The Dark Tower (comic series)
The Dark Tower is a comic adaptation of Stephen King's eponymous novel series The Dark Tower . The plan was to implement it in 30 booklets, initially remaining true to the original novel and later deviating from King's original. However, according to Panini, the series was discontinued after Volume 16 - The Seafarer.
In the first edition, this adaptation reports on Roland Deschain's youth and primarily contains material from the books Schwarz , Glas and Wolfsmond . The first series The Gunslinger Born was summarized in Germany as the anthology Der Dunkle Turm and consists of seven booklets (chapters). The American original appeared from February to August 2007.
The second volume, entitled The Long Road Home , was published in the United States from March 2008 and comprises five booklets (chapters). The second German anthology was published in May 2009 and is entitled The Long Way Home .
So far (October 2011) seven anthologies have been published in the United States and five in Germany.
Employee
Robin Furth, author of the concordance of the series The Dark Tower, developed the plot at King's request, which was converted into a script by Peter David . Jae Lee and Richard Isanove are the draftsmen; the series was produced by Rich Ginter.
expenditure
| Volume number | title | Release date German | Original title | Release date. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger | August 2008 | The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born | November 7, 2007 |
| 2 | The Dark Tower: The Long Way Home | April 6, 2009 | The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home | October 7, 2008 |
| 3 | The Dark Tower: Treason | February 1, 2010 | The Dark Tower: Treachery | April 21, 2009 |
| 4th | The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead | January 10, 2011 | The Dark Tower: The Fall of Gilead | February 23, 2010 |
| 5 | The Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill | October 11, 2011 | The Dark Tower: Battle of Jericho Hill | September 1, 2010 |
| 6th | The Dark Tower: the journey begins | March 12, 2012 | The Dark Tower: The Journey Begins | January 25, 2011 |
| 7th | The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria | October 9, 2012 | The Dark Tower: The Little Sisters of Eluria | June 22, 2011 |
| 8th | The Dark Tower: The Battle of Tull | 1st of May 2013 | The Dark Tower: The Battle Of Tull | January 25, 2012 |
| 9 | The Dark Tower: the stopover | 1. November 2013 | The Dark Tower: The Way Station | December 14, 2011 |
| 10 | The Dark Tower: The Man in Black | 17th March 2014 | The Dark Tower: The Man in Black | June 2, 2012 |
| 11 | The Dark Tower: Final Shots | October 13, 2014 | The Dark Tower: Last Shots | January 9, 2013 |
| 12 | The Dark Tower: The Prisoner | September 21, 2015 | The Dark Tower: The Prisoner | 3rd September 2014 |
| 13 | The Dark Tower: The House of Cards | March 21, 2016 | The Dark Tower: House of Cards | March 25, 2015 |
| 14th | The Dark Tower: Lady of the Shadows | 19th September 2016 | The Dark Tower: Lady of Shadows | September 9, 2015 |
| 15th | The Dark Tower: Bitter Medicine | March 27, 2017 | The Dark Tower: Bitter Medicine | |
| 16 | The Dark Tower: The Navigator | 18th September 2017 | The Dark Tower: The Sailor |
action
Volume 1 - The Dark Tower
As in the first volume of the book series, Roland follows the man in black at the beginning. In a retrospective, Roland's closest friends Cuthbert Algood and Alain Johns are introduced, who spend a strict lesson with their teacher Cortland "Cort" Andrus.
Marten Broadcloak discovers that the future gunslinger can be dangerous for him. He provokes the discovery of his secret love affair with Roland's mother, Gabrielle. Before completing his training, Roland consistently challenges Cort to fight and defeats him, destroying the court magician's hopes. Marten had expected Roland's defeat, which would have been tantamount to the banishment of Roland from Gilead - symbol of the civilized world. But the budding gunslinger is successful, but is prevented by his father Steven from taking his revolver straight away. The first volume ends with the picture of the present and future protector of the white man.
Furnishing
The comic consists of 32 colored pages; This is followed by 9 more text pages with interspersed pictures and maps, which explain Roland's world and explain his mission for new readers who are not familiar with Stephen King's work in book form. The two articles are Chasing the Beam by Ralph Macchio and The Sacred Geography of Mid-World by Robin Furth. A preview of the next volume is printed on the last four pages.
Publications
The series is expected to appear in 30 issues at Marvel Comics - in the German anthologies, each issue corresponds to one chapter.
criticism
Stephen King himself was enthusiastic about the quality of the drawings in an interview with the Irish writer John Connolly (on the occasion of the publication of Love ), which he was allowed to examine in advance. Roland's battle with Cort is very bloody; When designing the individual figures, the draftsmen followed King's descriptions in his books in great detail.