamie and tyrion of the powerful and wealthy house lannister the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind
All are heading for winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms
Meanwhile, across the narrow sea, prince viserys, heir of the fallen house targaryen, which once ruled all of westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian dothraki whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, daenerys
A game of thrones: the graphic novel (vol.2) novelist daniel abraham and illustrator tommy patterson are not merely turning george r
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Martin's epic fantasy a game of thrones into a graphic novel: they are meticulously translating one art form into another, and capturing the intricate nuances of martin's novels just as hbo is doing with the blockbuster series
The abraham/patterson collaboration is more than just a faithful adaptation
It is a labor of love and a thrilling masterwork in its own right
Now, in the second volume, the sweeping action moves from the icy north, where the bastard jon snow seeks to carve out a place for himself among bitter outcasts and hardened criminals sworn to service upon the wall, to the decadent south and the capital city of king's landing, where jon's father, lord eddard stark, serves as the hand of king robert baratheon amid a nest of courtly vipers to the barbarian lands across the narrow sea, where the young princess daenerys targaryen ha