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The first of Tokyopop's (http://www.tokyopop.com/) class-themed manga hit the shelves early in December. World of Warcraft: Death Knight (http://www.wow.com/category/death-knight/) written by Dan Jolley and illustrated by Rocio Zucchi, the manga is a self-contained 166-page story detailing the life of a notable Death Knight, Thassarian (http://www.wowwiki.com/Thassarian), the first of the Lich King's rune-wielding champions to join the Alliance. I'm a huge fan of Tokyopop's comics made for the Warcraft universe and think that the Warcraft Legends (http://www.wow.com/tag/warcraft-legends/) series contain some of the best stories told about the Blizzard franchise.
The Death Knight manga kicks off a new direction in Tokyopop's Warcraft manga series, taking a break from short story compilations and focusing on a lore character representative of a specific class. The story of Thassarian, as previewed in October last year (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/14/sneak-peek-at-tokyopops-death-knight-manga/), explores the World of Warcraft in-depth through a biographical story that follows the hero's origins as a soldier of Lordaeron who falls and is raised as one of Arthas' minions. To make things simple, I'll give my thoughts on the book right before the break and explain it afterward -- it's a wonderful, well-written and beautifully illustrated comic that I highly recommend to any fan of Warcraft comics. It's good. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's dive into the meat of the manga after the break.Continue reading Death Knight manga is as good as it gets (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/death-knight-manga-is-as-good-as-it-gets/)
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The first of Tokyopop's (http://www.tokyopop.com/) class-themed manga hit the shelves early in December. World of Warcraft: Death Knight (http://www.wow.com/category/death-knight/) written by Dan Jolley and illustrated by Rocio Zucchi, the manga is a self-contained 166-page story detailing the life of a notable Death Knight, Thassarian (http://www.wowwiki.com/Thassarian), the first of the Lich King's rune-wielding champions to join the Alliance. I'm a huge fan of Tokyopop's comics made for the Warcraft universe and think that the Warcraft Legends (http://www.wow.com/tag/warcraft-legends/) series contain some of the best stories told about the Blizzard franchise.
The Death Knight manga kicks off a new direction in Tokyopop's Warcraft manga series, taking a break from short story compilations and focusing on a lore character representative of a specific class. The story of Thassarian, as previewed in October last year (http://www.wow.com/2009/10/14/sneak-peek-at-tokyopops-death-knight-manga/), explores the World of Warcraft in-depth through a biographical story that follows the hero's origins as a soldier of Lordaeron who falls and is raised as one of Arthas' minions. To make things simple, I'll give my thoughts on the book right before the break and explain it afterward -- it's a wonderful, well-written and beautifully illustrated comic that I highly recommend to any fan of Warcraft comics. It's good. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's dive into the meat of the manga after the break.Continue reading Death Knight manga is as good as it gets (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/death-knight-manga-is-as-good-as-it-gets/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Fan stuff (http://www.wow.com/category/fan-stuff/), Lore (http://www.wow.com/category/lore/), Death Knight (http://www.wow.com/category/death-knight/), Comics (http://www.wow.com/category/comics/)
Death Knight manga is as good as it gets (http://www.wow.com/2010/01/04/death-knight-manga-is-as-good-as-it-gets/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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