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Lord Of The Rings Graphic novels/cartoons
Sagan om Ringen I
Its a comic book adaptation of Ralph Bakshis cartoon movie Lord of the Rings (1979).
Här börjar berättelsen om Frodo – den fredlige lille hoben som blev Ringbäraren – och därmed håller världens öde i sina små händer. Följ honom och hans kamrater Pippin, Sam, Merry, Vidstige, Legolas och den mystiske Galdalf på vandringen genom Stora skogen mot det mörka hotande Isenport och den hisnande flykten undan de svarta ryttarna.
Här börjar berättelsen om Frodo – den fredlige lille hoben som blev Ringbäraren – och därmed håller världens öde i sina små händer. Följ honom och hans kamrater Pippin, Sam, Merry, Vidstige, Legolas och den mystiske Galdalf på vandringen genom Stora skogen mot det mörka hotande Isenport och den hisnande flykten undan de svarta ryttarna.
44 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1979
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Luis Bermejo
56 books1 follower Luis Bermejo Rojo fue un historietista e ilustrador madrileño.
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March 19, 2023
Writing an adaptation of a work from a different medium can be tricky business. Writing an adaptation out of adaptation, doubly so. And same goes for reviewing the damn thing. Should I take into account Tolkien's original work at all, or just judge this story by the merits of how well it manages Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation? Or just forget about all that and talk about how good or a bad comic it is in its own right?
Honestly, it's not that good however I look at it. As an adaptation of the original Lord of the Rings, it's had to cut off far too much to be worth much anything, including (infamously) the entire second half. As a wholly independent work - to some theoretical individual that hasn't even heard of Tolkien before now - its pacing is all over the place, its characters and settings and the story itself not all too well defined, and, as was already mentioned, it cuts itself off midway through and ends on an unsatisfying note. As an adaptation of the animated film, it serves... but I've always held that comic book adaptations of animated films are among the most unnecessary ones out there, since what you usually get is just a bunch of still images of the movie, and that's definitely the case here. At least the art is better: rotoscoping's usually easy to beat.
Bakshi never got to do his sequel and finish the story. This comic book had the opportunity to do just that - give us the rest of the Two Towers, as well as Return of the King, as Bakshi might have adaptated them (ignoring Rankin-Bass) - and would certainly have had some historical merit if it had gone ahead with it. Yet even that potential it squanders. Such a shame. As it stands, you can safely skip this one.
Honestly, it's not that good however I look at it. As an adaptation of the original Lord of the Rings, it's had to cut off far too much to be worth much anything, including (infamously) the entire second half. As a wholly independent work - to some theoretical individual that hasn't even heard of Tolkien before now - its pacing is all over the place, its characters and settings and the story itself not all too well defined, and, as was already mentioned, it cuts itself off midway through and ends on an unsatisfying note. As an adaptation of the animated film, it serves... but I've always held that comic book adaptations of animated films are among the most unnecessary ones out there, since what you usually get is just a bunch of still images of the movie, and that's definitely the case here. At least the art is better: rotoscoping's usually easy to beat.
Bakshi never got to do his sequel and finish the story. This comic book had the opportunity to do just that - give us the rest of the Two Towers, as well as Return of the King, as Bakshi might have adaptated them (ignoring Rankin-Bass) - and would certainly have had some historical merit if it had gone ahead with it. Yet even that potential it squanders. Such a shame. As it stands, you can safely skip this one.
February 6, 2024
Non riesco a immaginarmi quali sarebbero state le impressioni a leggerlo ai tempi in cui fu pubblicato, ma dopo aver assaporato buona parte degli adattamenti nelle varie forme e media, non riesco a rimanere serio davanti a queste caratterizzazioni di elfi (Legolas in primis) e di altri celeberrimi personaggi.
Peccato che, come il film d'animazione di Ralph Bakshi del 1978 di cui è l'adattamento a fumetti, si interrompa a metà de Le due torri, risultando quindi un'opera incompleta.
La lettura resta in qualche modo godibile, sebbene non imprescindibile, nemmeno per un fan.
Peccato che, come il film d'animazione di Ralph Bakshi del 1978 di cui è l'adattamento a fumetti, si interrompa a metà de Le due torri, risultando quindi un'opera incompleta.
La lettura resta in qualche modo godibile, sebbene non imprescindibile, nemmeno per un fan.
March 27, 2017
Ganska bra tecknad version av första delen av tre album som tillsammans tecknar första boken i Tolkiens episka trilogi.
Bra och vackert tecknat med intressanta bilder av hur en tecknare såg Middle Earth innan Peter Jackson-filmerna kom ut....
Bra och vackert tecknat med intressanta bilder av hur en tecknare såg Middle Earth innan Peter Jackson-filmerna kom ut....
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