Last year the Animorphs triumphantly returned in a new graphic novel series that pleased not only hardcore fans but kept extremely true to the original books, right down to using much of the same dialogue. This has brought new visual life to the well beloved franchise and hasn’t sanitized the sometimes-bleak series; it still contained all the hard choices, deep conflict, and snapping bones while morphing that made the series such a fan favorite to this very day.
Now Scholastic is gearing up for the release of the second Animorphs graphic novel (adapting The Vistor book) and we’ve got an exclusive first look at not only the cover but four interior pages as well! First up is the cover.
Right off the bat we’ve got the famous cat morph from the original novel’s cover adapted to the top banner of this graphic novel. Next up are the interior pages of the graphic novel and these are, much like the first graphic novel, very faithful to the original book.
These four pages adapt the ending of chapter four and the start of chapter five from the original book, though it adds some extra dialogue. The details of Rachel’s partial Elephant morph are spot on, even down to her still having human eyes and hair. The split shoes are also a great touch and something the Animorphs quickly had to figure out how to avoid as the books went on. (Did I crosscheck these pages with the original novel? Yes!) Also, excellent ‘AppleGrant’ Easter egg on the book shop, referencing the original authors of the book series.
From the looks of it this will be great second entry into the Animorphs Graphic Novel line. Sadly we’ll have to wait until October 5, 2021 for the book to be released. If you haven’t read the first book, now’s the time! Below we’ve got the official press release for ‘The Visitor’ graphic novel.
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