Avatar : the last airbender. The promise

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Nickelodeon Avatar : the last airbender. The promise

Promise

Author:

Yang, Gene Luen. author.

DiMartino, Michael Dante.

Konietzko, Bryan.

Heisler, Michael.

Dark Horse Books, pubisher.

Gurihiru illustrator.

Series:

Avatar : the last airbender.

Summary:

A plan to force Fire Nation colonists from their homes in the Earth Kingdom has brought Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei to the verge of war. While Aang and Katara work tirelessly for peace between the two nations, Sokka helps Toph prepare her metalbending school to defend themselves against a rival class of firebenders! Will Aang be able to bring peace in time, or will his friendship with Zuko be destroyed and the world plunged back into war?

General Note:

This deluxe hardcover collects "The Promise" parts 1 through 3, with new annotations from Yang and Gurihiru, as well as an extensive sketchbook of never-before-seen art.

Edition:

1st ed., library ed.

Physical Description:

238 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Genre:

Superhero comics.

Fantasy comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Avatars (Religion) -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Heroes -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Supernatural -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Martial arts -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Cities and towns -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

DiMartino, Michael Dante.

Konietzko, Bryan.

Heisler, Michael.

Added Corporate Author:

Dark Horse Books,

Gurihiru

Publisher:

Dark Horse Books ; Diamond [distributor],

Publication Date:

2013

ISBN:

9781616550745

Publication Information:

Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2013.

Call Number:

J AVATAR

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

The Avatar's adventures continue right where the TV series left off, in this beautiful oversized hardcover of The Promise, from Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and Eisner and Harvey Award winner Gene Luen Yang! Aang and friends must join together once again as the four nations' tenuous peace is threatened in an impasse between Fire Lord Zuko and Earth King Kuei! As the world heads toward another devastating war, Aang's friendship with Zuko throws him into the middle of the conflict!

Author Notes

Gene Luen Yang was born on August 9, 1973 in California. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in computer science and minored in creative writing. After graduating in 1995, he worked as a computer engineer for two years. He decided that he was meant to teach and left his job as an engineer to teach computer science at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.

He is a writer of graphic novels and comics. His first published comic, Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, was published in 1997 and won the Xeric Grant, a self-publishing grant for comic book creators. His other works include Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order and Avatar: The Last Airbender. He won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006 for American Born Chinese and the Eisner Award for best short story in 2009 for Eternal Smile.

(Bowker Author Biography)