Terminator 2 Judgment Day: The Graphic Novel

The Terminator graphic novels

by Greg Wright, Dan Abnett, Klaus Janson (Illustrator)

Ten years have passed since Kyle Reese travelled back in time to protect Sarah Connor from the Terminator cyborg that had been sent to kill her. Sarah's 10 year old son John, has been placed in a foster home, after she was locked away in a psychiatric institution. No one believes her claims that Judgment Day is coming: the day when machines - under the direction of the super computer Skynet - will begin their assault on mankind. That all changes, however, when another Terminator arrives - one who explains he's been sent back by an adult John Connor to protect Sarah and his younger self from a cyborg even more powerful than their inhuman guardian...

Genres: Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

About the author

Greg Wright has written several books: TABLOID!: Once Upon a Deadline, Claim, Monstrous, Wild Bullets, and the Holliston graphic novels.

Greg earned a Ph.D. in American Literature and Film from Michigan State, and his award-winning fiction has appeared in a variety of journals. He has taught screenwriting, media studies, creative writing, and composition.

If he had a castle with a secret passage, he’d probably tell everybody and make it just a regular passage.

Reviews

[Donavon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Likeness of characters is off.

Very little "new" material. Though having the scenes that ultimately would end up in the special edition was very cool back in 1991.

[David Caldwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of the graphic novelization of Terminator 2: Judgement Day and the follow-up miniseries Terminator 2: Cybernetic Dawn. Both stories are in black and white. It is a digest sized volume.

The movie adaptation is fairly close to the movie. Unfortunately the artwork is fairly poor. It appears to be more sketches than finished drawings, At times it was even hard to tell the two terminators apart while they were fighting.

Cybernetic Dawn is a multipart story. Taking place immediately after the movie, Sarah and John try to go see the Dyson family only to discover they are in protective custody of the FBI. There is also a new research organization studying terminator technology. Sarah realizes that no matter how many times she stops Skynet, it will continue to be studied and worked towards by one group or another. This time, the Connors aren't facing a single terminator. They are facing three terminators. The artwork was much more polished than in the movie adaptation.

This is a nice little collection and should appeal to any Terminator fan.

[Luce]

really loved this. I think I enjoyed the adaptations more as it was interesting to see where they took the story in the terminator world. the story for the film was also great but I wish they left the brawl with the blokes in the car park in, would of been great to see that sketch..."put your leg down" :)

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

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