Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code. The Graphic Novel

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novels #3

by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Paolo Lamanna (Illustrator)

Artemis Fowl is going straight . . . as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career.

But his last job plan goes awry, leaving his loyal bodyguard, Butler, mortally injured. Artemis’s only hope of saving his friend is to enlist the help of his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out. . . .

Praise for The Eternity Code:

“Readers will burn the midnight oil to the finish.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“. . . the action is fast and furious, the humor is abundant, characterizations are zany, and the boy genius works wonders—all of which add up to another wild ride for Artemis’s fans.” —Booklist

“Colfer’s young antihero might be getting more likeable all the time, but that hasn’t taken the edge off the Tom-Clancy-meets-Harry-Potter action.” —Amazon.com

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics, Young Adult, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 9, 2013

About the author

Eoin Colfer (pronounced Owen) was born in Wexford on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965, where he and his four brothers were brought up by his father and mother, who were both educators.

He received his degree from Dublin University and began teaching primary school in Wexford. He has lived and worked all over the world, including Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. After the publication of the Artemis Fowl novels, Eoin retired from teaching and now writes full time. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Colleen Earle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like this series.
It's been so long since I've read the novels that I don't know how good of a direct translation this is from the novel form to graphic form
Still fun
Not sure if I will end up picking up the fourth volume.
According to Goodreads I still haven't read the second volume, so I need to find where I left that and update it.

[Soobie is expired · Rating 3 out of 5]

These graphic novels adaptations are getting better and better. Maybe because I'm getting used to the characters or maybe because the authors were so good that they could actually create characters that grow.

It's a nice sensation going back to characters that I used to love. There are a lot of details I don't remember about the plot but usually graphic novel adaptations are a good remedy for that. This is certainly a good example.

The only flaw I see is the coloring: it's way too dark for my taste. But it's very easy to distinguish all the characters (which is something I always have problems with) and the details are amazing.

I love the fact that captions are different in color according to whom is speaking. That makes it even easier to tell who's speaking.

Really looking forward to the next volume.

[Richard Due · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book took about fifty pages to end. And I don't generally go for books that take that long to wind down (especially ones that aren't the last in the series).

But he landed it marvelously!!!

On to The Opal Deception. Oooooh, sounds tricky!

[Phylicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's called Artemis Fowl, I thought it would be about him, but some of it barely involved him. It was eh. I'm not saying it was bad, but whatever. The ending was interesting.

[Timo De · Rating 3 out of 5]

verrie goed boek

[Serena.. Sery-ously? · Rating 4 out of 5]

I libri.. I libri mi stanno chiamando come le Sirene con Ulisse, devo RILEGGERLI! ;_;
*La pila dei TBR la guarda minacciosa*

[BB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better art
I am impressed at the ability to turn this long ass confusing book into 116 pages
Why is the centaur blue???!!?!!

[Stephanie (aka WW) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Artemis Fowl graphic translation, as are the first two. Couldn't be more well done.

[Dwayne Her · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book "Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code" is a Fantasy Fiction novel by author Eoin Colfer. This book is part of the Artemis Fowl series and is the third book in its series. It is preceded by Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident and followed by Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception. Eoin Colfer is also the author of another book "The Supernaturalist", which is also one of my favorite books. The book is 310 pages long. This book is 15 years old being published in 2003.

The main characters in this book are Artemis Fowl II(Main Protagonist, 13 year old criminal mastermind), John Spiro(Main Antagonist, American businessman, owner of the company Fission Chips), Domovoi Butler or simply known as Butler(Artemis Fowl's Butler and bodyguard), Arno Blunt(bodyguard of Arno Blunt), Holly Short(A female elf that helps out Artemis against Blunt, captain in the organization LEPrecon, elf police station), Mulch Diggums( kleptomaniac dwarf, helper of Artemis against Blunt), and Foaly(technical consultant to the Lower Elements Police, also helps Artemis against Blunts technical security).

The book takes place in a cafe restaurant where Artemis Fowl and his companion Butler struggle to recover the "C Cube", a supercomputer Artemis had constructed from fairy technology, when Jon Spiro manages to steal it. (SPOILER WARNING) Artemis then gets his group of allies to help recover the cube. Artemis and his group of friends then manage to take back the C Cube, but had many suffered many consequences along the way. With the use of Holly Short's access to fairy technology, Artemis then makes a choice to use the fairy tech to then erase both him and Butler's memory to forget everything that had happened at the end of the book. Therefore leading to for the fourth book to take place.

This book is one of my favorite book because how it gives great detail in every scene to where I can imagine it on my own. Also it is a young adult fantasy fiction, one of my favorite genres to read because it expands my imagination. Its almost like this series was meant for me. Overall this is a really easy read and really recommend to read it along with the rest of the series.

[Jaimie · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the past I’ve given relatively high ratings to the previous two graphic novels in this series, but I have to drop it a bit for this one. I still love the stories, and the adaptation is extremely well done (due to the involvement of Eoin Colfer, of course), but while I was reading this book I found myself to often be rather frustrated by the formatting of the book. The art style is incredibly detailed (likely chosen to appeal to the pre-teen male audience that is the book’s target audience), but my old eyes can’t handle all the detail when the pages are so small! Give me all the intricacy of the illustrations, but give them to me in a bigger format so I can actually enjoy all of them! Why didn’t they just publish the book as a standard size graphic novel, rather than these shrunken size? Or even a bigger special format would have been nice. Complaints about formatting aside, the story was a wonderful adventure, as per usual, with Artemis going up against a foe who almost matches him in intelligence in the form of tech billionaire John Spiro. Artemis isn’t as smart as he thinks he is though, since he falls straight into Spiro’s trap and has to call on the resources of the LEP to help save the day. It would have been a lot better if Artemis hadn’t poked the bear again, since this latest escapade got his mind wiped of all knowledge of the fairy race and ends up losing him some of his favourite people (in the shape of Holly Short and Foaly). Of course, readers know this is only temporary, since it’s only a matter of time before Opal Koboi makes her next attempt to take over the world and Artemis’ backup plan to get his memories back is practically foolproof.

[Daniel Zeng · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story “Artemis Fowl: the eternity code” by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin talk about Artemis create a super computer, he called “Cube”. It far surpasses any human technology made so far. Fowl meets Chicago businessman Jon Spiro in London to show him the Cube, in an attempt to buy a considerable amount of gold in exchange for keeping the Cube off the market. But Spiro ambushes and outwits Artemis and steals the Cube. Artemis' demonstration of the Cube inadvertently detects Fairy technology below ground, and Naturally, she locates Artemis, who persuades her to revive Butler with fairy magic and the aid of cryogenics. The procedure saves Butler's life, but ages him approximately 15 years extra. He also make a plan to take back the Cube. When they finish plan, Root demands a mind-wipe of the three humans after the job is done, so Artemis leaves Butler in Ireland to ensure their memories survive. Artemis also remove from the crime.

[Kalie (Half of Pristine Prose) · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I love Juliet in this one and seeing how everyone's relationships and personalities have grown over the years is what I really love in this book.

But out of all of them so far I just don't think this one translated well into the graphic novel version. Especially with character designs, it's starting to feel repetitive. Especially with the men. Trouble just looks like almost a copy and paste of Root and our main villain, a human, highly resembles a monkey.

It just felt like it could have been better. But that said, it's still Artemis Fowl and I still loved it as a whole.

[Alysha Bandali]

I really enjoyed this graphic novel. Having read the whole series I realized that I didn't know there were graphic novels. I stumbled upon them and now I am loving the graphic novels and the books even more. Artemis Fowl is one of those people that stumps the mind, but this book was one where he finally has turned over a new leaf to possibly end up back as the cool uncaring character we met in book 1. I am hoping that the graphic novel does book 4 justice.

[Beckiezra · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5, the story was exciting enough, the art style was a bit off (the shape of people’s heads was just weird! Particularly women’s hair and hat combos were something to behold...) though I do appreciate the artist not changing as so often happens in superhero graphic novels. Artemis’s resetting to evil was unfortunate, hopefully when he figures out the “conspiracy” he’ll get nicer again.

[Vansh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought that this book, Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, was a very good book. This book has a good plot, it has adventure, action, and lots of cliff hangers. This is a book that you want to keep on reading. It also has many characters and lots of story elements. This book is perfect for anyone who likes books about fantasy. This is a book I would recommend for all ages, young and old.

[Karin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eoin Colfer's content is great, but the illustration style just spoils so much for me I can barely stand it. The style is gritty and dark and doesn't match Eoin's lighthearted writing. It's a real shame for a graphic novel. Do not recommend. I'm waiting for everything to be re-released under the newer illustration style.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a decent children’s book. I personally find Artemis a little annoying but I’m not the intended audience. This is just one of those series I was always curious about so I’m still glad I’m reading it. I liked Juliet and holly in this one a lot actually.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was disappointed in the first two, although I am continuing to work my way through the graphic novels, because it's fun, and I love the novels.

This one is better than the first two. I hope the team has hit their stride with this one, and subsequent books will not disappoint.

[Glaiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this more than the first two adaptations of the series because let's face it - the third book is just the best out of all the Artemis Fowl books.

It definitely is my favorite.

[nidah05 (SleepDreamWrite) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good volume.

[Romana · Rating 5 out of 5]

enjoyable as ever.

Full review to come.

[Jaipal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The graphic novel presents the story well and the graphics are well drawn.

[Larissacherpeski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, but not quite as good as the others.

[Chica GP · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

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[Blue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will always love this series! So fun, dark and amazing!!

[Maddie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't get into it. Very slow.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sort of evil kid but he's getting better. Good mix of tech and fantasy.

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Artemis Fowl starts to feel more and more "same-y" the farther into the saga you go.

And the art is getting sloppier in these graphic novels.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stick with the novel. This adaptation is poorly done.

[✝✝ Christina ✝✝✝]

Good