American Gods Volume 1: Shadows (Graphic Novel) (American Gods: Graphic Novel, #1)

by Neil Gaiman and P Craig Russell

Scott Hampton (Illustrator), P. Craig Russell (Illustrator), and Walt Simonson (Illustrator)

Neil Gaiman's acclaimed story now in comics!

This supernatural American road trip fantasy tells the story of a war between the ancient and modern gods. The Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning novel and new Starz television series by Neil Gaiman is adapted as a graphic novel for the first time!

The first in a three-volume adaptation of Neil Gaiman's modern classic!

Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard--thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent.

Collecting the first nine issues of the American Gods comic book series, along with art process features, high res scans of original art, layouts, character designs, and variant covers by BECKY CLOONAN, SKOTTIE YOUNG, FÁBIO MOON, DAVE MCKEAN, and MORE!

• ISBN10: 1506703860
• ISBN13: 9781506703862
• Publish Date: 13 March 2018 (first published 28 February 2018)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781506703862

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

It's a visual take of American Gods - which I loved (book and TV show). So, I went into this expecting an easy 5 starrer.

I wasn't disappointed.

This story works incredibly well in a visual medium, and I highly recommend checking this out or the TV show if you like the book. Well worth it.