Amulet (comics)
| Author | Kazu Kibuishi |
|---|---|
| Illustrator |
Kazu Kibuishi Jason Caffoe |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure, Fantasy |
| Publisher | GRAPHIX |
| Published | January 1, 2008–present |
| Media type | Graphic novel |
Amulet is a graphic novel series illustrated and written by Kazu Kibuishi and published by Scholastic.[1][2][3]
The series follows the adventures of Emily Hayes (Nickname Em), who after moving to their great-grandfather's house in the town of Norlen, discovers and wears the magical amulet that uses magical powers. After entering the fictional world of Alledia with her younger brother, Navin and their mother, Karen, they befriend the allies and set off to defeat the villainous Elf King.
Synopsis
Vol. One: After David Hayes died in a car accident, Emily, Navin and Karen move to the little town of Norlen, as Karen cannot afford to pay the rent, where they have their new lives to forget bad memories. As they clean their house, Emily finds a strange amulet and wears it. That night, Karen goes to the basement and is kidnapped by a monstrous arachnopod. Emily and Navin follow them into another world to save her.
Vol. Two: After Karen is poisoned by the arachnopod, Emily and Navin take her to the nearest city to find a cure, but they are being hunted by the Elves. Luckily, they meet a humanoid fox named Leon Redbeard who helps them and teaches Emily some basic lessons of how to wield the amulet's power.
Vol. Three: After Karen is cured of the arachnopod's poison, Leon takes Emily and company to search the skies to find Cielis, the legendary city of stonekeepers, chartering an airship, and end up with one that is piloted by a crew of two humanoid cats, Enzo and Rico. Later, they recruit Trellis, the son of the Elf King.
Vol. Four: After Emily and company find the city of Cielis, they attempt to see the Guardian Council, but they slowly discover that something strange is going on in the city and it concerns the city's most powerful secret.
Vol. Five: After Emily and Vigo, the stonekeepers became the last Guardian Council, the city guard begins preparations to fight the Elf Army, but the enemy gets stronger and the Elf King begins to use the last shard of the Mother Stone to create his own Guardian Council. As both sides prepare to go to war, Trellis and Emily travel to the past, and find their new enemy Max who was controlled by his amulet and faced tough times. Emily then discovers the voice from her own amulet comes from evil that it is more powerful than she could have imagined.
Vol. Six: Emily, Navin and their friends continue to battle the Elf King in hopes of defeating him and his forces once and for all, but his loyal servant Max makes it hard for them. The crew journeys to Lucien, a city that has been ravaged by the war, where Emily confronts more enemies than she realizes, and it takes everything she and her allies have to escape from the city alive.
Vol. Seven: Emily, Trellis and Vigo travel to Algos Island, where they find Gabilan, the Elf that the Elf King sent after them during their search for Cielis. With his help, Emily and Trellis enter memories of Trellis' childhood that his father had Gabilan take away from Trellis, and learn that the "dark shadows" were created by refugees from a dead planet who are intent on taking over Alledia. Emily is lured by her stone into a memory that turns out to be from the man who was inadvertently responsible for her father's death. There, her stone is able to cause Emily to partially give in to feelings of hatred and revenge, enough so that the stone's power appears to completely take over her. Navin and Aly reunite with Miskit and Leon, and together with other members of the Resistance's clandestine space program, blast off into what appears to be an orbit of Alledia, for reasons that are as yet unclear.
Volumes
| Volume | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Stonekeeper | 2008 |
| 2 | The Stonekeeper's Curse | 2009 |
| 3 | The Cloud Searchers | 2010 |
| 4 | The Last Council | 2011 |
| 5 | Prince of the Elves | 2012 |
| 6 | Escape From Lucien | 2014 |
| 7 | Firelight | 2016 |
On October 3, 2014, Kibuishi confirmed on Twitter that the series will have nine volumes.
References
- ↑ John Holbo (November 28, 2008). "Kazu Kibuishi’s Amulet". CrookedTimber.org. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Scholastic Gets Kazu Kibuishi's 'Amulet'". ICV2. August 10, 2005. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ↑ Vincent Janoski (August 26, 2008). "The Geekly Reader: Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi". Wired.com. Retrieved February 26, 2011.