The Legendary Couple #1

The Legendary Couple

by Tony Wong (Adaptation), Jin Yong

Set in the violent and turbulent world of Ancient China, The Legendary Couple is the touching love story of an orphan, Kuo Yung, and his beautiful wife, Xiao Longnu. The story begins sixteen years after the fateful day the two were separated. Kuo Yung has overcome countless hardships to become an unparalleled martial artist but his accomplishments are not enough to satisfy him, because he has never stopped longing for Xiao Longnu. Now, as the two are reunited, both wonder if their love has stood the test of time.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

120 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2005

About the author

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Yuk...

Tony Wong Yuk-Long (Wong Jan-Lung), is a Hong Kong based Manhua artist, publisher and actor who wrote and created Little Rascals (later re-titled Oriental Heroes) and Weapons of the Gods. He also wrote adaptations of Louis Cha's (a.k.a. Jin Yong) Wuxia novels such as The Return of the Condor Heroes (retitled as Legendary Couples), Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and Ode to Gallantry. For his contribution and influencing a generation of artists in the local industry, he is regarded as the "Godfather of Hong Kong comics" or "Hong Kong's King of Comics".
He provided the art for Batman: Hong Kong, which was written by Doug Moench. He has also acted in some films occasionally, including making a cameo appearance in Dragon Tiger Gate (a film adaptation of Oriental Heroes).

Reviews

[Kenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Takes Louis Cha's 2nd novel of the "Condor Heroes" trilogy, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and gives it the graphic novel treatment. This volume introduces a lot of characters, the art is perfect for illustrating this type of story. The plot is better here than in other ComicsOne translations. Highly recommended.

[Helmut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extrem üppige Zeichnungen, kaum verständlicher Inhalt

Dieser chinesische Comic ist was fürs Auge. Die Zeichnungen sind sehr dynamisch, für meinen Geschmack allerdings schon etwas over-the-top, so dass sie etwas den Fokus verlieren und man stellenweise nicht mehr klar erkennen kann, was da eigentlich abgebildet ist. Extrem detailliert und üppig koloriert bekommt der Leser ein Kungfu-Feuerwerk abgebrannt, das leider einen schalen Nachgeschmack hinterlässt, denn die Story, die hinter den Zeichnungen steckt, ist so verquast und kaum verständlich, dass man den Comic kaum genießen kann: Hier wird scheinbar extrem viel der zugrundeliegenden Romanserie von Louis Cha als bekannt vorausgesetzt, und der nicht Cha-bewanderte Leser total überfordert.

Trotzdem gebe ich drei Sterne, denn eines ist doch ein Hoffnungsschimmer: Die Kungfu-Kämpfer werden sehr atmosphärisch und kunstvoll beschrieben und durch die "täterätä"-Einblendungen der Namen eines neu auftretenden Protagonisten fühlt man sich direkt in einen Shaw-Brothers-Film versetzt. Ich hoffe aber, dass Band 2 etwas klarer strukturiert und weniger verwirrend ist.

[Shaun · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read. A little hard to keep track of all the unfamiliar names though. I do like that it was made into comics from another medium.

[Shin75 · Rating 5 out of 5]

good