Stormbreaker Graphic Novel (Alex Rider)

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Anthony Horowitz is on the Old Vic Theatre’s board. He frequently contributes to a wide range of national magazines and newspapers on subjects that range from education to politics and currently he has one travel column in The Telegraph. Anthony has been the patron to the East Anglia Children Hospices and Kidscape, an anti-bullying charity since 2008.

Anthony Horowitz is among the most successful and prolific writers working in the United Kingdom. He is unique for working across many media. Anthony Horowitz is a born polymath; juggling writing TV series, films, books, plays and journalism. The award winning British author, creator of Alex Rider, without whom none of this would be possible. Antony is a celebrated videogames writer, with genre-defining titles including Dead Space, Shadow of Mordor, and Resident Evil Village to his credit. His work on Silent Hill Ascension made him the only writer in the world to have contributed to all of gaming’s ‘big three’ horror franchises. I’ve read and reread the Alex Rider series a few times before, and I remember Ark Angel pretty well, so this graphic novel was like a reread for me.

I used to think that comic books/graphic novels aren’t ‘real’ reading, but I’ve gotten rid of that stupid bias now! It definitely reads like a book and I have to admit, I love looking at the pictures! NetGalley-n találtam ezt a képregényt, és érdekelt milyen lett, ezért jelentkeztem rá. Nagy Alex Rider sorozat rajongó vagyok, imádtam az egész sorozatot. Ezért is érdekelt, hogy milyen lett a képregény. Ez a rész a 5-6. rész (nem emlékszem pontosan) képregény változata, az előzőket nem olvastam képregényként (még!!!). Ezt a részt 3-4 éve olvastam, így a sztorira már annyira nem emlékeztem, így részben új élmény volt, de azért olvasva eszembe jutottak a dolgok. Antony Johnston, an award-winning British author known for his post-apocalyptic comic series Wasteland, adapted the original novels to comic format. The artists of the graphic novels are known as Yuzuru and Kanako, two sisters who have co-illustrated many titles including The Five Ancestors series and all the current Alex Rider graphic novels. I'll be honest, it has been over a decade since I read the original novel this is based on, so I'm foggy on how well this adapted the original. From what I can remember, it's got all the main points in there. The graphic novel still conveys all the tension and confusion, and I think kids will eagerly snatch this up. (The original series, and the first four books in the graphic novel adapation series are all quite popular, so I have no doubt this will be read many, many times.)

Scorpia: An Alex Rider Graphic Novel, by Anthony Horowitz and Antony Johnston, is an abridged illustrated version of the fifth novel in this series. Here Alex Rider, a teen boy turned secret agent, searches for the truth of his past and parents, joining and dodging sinister forces bent on creating havoc on society. This is a continuation of the Alex Rider series. This thriller/action is Anthony’s second book in Alex Rider series. It is also published by the Penguins Group. Point Blank was written for kids aged between 12 and 16. The age range also reflects readability and it doesn’t necessarily reflect content appropriateness. Alex is on a class trip to Italy, but he is also following up on the one word clue he's been given previously: Scorpia. What he finds is a shadow organization that may have had ties to his father. Alex wants to find out more. When he gets recruited in to Scorpia, they want to train him to be a killer, but he doesn't want to. They send him on a mission to MI6 to assassinate, but what will Alex do? Currently the graphic novel series is comprised of four novels. Each book in the original series is to have a graphic novel adaption in time.An experienced podcaster and public speaker, he also frequently writes articles on the life of an author, and is a prolific musician. And we also find out what really happened to Alex’s parents. As of now, but everything is subject to change. Following a lead given to him by Yassen, Alex Rider takes advantage of a school field trip to Venice to hunt for Scorpia. He knows nothing about Scorpia except his father was once a part of it. Alex manages to get into Scorpia, but they tell him some horrifying things about MI6 and his father. And then they give him a mission...a mission against MI6. Meanwhile, Scorpia is planning something, something that will harm thousands of tweens in London. Can Alex figure out the truth and which side to align with in time? As to the story, which follows almost immediately after the fourth book, Alex is going to Venice on a school trip. Also he is following up on the mysterious word “Scorpia” uttered by the dying Yassen in the last book. With the trip nearly over, Alex is a bit desperate but fortune steps in, as it so often does in this kind of story, and Alex seems to have a solid lead. Pursing it means Alex gets swept up by the very people he was seeking and, surprisingly, recruited by them to follow in his father’s footsteps. Eagle Strike is another excellent instalment in the Alex Rider series. Alex is a believable and appealing hero and, while the situations he finds himself in are extraordinary and sometimes rather outlandish, he always manages to battle through. He’s still only 14 but Alex is maturing fast and is willing and capable to stand up to threats that MI6 shy away from. The return of Yassen Gregorovich was well done, with some lingering questions from Stormbreaker being answered and some new mysteries begun. In addition to Gregorovitch, there were a good number of thugs and henchmen for Alex to fight, with Damian Cray being a menacing if loopy “big bad”. The machinations of Cray probably place Alex, as well as the world, in the greatest danger yet faced in the series.

Scorpia: The Graphic Novel (2004) (Alex Rider #5) by Anthony Horowitz. Who knew they were making these novels into GRAPHIC novels. Anthony Johnston, Emma Vieceli and Kate Brown, who did the illustrations, inks and whatever else was needed to translate this from just written words into a veritable storyboard for a movie. The have managed to maintain the youthful innocence of Alex yet combined it with the growing maturity that his past actions have demanded. Ian Rider was a very cautious man. As a result, when he passes away in a crash without having worn his seatbelt, Alex, his nephew, suspects foul play in his death. Alex wonders why somebody would choose murder a banker. He then discovers clues that later convince him to believe that his long-time guardian wasn’t the man that he actually claimed to be. It is a bit sinful to declare, I know, but this might as well be my first experience of Alex Rider books. I'm sure I read a previous graphic novel adaptation, but can't for the life of me remember anything beyond a potentially silvery-blue/grey skiing scene on the cover. Anyway, this part whatever of the series starts with Alex in hospital, and immediately putting his life on the line to protect an oligarch's son by initially pretending to be him, when eco-terrorists come calling. When said oligarch tries to thank him with the seven star luxury his roubles can afford him, our hero Alex is only then made aware just how much the man's business interests are of concern to the CIA and so on, and just how malevolent the tree-huggers might be feeling about it all…In true form with the spy genre, Alex travels through exotic locations on his way to unraveling the mystery behind Scorpia. All of these details and places are depicted very well in the book’s artwork.

All of the action readers find in Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider books are displayed in attractive detail in this graphic novel, right from the beginning, and I am happy to say that the action adds to, rather than takes away, from the book’s plot. Confession: I have used the Alex Rider books, both the traditional novels and the graphic novels, in my own classroom now for almost a decade. So maybe I’m a little biased. The illustration style was easy to follow and understand. The characters fit with the descriptions I had in my mind and I think I’ll definitely read more of these types of books in the future! year-old Alex is an orphan. Around 3 weeks prior to the start of the first book in the series, Alex’s uncle, Ian Rider, who had been raising him, dies in a car crash. Alex later finds out that his uncle used to be a secret agent who was working for M16, a premier spy agency in Britain. M16 later forces Alex to take up his uncle’s place in the spy operation. The adventure constitutes the opening book in the series.

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Alex decides to pose as a genius boy. In the process, Sayle invites Alex to test out his latest state-of-the-art computer’s system, Stormbreaker. Herod Sayle’s seemingly altruistic plans to give the Stormbreakers to each and every secondary school in UK have stirred the suspicion of MI6. Just before the crash, Ian Rider had sent a very urgent message to Mr. Blunt insisting that Stormbreakers should not leave the plant. I really liked the drawing style. I also enjoyed this form of the story, and now I was encouraged to re-read the entire series, albeit in comic form.