You've read the book. You've seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel.
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.
Series creator Rick Riordan joins forces with some of the biggest names in the comic book industry to tell the story of a boy who must unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Rick Riordan (www.rickriordan.com) is the author of The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid as well as all the books in the New York Timesbest-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Titan's Curse; The Battle of the Labyrinth; and The Last Olympian. His previous novels for adults include the hugely popular Tres Navarre series, winner of the top three awards in the mystery genre. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons.
Robert Venditti (www.robertvenditti.com) is the creator and author of The Surrogates and its prequel, The Surrogates: Flesh and Bone. In addition to creating comics, he works at Top Shelf Productions. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Attila Futaki (pencils and inks) has illustrated Sprial (Editions Carabas, June 2008) and the forthcoming The Strange Folks (2010), as well as a number of book covers and interiors. He studied at the International School of Comics in Florence. He lives in Budapest, Hungary.
Jose Villarrubia (coloring) is an Eisner Award-nominated colorist who has worked for every major comic book publisher. Coloring work includes Young X-Men, Crossing Midnight, and Halo Uprising. Additionally, he is an art professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
The series grew out of a sequence of bedtime stories Riordan invented for his son Haley -- who, at eight, had just been diagnosed with learning disabilities. Although Haley was having trouble in school, he loved the Greek myths and asked his dad to tell him some stories about the gods and heroes. Riordan ran through the standards from mythology, then began to invent new tales featuring some of the same characters and introducing a brave boy hero enough like Haley to make things interesting!
Haley begged his father to write the stories down, and in 2005, The Lightning Thief was published to excellent reviews. It was an instant hit with preteens, who loved the concept of a kid much like themselves -- i.e., embroiled in the everyday problems of school, family, and relationships -- embarking on heroic quests, soothing vengeful gods, and battling monsters.
In addition to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Riordan also writes books for adults, most notably a series of high-octane Tex-Mex thrillers featuring private investigator Jackson "Tres" Navarre, a complicated loner with an offbeat pedigree. (Tres -- pronounced "Trace" -- is a tai chi master with a Ph.D. in medieval literature who turns to detective work when he is unable to find a teaching job!) The first novel in the series, 1997's Big Red Tequila, scooped the Anthony and Shamus Awards, two of the three most prestigious prizes for Mystery & Crime fiction. Riordan completed the trifecta when his sequel, The Widower's Two-Step, won the coveted Edgar Award in 1999.
Between the two series, Riordan remains incredibly busy. For several years, he balanced writing with teaching English to middle school students. Reluctantly, he has left teaching (a career he thoroughly enjoyed) in order to write full-time, but he still harbors hopes that someday he'll return to the classroom. Meanwhile, he makes frequent visits to schools and enjoys meeting young readers on his book tours.
I like this graphic novel. Aside from the movie that helped in seeing first hand on what you read, this one actually stuck more to the story line of the book. Some parts were altered but did not ruin the story. Very nice art work.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The graphic novel stays mostly true to The Lightning Thief. Of course some artistic liberties were taken but the graphic novel stays more true to the book than the movie did. A few scenes were cut, like the bit with Medusa and the end was different from the original book but it worked well, so all in all- it's very good.
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Posted November 16, 2012
I haven't read it yet but I plan to. The movie was absolute garbage, they totally wrecked my fave book of all time, but I think the graphic novel will be better. I read the red pyramid graphic novel and it was really good. my brother really likes graphic novels so I'll probably by this for him. Rick Riordan, if you ever read this, your books are amazing and your son Haley's Son of Magic story totally rocked!
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Posted May 1, 2013
; Percy Jackson finds out he’s the son of a Greek god, gets blamed for stealing a lightning bolt he knew nothing about, and fights creatures he thought were myths. Best for older, action-loving kids, this book offers nonstop adventure and terrific exposure to Greek mythology. For me, this book was a fantastic, fast-past adventure. I was eager to read the next book.
"Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful not to walk behind him." For Percy, a wisecracking 12-year-old with ADHD, discovering his teacher is really a centaur is just another clue that the Greek gods are alive, well, and causing all kinds of mayhem in modern-day America. Accused of stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt, Percy must prove his innocence while battling a Minotaur and a host of other celestial thugs. Along with all the mayhem, he seems to find a crush with the gorgeous Annabeth. Along the journey Annabeth, and his best friend Grover go with him, unwilling to say no.
This book is one of the most fascinating books about Greek mythology. Rick Riordan has done an amazing job with writing and finishing this book up, while still leaving suspense that’ll make you ready for next. His story line and characters jump out at you and gets you into the story.
This book was a fantastic, fast-past adventure. I was eager to read the next book. Greek mythology has been made into a fun, exciting story.
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Posted January 7, 2013
I have not read this yet, but I just ordered it. I'm hoping it sticks more to the book than the AWFUL movie did. I'm hoping to get a better idea of what some of the scenes described in the book actually look like. If this one is good, I'm going to order the Red Pyramid graphic novel. Rick Riordan is one of my favorites authors. His second series based off of Percy Jackson is also very good.
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Posted April 30, 2012
The monsters, the Greek gods, camp half blood. The lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is about a boy named Percy Jackson who is the son of Poseidon is being accused for stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt. Now Percy must return the lightning bolt before the summer solstice or there is a possibility of being a World War Three. On Percy’s mysterious journey he has to fight gods, creatures, and other weird people like Aunty Em. In my opinion Percy Jackson and the lightning thief would be a great recommendation if you like mysteries, adventure, and fighting between human and Greek Gods you should get this book as quick as you can. In my opinion the Lightning thief is a great book because it has adventures, mysteries, and fighting between human and Greek Gods.
Percy Jackson is twelve years old, has been kicked out of every school he's ever gone to, and is seen as quite a troublemaker. With ADHD and dyslexia and a reputation for trouble following him wherever he goes, Percy has learned to not get too attached to any one school, set of friends, or teachers, for that matter. Yancey Academy has been no different, except for two things. His best friend, Grover, and his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, seem to really care about him. While on a school field trip, Percy has quite the bad day. He almost drowns Nancy Bobofit, the school bully; gets attacked by Mrs. Dodds, the math teacher; and then gets told by everyone that there never was a teacher named Mrs. Dodds at Yancey academy. Confused and mistrusting of the two he had come to call friends, Percy grows distant and ends up getting kicked out of yet another school. After the last day, Percy and Grover get onto the city bus to go home. While there, Percy sees three old ladies cutting a piece of yarn. Grover freaks out and asks Percy to wait for him while he runs into a store. Percy ignores him and heads home. Through a series of bad choices and a fight with a foul-tempered, monstrous beast, Percy's mom appears to be killed and the two boys end up at Camp Half-Blood. If monsters aren't enough to take in, Percy finds out his father is Poseidon, the god of the sea, and that his uncle, Zeus, is demanding that Percy return the master lightning bolt by Summer Solstice or he'll be destroyed and another World War will begin. His only hopes are Grover and a smart-aleck girl named Annabeth. Can Percy find the master lighting bot and save everyone's skin, or will the gods start a war bigger than anything anyone has seen before? A great graphic novel adaptation of the original THE LIGHTNING THIEF book. The illustrations are wonderful. The novel is fairly true to the original book; the plot remains intact and is, therefore, well-written. The characters are true to their natures and are well-developed. Readers who are fans of Rick Riordan, action-adventure, fantasy, graphic novels, and mythology will all enjoy THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL.
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Posted October 13, 2010
um i have not read this yet but the cover looks way messed up PERCY LOOKS LIKE HE'S ON STEROIDS! why not a nice manga like james patterson is doing with Daniel X ? graphic novels always go totally sketchy. the gods and other would look SO cool if they were manga-tized
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Overview
You've read the book. You've seen the movie. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel.
Mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking out of the pages of twelve-year-old Percy Jackson's textbooks and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now, he and his friends have just ten days to find ...