- Writer Julien Blondel
- Artists Didier Poli Jean Bastide Robin Recht
Full colour
64pp
Format Hardcover
ISBN 9781782761242
- £8.99 $9.98 US $10.82 Can
- Available Sept. 16, 2014
THE KING OF FANTASY… BACK ON THE THRONE!
An epic new comic adaptation of legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock’s
Elric of Melniboné novels is set to
be released by Titan Comics – kicking off with Elric vol. 1: The Ruby Throne from September 16.
Written
by Julien Blondel and beautifully illustrated by Robin Recht, Didier Poli &
Jean Bastide, this new four-part graphic novel series of Moorcock’s signature
creation Elric has been produced with the full and
enthusiastic endorsement of Moorcock himself.
“The best graphic adaptation of the story has to be
the current one by Julien Blondel and his team,” says Moorcock, who has written an exclusive
introduction for this edition. “This is perhaps the first graphic version of
Elric fully to capture the sense of utter decadence I tried to convey in the
books.”
The ancient island of Melniboné has been ruled
by Elric, the albino emperor, for millennia. Reliant on magic and herbs for his
strength and prolonged life, Elric's grip on Melniboné is crumbling, as his
people slide into decadence. Now his envious cousin Yyrkoon, Prince of
Melniboné, plots to overthrow him and claim the Ruby Throne for himself!
Check out the trailer to the first volume here
Michael
Moorcock’s Elric vol. 1: The Ruby Throne is set to rule book shops and comic stores from September
16, 2014.
Each
volume of the series will also be available to read on the iPad, iPhone, Web,
Android and Kindle Fire, exclusively through the comiXology app and comiXology.comWhen I first glanced through this I immediately thought "European" regarding the art style. Using my superior deductive skills I then looked at the frontispiece: yep, those are European names -not much gets by me. Oh, and Editions Glenat first published this in 2013. I amaze myself.
The mystery comes in the press sheet Titan sent me with the book. It gives the cost as £12.99 and page count as 172 which just aint right. So go by what I've written up by the cover.
I'm also not willing to hold grudges with the character! Basically, back in the 1980s I spent a week drawing pages of Elric for -was it Neptune or Trident? Anyway, I sent the original art pages as requested only to be told the pages "might have been accidentally put in the waste bin...but we decided not to go any further last month" Comics, heh?
There is a good story. Never read Moorcock so not sure whether its a faithful adaption -though he seems happy with it so.... And good art. Even some preliminary art featured as a back-up along with information on the creators of this series.
After Lord Of The Rights, The Hobbit, Game of Thrones I'm guessing someone made a smart decision here. But how can you go wrong here? A very well produced package and great to get your fantasy read fix.
Recommended.
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