Ben Avery

The graphic novel adaptation of the third of George R.R. Martin’s Dunk & Egg novellas not only stays true to the original story while also giving it a new dimension with fantastic renderings of all the characters, the locales, and the action. Drawn by artist Mike S. Miller based on the adaptation by Ben Avery, The Mystery Knight immediately builds upon the previous adventure of Ser Duncan (Dunk) the Tall and the future Aegon (Egg) V as they stumble upon conspiracy from an enemy from across the sea.

Avery adaptation and Miller’s art effectively brings the novella to life though to be honest some of the character designs while not off-putting or interesting, particularly a character that is attempting to kill Dunk due to jealousy. The appearance of the often-mentioned Lord Bloodraven is particularly amazing, not only the character’s artwork but the double page appearance with him front and center. There was a small change in the order of the story, but it worked well in the flow of the graphic novel and didn’t affect the overall work.

The graphic novel adaptation of The Mystery Knight is something every A Song of Ice and Fire fan should get their hands on.… (lisätietoja)

I'm so torn between a three and four here. It both looses and gains in this translation. Because novella two grew by leaps and bound compared to novella one, while graphic novel two is kind of on par with graphic novel one. The vibrancy and color was lovely though and the story works so well with some aesthetics everywhere, all the color that the author is rarely needing to fill in to his gritty, glorious stories.

So I'm definitely. But I loved seeing the The Spider in all her tiny Glory, and Egg continues to convey so much with just his looks and posture, which the books can only hint at so many times. And Dunk, while he looked naive and confused in the first graphic novel, in the second looks so old and beleaguered I felt bad for him.

So this one is a lot of toss up for me. Hopefully they'll keep graphic novel-ing these tales.… (lisätietoja)