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Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead Defeated broke and uncertain where to go from here he meets the mysterious Mr Wednesday who employs him to serve as his bodyguard thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead and a god war is imminent. American gods vol. 1 pdf free download Collecting the first nine issues of the American Gods comic book series along with art process features high res scans of original art layouts character designs and variant covers by BECKY CLOONAN SKOTTIE YOUNG FABIO MOON DAVE MCKEAN and MORE story and words by Neil Gaiman script and layouts by P Craig Russell art by Scott Hampton letters by Rick Parker American Gods Vol 1 ShadowsRight up there with 300 Watchmen V for Vendetta and Maus the cycle of deicide we have set in motion for our own purposes is looked at in a profoundly unique way English American Gods Shadows 1 is a visually appealing and nice piece of artwork Of course this graphic adaptation is not as good as the masterpiece novel but it s a cool way to recollect all those memorable memories from Neil Gaiman s American GodsHowever my recommendation would be to first read the book because that s where you will experience the true and original Gaiman English I ll admit it I can t get enough of Gaiman s take on all kinds of gods and mythological beings so as soon as I was made aware of a graphic novel version I had to check it out. American gods vol. 1k kdrama The story is or less the same as in the novel TV show Shadow has spend a few years in prison and shortly before he is about to be released his wife dies in a car accident With no home to go back to and no job his best friend who had held a spot for him died in the same car crash he accepts the offer of the mysterious Mr Wednesday to become his man. American gods bande annonce vf But what started out as a sinmple gig as the bodyguard to a hustler soon beconmes very confusing and dangerous as there are several parties involved not all benevolent And Shadow soon doesn t know whom to trust or what to think of the people that claim to be gods. American gods book pdf For anyone wanting to know my opinion of the story itself please read my review for the novel here print and here audio What is left to say about this adaptation Well it is rather remarkable that this story can be told in so many different ways and holds up in all of them This comic version is no different The story sucks you right in and the art makes everything come to life Some characters were not drawn the way I had imagined them or how they are shown in the TV show and the art in general wasn t always 100% to my liking too ugly but it was always done on purpose and worked very well for the different episodes flashbacks to ancient times as well as the different POVs in present day Moreover this volume includes some seriously gorgeous cover art English Listen I love American Gods I don t necessarily have a top 5 novels list but if I wanted to sit down and make myself be decisive American Gods would probably be in it Why the lower rating then Because at least 95% of this is just word for word exactly what happens in the book I know that some people are going to love that but I just reread the book last year so I m kind of sitting here like what is the point then I guess the artwork could be the point but I m not exactly wild about it either I much prefer adaptations when the person obviously understands the source material enough to change things up or even add things while still staying true to the tone of the original I know a lot of people are diehard adapt the book line for line into a comic TV show movie fans and those people will love this but to me that s just boring because why do the exact same thing twice English I read the book over 15 years ago but this is one of the most faithful adaptations I can remember I found myself instantly transported back to my first time reading the book Long time Gaiman collaborator P Craig Wilson gets the pacing right letting the story dictate the pace of the comic letting it take as many issues as it takes to tell the story properly Adaptations can often just be paragraphs of text with some pretty picture Thankfully that s not the case Gaiman s wonderful prose is still here but is edited down to what is needed to tell the story in a visual medium Scott Hampton abandons his painted style except for one surreal sequence opting for concise pencils instead Colleen Doran Glen Fabry Walt Simonson and are brought in to tell the stories of the gods peppered throughout the book English

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Estou a fazer tudo ao contrario com American Gods Primeiro vi a s rie que adorei e depois vim parar a esta BD fant stica ainda me falta ler o livro mesmo A arte espetacular N o conhecia nada de P Craig Russell nem de Scott Hampton A escrita simples e l se r pido De salientar que as p ginas finais s o uma esp cie de b nus com esbo os dos artistas Trabalho genial English I was going to wait for these to come out in a collection but I happened to be at the comic book store in Brockport and they had the first 6 issues on the shelf with the P Craig Russell covers Sorry credit card I love American Gods it is easily one of my top ten favorite books of all times and P Craig Russell knows just how to turn Neil Gaiman s words into beautiful illustrations just see Murder Mysteries so I definitely picked this up with a favorable prejudice But as you may know when you love a book you can easily get fiercely defensive if you feel the transition to another media doesn t quite work This graphic novel really can t be referred to as a comic book because it really is an illustrated version of the first chapter of the original novel Not quite word for word but it keeps Neil s beautiful prose making it rather text heavy for a comic book and guides you through the story with the illustrations Now Russell is a bit abstract as far as comic artists go if you are used to very sharp and highly detailed illustrations you might find this a little vague and water color y I personally really enjoy his style specifically because it is so unique and so different from traditional comic art but it really is a question of personal taste. American gods vol. 1k release date If there s any nitpicking to be done I ll go ahead and say that my only problem is that the characters look nothing like how I pictured them in my puny brain when I read the original novel same goes for the cast of the TV show and I loved it passionately anyway so obviously it s a minor nitpicking As I read the book I wondered can I really hold it against an artist that they didn t draw those characters exactly the way I had imagined them I could but that would hardly be fair the poor guy is not in my head and that s not his job So what if his Mr Wednesday is not exactly like MY Mr Wednesday Isn t it perfectly appropriate that we should all see him a bit differently Highly recommended to curious Gaiman newbies and fans of the book English First off I haven t read the original American Gods novel or seen the television show so I have no idea how closely this graphic novel follows the story I can only rate it on its own merits as a graphic novel And I have to say this was an excellent reading and visual experience for me I ll come right out and admit that I m not a big fan of Gaiman but for some reason I keep giving him chances to impress me or at the very least not disappoint me as I read book after book by him This is one of the reasons I chose to read this story as a graphic novel since it seemed a safer bet than reading the book with at least some great artwork to carry me through it But now I m intrigued and I m thinking about going back to read the book at some point once I ve finished all three volumes in the graphic novel series In volume one Shadow Moon has been doing his time in prison for the past three years and is about to be released He s done some reflecting during that time and is determined not to mess his life up again He has a loving wife waiting for him and a best friend offering him a job upon his release so he can t wait to start over again But only days before his release he finds out his wife has died in a car accident and he soon learns his best friend died along with her So now he s heading home to nothing when he encounters a strange man on the plane who calls himself Mr Wednesday He persuades Shadow to take a job with him as a right hand man of sorts But just who is this mysterious Mr Wednesday and what is Shadow s part in the man s shadowy business affairs Plagued by nightmares and awakening horrors Shadow gradually finds out the answers to these questions and as the old gods get ready to do battle with the new gods in America I think this story is relevant than ever today than when it was first published in 2001 considering the current political climate in the US and what those governing now seem to value So I m curious to see where this story will go in the next two volumes and where the US will stand by the time I m done reading them If I have to complain about anything it would be that the character development is fairly slim in the graphic novel with Shadow Moon passively doing what he must as deemed by Mr Wednesday no matter where it takes him or how distasteful it is He s like a wind up man tottering here and there at his boss request with little thought about what he desires for himself And Wednesday he s a cipher definitely in command but seemingly without force does he force others to do his bidding But maybe this surface treatment of the characters also works to the story s advantage in keeping with the strange dreamlike quality Shadow s life has taken on As I mentioned the artwork done by multiple graphic artists is excellent in varying styles from beautiful watercolor scenes in pastel colors to near photo realistic full color scenes done in deep harsh tones These pictures were probably worth a thousand words each literally in conveying the story since at times the text was limited But at other times the text took over as old folklore tales came to life and enriched the novel So this graphic novel is both a good introduction to this story or a great supplement to it for those who ve read the original book already and want I m looking forward to reading the next two volumes as soon as they re published And in the meantime I ll continue reading about the old gods and myths which I couldn t help researching online while reading this novel English American Gods Vol 1 covers all the material in the novel up to Shadow going to Lakeside. American gods vol. 1 epub pdf This comic is obviously an adaptation of the novel The gist Shadow is let out of prison early due to the death of his wife He meets Mr Wednesday and is hired Mr Wednesday is actually Odin and is recruiting Shadow to help the Old Gods in a fight against the New Gods tv highways internet etc. American gods vol. 1j john As a side note Wednesday has a few different origins depending on what language you are using In Old English English spoken by the Anglo Saxon settlers from roughly 450 1066 it was W dnesd g in Middle English English as it was spoken 1066 Late 15th Century it was Wednesdei Both mean Woden s Day or Odin s Day Odin and Woden as well as Wotan are all the same guy but Odin is Norse and Woden is Germanic Though the current spelling of Wednesday likely derives from the Old Frisian Old Frisian is a West Germanic language spoken between the 8th and 16th centuries in the area between the Rhine and Weser on the European North Sea coast version which was wednesdei If you speak French or Italian then it is mercredi or mercoled respectively That means day of Mercury from the Latin dies Mercurii If you are wondering how Odin got mixed up with Mercury in approximately 170 AD Vettius Valens an astrologer and contemporary of Ptolemy spoke of the Germanic God named Wodanaz or Germanic Mercury So now you know. American gods vol. 1 pdf full book Umm back to the comic so Shadow and Odin wander around America trying to recruit the Old Gods to come fight It is a trippy story as only Gaiman could tell The comic form works well due to the visual medium being an excellent vehicle in helping the reader to visualize the story I rather enjoyed the art work and it helped to give me an idea of what Shadow Mr Wednesday or even Mad Sweeny looked like. American gods anubis vf There is obviously a Vol 2 as this volume ends with Shadow going to Lakeside WI If you enjoyed the novel then you will appreciate this excellent adaptation If you haven t then you will still enjoy this excellent tale but certainly do pick up the next volume English An absolutely stunning adaptation of the first half I think It s been way too long since I read it so the details are hazy of Neil Gaiman s classic novel Shadow has just been released from prison His world has been upended because the wife he thought was waiting for him has just died in a car accident the incident in fact prompting his release a couple of days early In a semi daze he begins the journey home On a plane he finds himself sitting beside a man who seems to know exactly who he is This is seemingly impossible because through a chain of events including a missed flight and a complementary upgrade to first class there is no way anyone could have predicted where he would be sitting And yet the man Mr Wednesday he asks Shadow to call him greets him by name and even knows of his wife s death He offers Shadow a job as his assistant chauffeur bodyguard He says there s a storm coming and it soon becomes apparent that Wednesday is than he seems There s a struggle for power going on between the old gods and the new Everyone seems to want Shadow on their side and there s also the issue of his dead wife who is definitely dead but insists on showing up at odd times anyway It s also a glorious road trip through the American midwest This is one of the best prose to comics adaptations I ve ever seen Too often these projects either condense things to an absurd degree or are much too reverent towards the source material cramming whole pages of the Author s Sacred Prose into speech balloons and captions slowing the reader s pace to a crawl The pacing is just right on this book though and it appears that Dark Horse has granted the creative team all the space they need to do a proper job of it. American gods vol. 1l lyrics The art is lovely Scott Hampton P Craig Russell and Glenn Fabry and Walt Simonson and Colleen Doran have never looked better I m eagerly looking forward to the next volume Highly recommended English.

: Pdf american gods vol. 1 summary This first volumes tells the story up to the point when Shadow is leaving Jakal and Ibis after helping them out with their funeral home for a while