Just like its paperback counterpart, Dark Horse Comics’Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Rift Library Edition soared to the top of the New York Times bestseller list last week! Written by Gene Luen Yang (author of the National Book Award–nominated American Born Chinese), Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Rift Library Edition is the official continuation of Airbender from its creators and the perfect companion to The Legend of Korra! Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn’t been celebrated in over one hundred years, but when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders, they soon find themselves in peril as a dangerously...
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It's been a fantastic year for fans of "Avatar: The Last Airbender." Not only did the "Legend of Korra" animated series debuted to near-universal critical and fan acclaim, but Dark Horse continued to up the "Avatar" ante with its graphic novel series "The Promise," which helps fill in the gap between the end of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "Legend of Korra." Written by "American Born Chinese" creator Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru Studios, the three-part graphic novel series wraps in September -- but that doesn't mean it's the end of Avatar Aang's adventures. This weekend at the American Library Association, Dark Horse announced Yang and Gurihiru will return for a second "Avatar: The Last Airbender" graphic novel series called...
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Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) has a new installment of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series for everyone. In collaboration with the show creators Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Gene has written this next series which is called The Search. Zuko has found clue about what happened to his mother and he's enlisted his friends and an unlikely ally to help. Join us this Thursday, March 21st at 3pm Pacific Time for a Live Twitter Chat with @geneluenyang! We'll be taking over the Dark Horse Twitter feed for one hour this Thursday to chat with the Gene about the new series and what it's like writing for one of the most beloved series in a generation We will host the chat using the #TheSearch hashtag. Join us...
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In an amazing show of demand for Dark Horse’s newest graphic novel, Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Promise Part 1 soared to the top of the Bookscan charts last week! Written by Gene Luen Yang, author of the National Book Award-nominated American Born Chinese, Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise Part 1 marks the continuation of Airbender and the link to its upcoming sequel, Legend of Korra! Ever since the conclusion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, its millions of fans have been hungry for more--and it's finally here! This series rejoins Aang and friends for exciting new adventures, beginning with a faceoff against the Fire Nation that threatens to throw the world into another war,...
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Later this month Avatar: The Last Airbender Volume 1—The Promise Part 1 TPB arrives on shelves and we took a few moments with a good buddy Gene Luen Yang, writer for the series. Get ready the awesomesauce that will be coming your way. Dark Horse Comics: You are an award-winning comics artist and writer, and your American Born Chinese was incredibly well received. In light of that brilliant work, what made you want to write in the amazing Airbender world, and are you still pursuing more original work? Gene Luen Yang: I’m a huge Avatar: The Last Airbender fan! Fellow cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim first turned me on to the series. I came to it a little late. We don’t...
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