AVATAR fans! Look what I found!

[rj_anderson]

It is sad to me that every time I mention Avatar I have to specify that I mean the cartoon series subtitled The Last Airbender only and not the stupid movie (or that other Avatar with the blue people either). I'll be glad when Legend of Korra starts and we can get away from all that for a bit.

But anyway, I just discovered something last night which made me very happy. Possibly I am the last person to know about this because I've never been involved in AtLA fandom, but there have to be other fans like me out there, so I'm going to share it anyway:

If you've watched all the episodes, there are 450 pages of post-finale comic beautifully drawn and written in the same style as the series (no, I am not kidding) by one of the storyboard artists for the show (no, I am not kidding about that either). It is not your typical pretty-good or even surprisingly-good fanwork. It is brilliant.

"Zhao of the Water Tribe" is the story of Admiral Zhao, whose apparent fate in the series I very much did not lament, and who in the comic is very much still an enormous jerk in many ways (which is to say, believably in character), but by the time I was finished this story I actually a) cared about him; b) wanted to know more about what happened to him; and c) was prepared to declare the whole thing canon.

Besides Zhao there are a number of familiar characters from the series (including a couple whose appearance will make lizbee very happy), but there are also some wonderful new ones invented by the author/artist which are absolutely strong enough to stand beside them. I have so much love for Nauja, I can't tell you.

And now I must go and make scones.

Comments

[di-br.livejournal.com]

Oooooh that's awesome!!! I love Avatar (and yeah, I'm with you, it's really sad that you have to specify that it's Avatar: The Last Airbender, the cartoon).
This looks great!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yay! Hope you enjoy!

[scarvenartist.livejournal.com]

*hyperventilates* I absolutely fangirl this comic. Beautifully drawn, and such brilliant characterization. Honestly, when I watch the show now, I re-interpret Zhao accordingly, it affected my perspective that much. And Nauja...Nauja is LOVE. The dynamic between her and Zhao is so delightful. ^_^

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Yay, another fan! (Also, your icon is WONDERFUL. Suki! So much love for Suki!)

Did you know there's a fifth part (of sorts) on her LiveJournal? It took me a while to find a link where I could conveniently access all the pages, but even though it's a first draft and has lots of summing-up pages, it's still pretty good.

[scarvenartist.livejournal.com]

Suki is made of win. :D

Did you know there's a fifth part (of sorts) on her LiveJournal?

Yes! Though now that you mention it, I think I bookmarked the rest of it for later reading and forgot about it due to escalating busyness. I'll have to look it up now! :D

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay, now I understand! When I read your tweet, I was thinking, "You mean RJ LIKED that movie?" I refused to see that movie*. But I've loved what I've seen of the show. Unfortunately, as with Dr. Who, I am way behind, and not sure I'll ever catch up.

The link looks interesting. Would it make any sense if I hadn't seen the show recently?

*Either movie, actually. Some of what I heard about the Blue people one made me a bit queasy, and, as for the one that was such a travesty of the TV show - why??

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

Would it make any sense if I hadn't seen the show recently?

I'm making reasonable sense of it and I haven't seen the show at all.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

*is impressed*

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

Well, I've picked up a little general information from people talking about it. And I may have lower standards for "making sense of" than some people, since I read fanfic for things I've never read and pick up books mid-series, and just cope with the missing backstory.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Well, the cartoon only has three seasons (including the two-hour finale) and the episodes are only twenty minutes long, so it's not that hard to catch up. It only took me about a month to get through the series at the rate of 2-3 episodes a day, and of course, they're all on DVD. Just saying... :)

[rat-icefen.livejournal.com]

Wow that's cool. never thought anyone would do something like that lol. Awsome....

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! I've saved it in my Too Read Later bookmark folder.

[http://users.livejournal.com/shing_/]

Every time I see someone use ATLA, I always think it's Atlanta they're referencing and then click on Avatar LOL

I had no idea there was a comic book. And perfect timing as I just finished re-watching the series last night.

[avarill.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Thanks for the tip.

[malabud.livejournal.com]

I have just recently discovered Avatar: The Last Airbender (watched the whole thing on Netflix online in less than two weeks), so I will definitely have to check this out!