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	• The Gunslinger Born (The Dark Tower Graphic Novels, Book 1) Peter David, Stephen King, ... Marvel Comics, 2007 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 71 reviews view larger image
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Great Collector's Item For Dark Tower Fans

Not only has it made a great topic of conversation as a coffee table book at my house, but it actually got my wife into the Dark Tower series and she rarely reads. A must have collector's item for any true Dark Tower fan..."Do ya kennit?"

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I love Stephen King's work. I think he is one of the great storytellers. And The Dark Tower is King's opus, in my humble opinion. And it lends itself to the comic book format. It's full of metaphor and symbology, it tends to be a film or series of paintings in your head. And it is a damn good story, and Roland is one of my favorite characters of all time. So they took, from Wizards and Glass, Roland's story of becoming a gunslinger ('man') and his first mission. And then we get Susan. The story is great, as it was when King wrote it and I read it for the first time (though I am excited to see what else they have in store, stories the Gunslinger has hinted at, and those we know nothing about) in Wizards and Glass, though Peter David adapts it well. And the art work is stunning. I can't wait to see what else they have in store for Roland.

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The Beginning of the Neverending

Shortly after graduating high school (too many years ago to admit to), I read my second Stephen King novel. I decided to take on King's 800+ page epic called The Stand (updated in the 90s to 1100+ pages!)...this after finishing his awesome story about young Ms. Charlie McGee called Firestarter. After those two novels I was hooked on anything King...couldn't wait for his next release.

In 1982 King brought back the main antagonist (albeit under a different name) of The Stand for the beginning of what turned into an awesome seven-part series called The Dark Tower. Flash-forward to 2007 and here we are with a new beginning to The Dark Tower series, a prequel, a graphic novel called The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born.

King worked closely with Marvel, his personal assistant of several years (Robin Furth) and an experienced comic book writer (Peter David) in order to deliver this inaugural graphic novel adaptation of his work. Jae Lee (another experienced comic booker) did the amazing artwork. And the result?...the beginning of what will hopefully go on for many years...a neverending adaptation to a neverending story one can only hope.

Unlike a King novel that takes a guy like me days (sometimes weeks) to finish, The Gunslinger Born takes about an hour. And readers are rewarded with King's signature prose and stunning images to accompany every word.

The story starts with Roland Deschain's Gunslinger School "graduation test" (rest assured this ain't no written test), then follows Roland and friends as they embark on their fisrt assignment by the elders.

Another chapter in the series titled Dark Tower: The Long Road Home is slated for release in October 2008, and I'm pretty excited about it. But I can say that I'd look forward much more to taking The Dark Tower novels and converting them with this writing/artistic crew into graphic novels for an amazing, refreshing re-read. After all...it's been 25 years since I read the first Dark Tower novel, and the way my memory has been working lately, a graphic novel adaptation would be like reading it for the first time.

Regardless, whether you've ever read a comic book, graphic novel, Dark Tower or Stephen King story for that matter, The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born is a great place to escape into a world that goes on forever. Do ya kennit?

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Young Roland

I think that this is possibly the first graphic novel I've ever read, for usually the subject of the book doesn't interest me. In this case, being an avid Stephen King reader, and a particular fan of the Dark Tower series, I just had to see what portions of the books would look like in graphic form. Thus, I bought the entire Gunslinger Born in one volume, because I hate to wait for the next installment. I well remember the sections from "Wizard and Glass" from which this book is taken, and it was a troubling and ultimately sad tale. The authors have stayed as close as they could to the original material, and the artistry is absolutely marvelous! These folks have done well for Stephen King, and I look forward eagerly to more installments of this mesmerizing series.

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