Dragonlance Chronicles Vol. 3: Dragons of Spring Dawning

Dragonlance: Chronicles (Graphic Novels) #3

by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Andrew Dabb

Adapts the epic trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Armed with the legendary Dragonlance, the Companions begin the final battle against the evil goddess Takhisis and her legions! But even as hope begins to spring, secrets long dormant threaten to render their sacrifice meaningless! Collects the compete 12-issue series.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Dragonlance

293 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 16, 2016

About the author

Margaret Edith Weis is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.

Reviews

[Gareth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Concluding the Chronicles, I think this is the best adaptation of the 3, doesn't seem to miss any scenes at all in it, (though dialogue understandably cut down). Is the triumphant conclusion to the series, with a few sad scenes as well. Again, this version allows for a quicker read, which makes it easier for me to read it, whereas has been a while since I've been able to pick up the books, knowing some scenes I find a bit too painful to reread these days. Have been reading these via the digital editions, which has been good, I just hope all the Twins ones also become available for me to read :)

[Phil · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is way better than the first two. They were good, but this was better both in terms of art and the flow.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

As we head into the final installment of the graphic novel adaptation, I have to say they finally did this book justice. This adapts Dragons of Spring Dawning, which was originally published back in 1985. As with the other novels in the Chronicles series, it's been over 20 years since I've read them and if you've been following my reviews my one constant complaint is that the adaptations were too short.

Finally DDP took this final installment to the next level and spanned it out into a 12-issue comic book series. This is nearly double the length of the prior adaptations. Even though it required us to spend more time reading, it really fleshed the story out far more fully than the prior releases. This was an excellent pace and it really gave the reader the experience they really needed to get into the story. I truly wish they had done this from the beginning, but I do realize that's a tall order from a publishing perspective. However, with a story as complex as this, it's somewhat needed in this case and Dragons of Spring Dawning is proof of that, it's just too bad that it comes at the end. For new readers they may find this installment more enjoyable, but I do worry that it is too late to grasp new readers in the sense that the prior two adaptations may have been rather confusing.

In the end, I feel this definitely did a better job than just giving us the headlines of events in the Dragonlance universe. The art was similar to the prior installment and continued to be quite good. This is definitely the type of refresher I was hoping these adaptations would have been.

[Damian Herde · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork in volume two had seemed to improve over the first, but this volume falls back into some terrible art, some wild inconsistencies between chapters, and some hideous attempts at drawing dragons, depending on the chapter artist.

The transition between volumes is whiplash-inducing with the vastly differing styles, including character and costume depiction, and different takes on how the dragons should look. Some chapters are quite decent visually, but the terrible chapters make it hard to like overall.

[Joseph Debarr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the dragoance series

This is well adapted and entertaining to read. If you have ne er read the books this graphic novel series is taken from, I highly recommend it. It was a lot of fun exposing myself once again the is great story.

[Patrick Hale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book. Great characters.

[Lori Kuhl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. I found this book and the previous two impossible to read quickly. You had to take your time. Great for fans of Tolkien.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The adaptation is just as good as the original.

[Tym · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art isn't nearly as gorgeous as the first volume but it is much clearer and less dark so easier to follow but otherwise the story remains the same, great!

[Meldelen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Era de esperar que el tercer volumen de esta adaptación al cómic de la saga original iba a ser el mejor de los tres. Porque, realmente, la Reina de la Oscuridad ya era el mejor volumen de la trilogía de las Crónicas, y por tanto, si el guión es bueno, el cómic va a ser bueno.
Pero es que además, considerándolo tan sólo como cómic, es muy superior a los dos volúmenes anteriores, porque corrige el fallo que tenían los anteriores: el dibujo ha mejorado muchísimo. ¡Y cómo! Cierto, es un poco caótico el hecho de que llega a haber hasta tres ilustradores diferentes para este último volumen, pero son muchísimo mejores que el ilustrador anterior. Los protagonistas son más reconocibles, el dibujo más amable, más estético, los panales más emotivos y espectaculares. Raistlin - ¡¡casi lloro de emoción!! por fin parece lo que debe ser, un hombre joven, débil, enfermizo, delgado, pero joven al fin y al cabo, no un vejestorio. Lástima que sólo haya sido en este tercer volumen, volviendo a fastidiarse el tema en la siguiente entrega. Lo que prueba que es cuestión del ilustrador. Y desde luego, la coloración de los paneles también es, por fin, adecuada: colorida y luminosa, bien distinguible.
En resumen, un tercer volumen muy por encima de los otros dos previos, y sólo por este vale la pena leer la trilogía entera, redimiendo de sus pecados a las entregas anteriores. Como siempre, recomendado para fans de la Dragonlance que estén ya familiarizados con la saga.

[Kevin]

like all dragonlance novels, awesome!!