The Rift

Avatar: The Last Airbender Comics #3

by Gene Luen Yang, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko

Avatar Aang and friends honor an Air Nomad holiday that hasn't been celebrated in over one hundred years, but when cryptic visits from the spirit of Avatar Yangchen lead Aang to a refinery operating on land sacred to the Airbenders--they soon find themselves in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind!

This collection of The Rift Parts 1-3 features annotations by Eisner Award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) and artists Gurihiru (Thor and the Warriors Four), with a brand-new sketchbook section!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic Novels Comics, Middle Grade

240 pages, Hardcover

First published February 24, 2015

About the author

Gene Luen Yang writes, and sometimes draws, comic books and graphic novels. As the Library of Congress’ fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, he advocates for the importance of reading, especially reading diversely. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second Books, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. His two-volume graphic novel Boxers & Saints won the L.A. Times Book Prize and was a National Book Award Finalist. His other works include Secret Coders (with Mike Holmes), The Shadow Hero (with Sonny Liew), Superman from DC Comics (with various artists), and the Avatar: The Last Airbender series from Dark Horse Comics (with Gurihiru). In 2016, he was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow. His most recent books are Dragon Hoops from First Second Books and Superman Smashes the Klan from DC Comics.

Reviews

[may ➹ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aang looks like an egg on this cover <3

3.5

[chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars*

[Mrinmayi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am giving this 4 stars ONLY for my Baby Toph
Mrin looking at Toph growing up and becoming the best earth and metal bender

When Toph is destroying villains..Mrin be like:

[April (Aprilius Maximus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.) The Promise ★★★★.5
2.) The Search ★★★★.5
3.) The Rift ★★★★
4.) Smoke and Shadow ★★★★.5
5.) North and South ★★★★.5

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The story is starting to shift into 'Legend of Korra' territory and leaving behind the past, which is not my favourite because let's be real, The Last Airbender is a far superior series to The Legend of Korra :(

But I care WAY too much about these characters to not enjoy these, even if they're moving in a different direction!

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Team Avatar heads to an area sacred to Air Nation only to find it has been industrialized. Now Aang has to do with an angry spirit who was promised the land would remain unclaimed. There's some really good stuff. Toph shares the spotlight in this one. I like how even though is written for kids, there is plenty for adults to enjoy as well.

Received a review copy from Dark Horse and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.

[LW · Rating 5 out of 5]

So fun! 4.5 stars for this books, because the plot was kind of a mess, but overall I really loved it.

There some important controversial topics and I loved exploring those, and of course Team Avatar will always be amazing. It could have been done better, though, which is why it wasn't a full 5 stars.

[cyra · Rating 4 out of 5]

It wasn't my favorite but liked it more than The Promise.

I liked having Toph as the focus of the story. She was the Toph we always knew, even when it came to facing his father after years. She still stood up to him after everything. That's my Toph Beifong! I also liked her little crush. Watching her trying to flirt was nice, it’s a side of her we don’t get to see a lot.

One thing I've noticed haunted me through the story though... Why did Toph have green eyes instead of the usual gray ones? It was freaky. I wish I could unsee it.

Sokka, again, didn't have a place in this story. He was just there to be funny. Aang, again, was only there for the spirit side of the adventure.

And Katara is never beating the trophy-wife allegations. SOMEBODY BRING THE REAL KATARA BACK TO ME.

[fatherofdragons113 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the spiritual story and can tell that it's going to be a prominent problem in the comics moving forward. What I love about this world and story is that at times I think I know what's going to happen and what's right (the correct path Aang must take to preserve his morals while also molding a new world). But time and again I'm surprised by what happens, that Aang found a middle ground between protecting and preserving while also finding room to evolve. I love these writers. I love these characters. Getting my tattoo next week hopefully!

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took me a lot longer to get into this volume. The problem, for me, is that Toph is my least favorite member of Team Avatar. I still like her, a lot, but not nearly so much as the others. The story is still fairly solid, and the quality is as every bit as high as it has been in the other post-Avatar comics. I really do think that people who like Toph more than me will be more happy with this book, and people who love her best will probably love it.

[Mark Rizk Farag · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent comic, a brilliant return to form. Spectacular art, stupendous character development, a diverse range of new characters, explorations of mature and poignant themes.

Can't wait for more content from the Avatar universe!

[Taha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Asil bir ailenin kızı...

Alternatif tıpın öncülerinden biri...

Dolandırıcıları dolandıran bir kumarbaz...

Dünyanın en iyi toprak bükücüsü...

Dünyanın ilk metal bükücüsü...

Üstelik de kör...

Avatar takımının asi toprak bükücüsü: Toph Beifong.

Bir önceki çizgi romanda Toph yoktu, bu yüzden kendini epey özletmişti. Ama bu çizgi romanda Toph ana karakter ve her zamanki gibi kural tanımıyor:)

Kitabın çizimleri ve diyalogları öncekiler gibi harikaydı. Tek sorun Toph'un geçmişine odaklanması gereken kitabın, Toph'un geçmişiyle ilgili değişik bir şeylerden bahsetmemiş olması. Çünkü bahsedilen birkaç konu zaten daha önce Avatar'ın çizgi dizisinde de yer almıştı ve Toph'un geçmişiyle ilgili büyük beklentilere girdiğim için biraz hayal kırıklığına uğradım:(

[Fatemeh Bahrami · Rating 4 out of 5]

به‌نظرم این جلد علاوه بر موضوع اصلی، می‌خواست به همه‌مون یادآوری کنه که تاف با تموم خفن‌بودن و قدرت زیادش، هنوز هم یه دختر ۱۳ ساله‌ست، هنوز هم ممکنه دلش بخواد کنار پدرش باشه و محبتش رو حس کنه... که اون هم احساس داره، به خانواده نیاز داره؛
که یه ظاهر قوی و سخت لزوماً از باطن یخ‌زده یا سنگی نشأت نمی‌گیره... :)

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one. Solid character growth for Toph, and more of Yangchen.

[ray ౨ৎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

-toph 😭😭 loved seeing her soft side + her family trauma omgosh i js wanna hug her
-if aang knew there’s now a spirit portal in republic city he’d be so proud 🥹

[Jaymi · Rating 3 out of 5]

While The Promise and The Search felt very relevant and closely tied to the tv series, this collection seemed a little more removed. The story is still fun and the characters are still dear. Its story just lacked the political significance of The Promise and the fan-based emotional import of The Search. I still love that these writers have continued the Avatar story, and it's still worth the read for a fan!

[Roaringwave · Rating 4 out of 5]

It feels so weird to see Katara calling Aang “sweetie”

[Maddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars!

[m i l o u ✨ (Grumpy Hobbit) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really Toph and Aang their story and how the world has been changing after the war has ended. While Aang wants to drastically hold onto the past and the people that he has lost, he wants to honor and embrace the ways of his culture.

Toph on the other hand has a completely different view about everything and is convinced that Aang shouldn't be living according to ancient traditions since they haven't been practiced and honored in over a hundred years. Toph is someone who lives in the now.

In The Rift we can see how the story and the future of the world will lead up into the The Legend of Korra storyline and how much the industries have progressed and how people of different cultures are living together.


Aang will find out how important and difficult it is to find balance in this world.



Books in the series:



1: Avatar: The Last Airbender #1 ★★★★★
2: Avatar: The Last Airbender #2 ★★★★★



↠ Genre: The Avatar the Last Airbender Universe, Comics
↠ Pov: Multiple
↠ Type: Book 3 out of ? in the Avatar the Last Airbender series
↠ Rating: 4,5 stars



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[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

AHHH THE RETURN OF CABBAGE MAN 💕💕

[Fernwehwelten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich liebe Avatar so sehr, ihr glaubt's nicht. Ich vermisse diese Geschichte, diese Charaktere jeden Tag so sehr. OH MEIN GOTT! 😭😭😭 Ihr wisst nicht, wie schwer es mir da fällt, eine halbwegs vernünftige Rezension zu schreiben. 😭
Nach „Das Versprechen“ und „Die Suche“ folgt mit „Der Spalt“ die dritte Comic-Trilogie zu der Kultserie „Avatar“. Die ersten beiden Trilogien habe ich voller Begeisterung verschlungen – und dementsprechend hoch waren auch meine Erwartungen an „Der Spalt“. Und ich hatte nicht mal die Sorge, enttäuscht zu werden. Die Geschichten, Zeichnungen und Darstellungen waren bisher immer perfekt – wie sollte es plötzlich anders sein?
Zum Glück behielt ich Recht. Es war nicht anders. Schon mit dem Lesen der ersten Seiten setzte für mich wieder ein Gefühl von Nostalgie und angespannter Vorfreude ein. Nachdem Toph in der letzten Trilogie ein wenig von der Bildfläche verschwunden ist, richtet sich der Scheinwerfer dieses Mal merklich auf ihren Charakter und ihre Geschichte. Schon beim wiederholten Schauen der Serie habe ich mir immer wieder gedacht, was für ein grandioser Charakter Toph ist. Sie bringt eine unglaubliche Geschichte mit sich, die so viel Potential beinhaltet, wie man es sich nur wünschen kann – und genau diesem Potential widmet man sich nun. Auch dieses Mal war ich dabei wieder ungemein begeistert von den Details der Zeichnungen und hätte mir jede einzelne Seite stundenlang ansehen können. Es ist für mich immer wieder unbegreiflich, wie viel Dynamik und Leben in einem eigentlich starren Bild stecken kann. Es ist absolut bewundernswert, dass die Zeichner und Autoren es schaffen, die Persönlichkeiten mit all ihren vertrauten Ecken und Kanten aufs Papier zu bringen. Es fehlt nicht einmal der altbekannte Humor. In diesen Comics fehlt es an nichts. Man hat nicht das Gefühl, dass sie ein verzweifelter Versuch sind, die Geschichte weiterzuführen, nein. In meinen Augen sind die Comics das Beste, was uns Fans passieren konnte. Sie stehen der Serie in nichts nach - und ich kann sie euch nur immer, immer wieder ans Herz legen. ♥

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 - 4.5 ⭐️: Der Band konnte mich nicht ganz so umhauen, wie die vorherigen beiden. Das bedeutet aber nicht im Geringsten, dass er mir nicht gefallen hätte - ganz im Gegenteil. Einige Stellen haben mir Tränen in die Augen getrieben und allgemein habe ich es geliebt, dass hier Toph so im Mittelpunkt stand. Die Welt von Avatar ist wie ein Zuhause für mich und ich bin für jede Sekunde, die ich dort sein darf, dankbar. 🥺

[Izzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again, a magnificent triumph. Although I do think, if I had to choose, this is probably my least favourite entry out of three I’ve read so far. But it’s still brilliant.

[Mairéad (is roaming the Undying Lands) · Rating 5 out of 5]

{July 31st, 2015} MINI RTC?

5 stars.

I swear, the more and more I hear and read these, the more and more I am grateful to all those that have worked long and hard on these tales. The Rift combines the interesting aspect of the struggle between the past and the future that Aang and Toph both represent respectively. Their relationship is centered and clash and are defined by these aspects. And oh, how devlving more into the mythology of ALTA universe just made me one very happy girl.

I cannot wait for Smoke and Shadow as well as Legacy!

[*❆ Kαɾҽɳ ❆* · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a nice story that focused on Toph and her family. It also dealt with hanging onto the past and changing the future. Really enjoyed this new chapter in Aang's growth as the Avatar

[Elif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daha öncesinde Avatar Uçurum’u, İngilizce olarak okumuştum. Serideki kitaplar çevrildikçe alıp okuyorum. Bu yüzden Bizim Büyük Challange’ımız, bir grafik roman kategorisi için tekrar okudum. Avatar’ı defalarca baştan sona izledim ve kitaplarını okumak ayrı keyifli. Uçurum’da eski-yeni çatışması tekrar ortaya çıkıyor. Körü körüne gelenekleri takip edip güvende kalmak mı yoksa yeniliklere açık olmak ve değişime kucak açmak ve bunun getireceği sorunlarla uğraşmak mı sorularını sorduruyor. Keyifli bir grafik roman. Ana serideki unutulmaz karakterlerden Lahanacı adamın arada belirmesi de güzel detaylardan. Önceki kitapta Zuko’ya odaklanılmıştı bu kitapta Toph merkeze alınmış. Her karakteri seviyorum ama Toph’un hikayesi daha çok hoşuma gidiyor. Sıradaki kitap Smoke and Shadow umarım yakın zamanda o da çevrilir, Zuko yer aldığından sevdiğim bir kitaptı. Eğer Avatar’ı seviyorsanız mutlaka okuyun, çoğu yerde gülümseyeceğinize eminim. Kafa dağıtmak ve keyfin yerine gelmesi için güzel seçimlerden.

[Jefi Sevilay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her zamanki gibi güzel bir hikaye, sevdiğimiz karakterler, kaliteli basım. Sadece hikaye anlamında yeni birşey sunmadı. Eski ile yeninin çatışması. Keyifliydi ama dizisinden alamadığımız birşeyler daha olmalı diye düşünüyorum.

Bununla birlikte üç kitabı da alalı epey olmuştu ve kitaplığımda okunmayı bekliyordu. 4-5-6 çıktı mı diye baktım. Çıkmamış ama ilk üç kitabın da tanesi 240 lira olmuş. Kitap fiyatlarının bu önlenemez yükselişi ne olacak?

Herkese keyifli okumalar!

[Himanshu Karmacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fun addition to this already amazing series. The Avatar tries to protect the world from an ancient spirit, that is linked to a Air Nomad fesitval.

I liked this one better than the previous entry. I loved how the book dwells with the theme of change and its effect on lives.

The book also serves as a great arc for Toph, and her fans are highly likely to love this one.

[Louisa with an A · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's not much I can really say about The Rift it had that classic Avatar feel. Toph was stubborn and annoying (no hate I love Toph with all my heart) but for painstakingly sad reasons, Aang was a little misguided but still tried his hardest.
Sokka was used as comic relief which is fairly true to the tv show but he hasn't had much time to shine with his strategy in the comics, though there is a moment in this book where he get's to show his humanity and save oppressed workers which is nice. Katara is the only character that falls a bit flat as she's mainly used as a therapist for Aang but hopefully that's because this story arc wasn't really about her and she had to take a back seat to Aang and Toph.

I love that we get to see the bridging gap between Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Kora in particular the technological advances and the acceptance of different benders living together harmoniously.

[Ilaria Vigorito · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un altro volumetto finito coi lacrimoni, perché ovviamente questa serie a fumetti sta chiudendo i conti lasciati in sospeso alla fine della serie, sanando le ferite, rimarginando le cicatrici nel bene e nel male. Adoro Toph, ha una grinta tutta speciale, e sono contentissima che le sia stato dedicato tutto questo spazio, a lei e alle sue differenze con Aang. Mi piace un sacco il rapporto che hanno, perché sono ai due estremi opposti dello spettro, proprio come i due elementi che dominano. E adoro che sia stata data una chiusura anche ai problemi che hanno entrambi col loro passato. E poi c'è tutta la questione degli spiriti – mi solleva sapere che poi arriverà Korra a risolverla ma apprezzo che siano state sottolineate le contraddizioni di un mondo, quello degli umani, troppo a lungo separato da quello degli spiriti. E si vola al prossimo volume, andiamo!

[ShamNoop · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this. I love how it doesn’t take an easy way out of the Nature vs Technology argument. and obviously Toph is The Best.