RETURN TO LABYRINTH Manga My opinion

I'll probably get two and three because I'm obsessive about completing graphic novel sets.

Excellent points! Exactly what I'm planning!

But what to do with the Fizzgig Plush??? I mean I REALLY want one (a good one)...

Buy one of the new ones and then burn it! (just kidding)

See, that's the point we all need to be making. We LOVE the story and the Characters and should be given something comprable to what we were originally presented.

Should have checked here before creating my own thread... Just finished reading it and I don't think it's a waste of money at all! In fact I quite liked it, and am looking forward to the next installment.
I also enjoyed the kermit reference (the fridge magnet is Kermit's head) and when Uncle Travelling Matt appeared asking for some Radishes! And the reappearance of the characters from the film was wonderful. Also the book has a short Dark Crystal story in the back

I actually liked the manga... even the art... and especially the Traveling Matt reference...
*hides to avoid being shot*

You won't be shot, not while I'm here to help you defend Return to Labyrinth! I'm sure there's not just the two of us, too.

can anyone post a few images of the comic and maybe the dark crystal preview as well?

Here's a page from Return To Labyrinth
http://www.andylyth.co.uk/labyrinth.jpg

And here's a page from the Dark Crystal prequel
http://www.andylyth.co.uk/darkcrystal.jpg

I am VERY MUCH underwhelmed by the renderings of these comics. That's what we have to wait months for? Is that the regular style of Manga. It's awful and rushed.

I won't be purchasing Legends of the Dark Crystal based off those examples. Thanks for the images Stix.

J.M. Prater

I'm more interested in the story than the artwork, I can see where everyone is coming from, but Toby has just been made Goblin King, for heaven's sake! Is no one else excited about reading the next installment?

I am! I'm looking forward to Vol. 2 (it comes out in April).

No!! Bad idea!! One of the Tokyopop editors posted on their forum not long ago to say he would like to do a new Labyrinth manga project once RtL is complete -- IF RtL sales are good.

But if the first manga series doesn't do well, I doubt they would do any more. The editor said he had an interesting idea and was quite enthusiastic, so it'd be a shame if he didn't get to do it. And that would also mean goodbye to any hope of new Labyrinth books done with new artists or writers who might be more to your individual taste.

I'm still waiting to hear news about the Mirrormask manga.

A Mirrormask manga? I've never heard of that happening. Where did you hear that rumor?

I heard it when all this news about JH fantasy mangas came out. It supposed to be prequel explaining how the dark princess escaped from her mother and got the mirrormask.

That, too, may depend on how sales of RtL go.

I looked at amazon.com to preorder Vol.2, but it says the second book won't come out till October 7, 2007!

Uh oh. I hope that's just a mistake. The plan was for #2 to come out in April and #3 in October.

Laszlo, what you're talking about is called bishounen - it's a term which is often used to describe feminine looking males in manga. Bishonen characters are quite common in, what's called, a "girl manga" or "shoujo manga", and are very popular among young female readers.

Looking at those two images you can really tell which one is the top and which one is the flop.
I agree with many of you. "Return to Labyrinth" manga (or should I rather say "amerimanga" for this piece doesn't even deserve to be called a manga) is far from what I've expected it to be, since I've seen the cover. The drawings look bad (to say the least) - they look like some sketches done by an amature. The style of the comicbook itself looks awful compared to the cover. I'd like to give some advice to Tokyopop: please go and find some better mangaka to do that kind of job. There are many kids out there (especially on deviantart and many other art-related pages), who make much better looking pieces and would surely love to work on such kind of project.
Thank you very much to all of you: thanks to you I've saved some money ^_^.

About the "Legends..." preview: the style is far better then the one in the "Return to the Labyrinth" - the drawings don't look as if they were some half-baked pencil sketches. The piece has much more Froudness in it - I've been to see the artwork on Max Kim's website and I got amazed by all the details in them: I especially liked the drawing of the SkekSo the emperor (mainly his outfit ). I really can't wait 'till it's going to be released: I'm definatelly gonna buy myself a copy.

According to the latest official update, the artwork for Labyrinth #2 will be much improved. They're listening...