Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 (The Twilight Saga)

When I picked up my copy, I was blown away by the drawings. I appreciated how close the manga followed the story, but didn't repeat it 100%. The story was depicted very well in a manga format the move it along smoothly.

My biggest gripe from the whole volume was the use of photographs in a lot of the backgrounds. I am an art student and I learned how to take photographs and apply filters to them to make them very comic/cartoonish, but there is no replacement for photographs and actual drawings of backgrounds. While Young Kim did her best to blend the two together, it was hard to look past the placement of the characters into a photograph.

A few panels showed obvious signs of a drawing placed in a photo because they characters stuck out like paper dolls. The scene the was the most bothersome was Bella's dream about Edward and the Quileute Wolves, the wolf was obviously a photograph. Later when Bella is the forest thinking about that dream Kim tried drawing over a photo and it was obvious a photo with a drawn version of fur over the muzzle and the mouth of the wolf.

If Kim had drawn the background herself I would have found the manga even more enjoyable. However, because of the use of photographs, I found them very distracting with the character detached from the scene instead of part of it.

I'm more of a 2.5/5, I would have given a 3 at the least, however, after giving up how many times photos were used it's a 2 on Amazon, 2.5 personally.

I'm new to the Twilight series. Just watch Twilight DVD#1 last week and finished reading the Novel#1 and this graphic book yesterday.

This graphic novel is definitely beautifully illustrated. But, it's too rush and missing lots of the original and essential plots and conversation. It does not cover the entire Novel#1 either.

If you have extra money to spend, buy it. Or, just borrow from your friends or the local libraries if they have it. I will not spend money on it since it does not tell a good story of the original(even though Ms. Meyer herself instructed the story line page by page behind it).

Don't expect too much because any graphic book has its limitation. However, I would still give it 4 stars since it's still a beautiful book. Other than that, just read the original novels and then watch the DVDs.

p.s. I know there is Japanese graphic version of this Twilight series authorized by Ms. Meyer. I'm looking forward to the Janpanese version (translated into English later, hopefully) since they have the tradition to do a thorough story line, at the same time, still give you room for imagination.

p.s. Agree with the Review on June 10, 2010. It said " it's almost like reading a "cliff's notes" version of the story. Furthermore, she(refers to Bella) is far too conventionally pretty. And all the other characters are drawn so much alike that I had a great deal of trouble telling them apart. I think I'll stick with the original novel. "

I saw this book at the library and had to pick it up for my son...He was wondering what I saw in the book series and saw Twilight but hasnt seen the other two yet...I didnt even know about the graphic novel at all until I saw it at the library...

So far, he seems to like it alot...I have yet to sit and read it myself, although I have read all four of the regular books..I might read the graphic novel at some point, but for me, Im not into the "comics" but my son loves them & the graphic novels and so thats what I pick up for him...

If you have kids or know any one who are "iffy" readers...and may want to read the Twilight Saga...This may be the way to go...

:-)

Oh can't wait for Volume 2 I hope they do it i will be pre-ordering like everything else with Twilight the author she's a genius, the artist of this book out of this world the artist very gifted person looking forward to another volume please, recommend to everyone who's a fan of Twilight and who like comics it different in a very good way.

Even readed all the Twilight Saga and watched the three movies I was amazed by the story, the draws and the feelings that this graphic novel brought to me. Everyone who is a fan must have one and keep it as a treasure and a memory of a great great story.