The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born - Alternative Format, Graphic Novel

Title: The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born

Author: Script by Robin Furth and Peter David, Illustrated by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove

Production/Bibliographic Information Marvel, 2007, unpaged but approximately 100 pages

Part of a Series: Yes, first in the Dark Tower graphic novel series

Book tie-in: based on the Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Subject Heading(s):

• Bleak
• Comic Book, strip, etc
• Fantasy comic books, strips, etc (
• Fate and fatalism
• Graphic novels
• Gunfighters
• Menacing
• Quests
• Supernatural
• Western

Plot Summary: In a world where no one ever feels safe and only a few are courageous enough to take on the evildoers, Roland and his fellow gunslingers set out on a journey to prevent a plot to take over the world’s oil and create a business monopoly. This event is just one of the many journeys that Roland will take guided by his ka, or destiny, in order to fulfill the ultimate goal of finding the Dark Tower.

Appeal: Tone: dark, menacing; Plot: good vs. evil; Pace: quick paced due to the format- reads similar to a comic strip; Style/Language: uses a unique language similar to that found in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King

Features: vivid and detailed illustrations; alternate cover illustrations, maps of the world in which the book takes place, really nice website found at: http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/the_graphic_novels.html

Prizes or Awards: YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2009

Similar Works:

Preacher vol. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Emmis – graphic novel, supernatural, western, fantasy fiction

Reviewer’s Name: Taryn Kingery

 

Form adapted from Fiction Annotation Form in Saricks, Joyce G. and Nancy Brown. Readers’ Advisory Service in thePublic Library 2nd. Chicago: ALA, 1997.