Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119658 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-02
• Released on: 2007-10-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

Doesn't add anything new to the series
Eoin Colfer has created a very enjoyable fairy-meets-technology teen genius series in Artemis Fowl. This graphic novel of the first book is an interesting comic adaptation, but for me it falls short of the series.
The world constructed by Colfer is rich in imagination and humor, and somehow this book loses both in the drawing and writing. The translation into graphic novel is a tricky one, because the creation of fantasy characters based on traditional icons like fairies and dwarves requires some interpretation of ideas people already have in their heads.
This book is a clunker, while the rest of the series soars.

Artemis Graphic Novel
I love the Artemis Fowl books, and have read all of them several times. I borrowed the graphic novel from a friend and was disappointed. I think that the style made the story too choppy, losing much of its humor. Even worst were the way that some of the characters looked. Artemis was close, but Butler is supposed to be an attractive Eurasian, not an over-necked thug. Holly is supposed to be pretty and somewhat feminine, which the novel Holly was not. Worst of all, Foaly was blue. He is a centaur, not a blue raspberry Popsicle. I did not even finish the whole book.

Pretty Good Graphic Novel
I have never read the other Artemis Fowl novels so this story struck me as new and fresh. I found it really intruiging and different from other fantasy novels I have read. The ending wasn't the most exciting but the book was fun and went quickly. Now I would like to read the other Artemis Fowl books. I am an ESOL teacher so I enjoy reading young adult books that will engage my students in reading English. I think this novel will do that for both boys and girls though boys are more likely the audience for this book. I enjoyed it.