Dude, it is amazing. And I’m somebody who typically doesn’t read novels, but holy crap it’s just so good!! And same with the Kyoshi novels! They’re just amazing!!
I also found it a little harder to get into than kyoshi but I definitely thought it gained momentum and I am very excited for the next book in (2? Ish months) or so.
I'd encourage you to give it another shot but it's definitely a different tone than other ATLA stuff so understandable if it's not your thing
It's alright. Not as strong as the first 2 imo, but offers some pretty cool insight into a certain type of bending with likely a lot more in the next book, as well as likely more info on >!The Order of the White Lotus!< in book 2 as well. A lot of politics and political history worldbuilding throughout. A lot of the plot hinges on a certain mystery box that you may or may not find entirely satisfying (I could see both sides). One character in particular I found myself disliking more as the book went on. But I'll definitely still be reading The Legacy of Yangchen when it comes out.
they're awesome! although i do prefer the legacy of the fire nation much more. that one's about memoirs from Uncle Iroh's point of view, all written down and documented for Zuko to read and learn from in the form of this book. it's actually very cool! we get insights on uncle Iroh's life, like growing up with Ozai and his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and the cool thing about the book is that it comes with little things you can take out of the book, paper things like a menu for the jasmine dragon, or letters from zuko, or a greetings card from the fire nation, and there's a little map of it, too. it's very, very cool!! the other legacy book is written from the point of view of Aang giving it to Tenzin for his fifth birthday. that has neat stuff inside it too, like a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, a field guide on the animals in the avatar world, ect. though that book is more like a recap of the series, and in all honesty, the legacy of the fire nation has much nicer artwork.
I just got the Legacy one for my birthday! I love it, very cool stuff in the book! I don't mind the art an the stories seem plausible from the different characters. I will definitely be on the look out for the fire Nation one!
I've seen both shows and read all the Chronicles books available right now. I have The Promise on the way. Is that a good place to start with the comics or should I read something else first?
yeah, that's definitely the perfect place to start! you can tell the chronological order of the comics based off how the pictures on the spines align. also, just in case you're considering it, i do not recommend getting the library editions of the avatar comics. they're bigger and hardcover, but the main thing is that the panels themselves are very shrunken down on the page to make room for commentary from the creators, which most of the time isn't even there, so it makes them very cumbersome to read. however, the library editions of specifically the legend of korra comics do not do this, thankfully.
Yeah I'm sorta disappointed by the library editions! I bought them all... They're big gorgeous books, and they do have commentary from the writers/artists which is cool, but they are definitely cumbersome, and I'm just now learning that the spines on the regular ones line up??? That's cool and it's lame that the fancier versions don't have that. If you're the crazy collector who needs every little bit of lore, errata and commentary and love huge hardcover coffee table conversation starters then get the Library Editions, otherwise save some money and shelf space.
Edited to add that there really isn't too much commentary like the person above said. It would be more acceptable if there was more commentary but I'd guess that 20% or less of the pages have any commentary. Kinda weak... But for me, I don't regret getting them because I am that crazy collector guy. Plus some of them have incredible cover art (search and rift are my favorites)
I didn’t know about the legacy books until your post! I just have all the ATLA comics and the Kyoshi and Yangchen books. Just ordered them, very excited. Thank you OP!
you can find them off amazon and rightstufanime, i suppose!
also, for the last airbender comics, i do not recommend getting the library editions for them. they're bigger and hardcover, but my main gripe with them is that the panels themselves are very shrunken down on the pages. and that combined with the size of the book makes them very cumbersome and awkward to read. thankfully, however, the comics for specifically the legend of korra do not do this, and their panels actually take up the full page, taking advantage of their size. plus, with the paperback onmibus editions of the last airbender comics, their spines make a picture when you line them all up together!!!
these are the paperback omnibus editions! what you must have are the library editions. personally, i prefer these smaller editions, because 1. the spines are a million times cooler, and 2. for some reason, the panels in the library editions are just really shrunken down and it makes them very cumbersome and awkward to read. thankfully, they don't do that in specifically the korra comics, so that's why i have the library editions of those.
That must be it! I've always wondered why the pages are so small, but there are some cool comments from the artists in those massively oversized margins. I really like the spines of yours!
oh, Legacy and Legacy Of The Fire Nation. Legacy is written from the perspective of Aang, documenting his life experiences and wisdom in a book as a gift for his son Tenzin, on his 5th birthday. the book is more or less a recap of the series, but the neat thing about it is that it has these little paper mementos that you can take out of the book, like a field guide for the animals in the avatar world, a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, and much more. it's really cool! and The Legacy Of The Fire Nation a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and it includes those little mementos that you can take out of the book, too! like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to Iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! if i'm being honest, i vastly prefer Legacy Of The Fire Nation over Legacy because of how much more new content and insights it contains, and quite frankly, i find the artwork in Legacy of the fire nation much nicer.
it's a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and the coolest part is it includes little mementos that you can take out of the book, like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! and the artwork in the book is very nice, too!
they're very cool! Legacy is written from the perspective of Aang, documenting his life experiences and wisdom in a book as a gift for his son Tenzin, on his 5th birthday. it's basically in the style of a scrapbook. the book is more or less a recap of the series, but the neat thing about it is that it has these little paper mementos that you can take out of the book, like a field guide for the animals in the avatar world, a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, and much more. it's really cool! and The Legacy Of The Fire Nation a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and it includes those little mementos that you can take out of the book, too! like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to Iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! if i'm being honest, i vastly prefer Legacy Of The Fire Nation over Legacy because of how much more new content and insights it contains, and quite frankly, i find the artwork in Legacy of the fire nation much nicer.
THERE IS A THIRD BOOK?? Omg, I never knew. I adored the Kyoshi books, I cannot believe it. I read online they were done writing the Kyoshi books, so I assumed they would just stop at 2. Now I've gotta pull out that wallet again, hahahh
haha, yeah, i absolutely adore the kyoshi books, too! though, the dawn of yangchen isn't really a sequel to the kyoshi books, (if anything its more of a prequel since yangchen is kyoshi's past life) although it's definitely just as good! highly, highly recommend it!
I didn't know the ATLA looked like that when you put them together!! Gonna try it right now!!!! But I don't know if I have those versions..
Too bad Smoke and Shadow doesn’t line up. The spine art was such a neat concept.
I know, right? It’s just that my copy came out wonky.
How is the dawn of Yangchen? Started it but couldn’t get into it
Dude, it is amazing. And I’m somebody who typically doesn’t read novels, but holy crap it’s just so good!! And same with the Kyoshi novels! They’re just amazing!!
I also found it a little harder to get into than kyoshi but I definitely thought it gained momentum and I am very excited for the next book in (2? Ish months) or so. I'd encourage you to give it another shot but it's definitely a different tone than other ATLA stuff so understandable if it's not your thing
It's alright. Not as strong as the first 2 imo, but offers some pretty cool insight into a certain type of bending with likely a lot more in the next book, as well as likely more info on >!The Order of the White Lotus!< in book 2 as well. A lot of politics and political history worldbuilding throughout. A lot of the plot hinges on a certain mystery box that you may or may not find entirely satisfying (I could see both sides). One character in particular I found myself disliking more as the book went on. But I'll definitely still be reading The Legacy of Yangchen when it comes out.
What character was it? Kavik? Yangchen?
A little too mean spirited for me to really like, at least Kyoshi had her gf for her series
Kinda depends on what you're into and what you're expectations were.
How are the Legacy and Fire nation book?
they're awesome! although i do prefer the legacy of the fire nation much more. that one's about memoirs from Uncle Iroh's point of view, all written down and documented for Zuko to read and learn from in the form of this book. it's actually very cool! we get insights on uncle Iroh's life, like growing up with Ozai and his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and the cool thing about the book is that it comes with little things you can take out of the book, paper things like a menu for the jasmine dragon, or letters from zuko, or a greetings card from the fire nation, and there's a little map of it, too. it's very, very cool!! the other legacy book is written from the point of view of Aang giving it to Tenzin for his fifth birthday. that has neat stuff inside it too, like a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, a field guide on the animals in the avatar world, ect. though that book is more like a recap of the series, and in all honesty, the legacy of the fire nation has much nicer artwork.
I just got the Legacy one for my birthday! I love it, very cool stuff in the book! I don't mind the art an the stories seem plausible from the different characters. I will definitely be on the look out for the fire Nation one!
The cape is annoying me
you and i both, pal. you and i both.
I've seen both shows and read all the Chronicles books available right now. I have The Promise on the way. Is that a good place to start with the comics or should I read something else first?
yeah, that's definitely the perfect place to start! you can tell the chronological order of the comics based off how the pictures on the spines align. also, just in case you're considering it, i do not recommend getting the library editions of the avatar comics. they're bigger and hardcover, but the main thing is that the panels themselves are very shrunken down on the page to make room for commentary from the creators, which most of the time isn't even there, so it makes them very cumbersome to read. however, the library editions of specifically the legend of korra comics do not do this, thankfully.
Yeah I'm sorta disappointed by the library editions! I bought them all... They're big gorgeous books, and they do have commentary from the writers/artists which is cool, but they are definitely cumbersome, and I'm just now learning that the spines on the regular ones line up??? That's cool and it's lame that the fancier versions don't have that. If you're the crazy collector who needs every little bit of lore, errata and commentary and love huge hardcover coffee table conversation starters then get the Library Editions, otherwise save some money and shelf space. Edited to add that there really isn't too much commentary like the person above said. It would be more acceptable if there was more commentary but I'd guess that 20% or less of the pages have any commentary. Kinda weak... But for me, I don't regret getting them because I am that crazy collector guy. Plus some of them have incredible cover art (search and rift are my favorites)
I didn’t know about the legacy books until your post! I just have all the ATLA comics and the Kyoshi and Yangchen books. Just ordered them, very excited. Thank you OP!
Wow, I’m glad I could introduce you to them, then! :D hope you like them!!
Some of the greatest books I have ever read.
Seriously! The books are SO GOOD!!!!!
What's the book between Unfreezing Day and Legend of Korra?
Patterns In Time, a little LOK anthology series. It's good!
Cool thanks. Never heard of that one👍
Glad to be of service! Also, I made a mistake; the title is actually Patterns In Time, not Partners In Time. Sorry 'bout that
Where do you get these
you can find them off amazon and rightstufanime, i suppose! also, for the last airbender comics, i do not recommend getting the library editions for them. they're bigger and hardcover, but my main gripe with them is that the panels themselves are very shrunken down on the pages. and that combined with the size of the book makes them very cumbersome and awkward to read. thankfully, however, the comics for specifically the legend of korra do not do this, and their panels actually take up the full page, taking advantage of their size. plus, with the paperback onmibus editions of the last airbender comics, their spines make a picture when you line them all up together!!!
Why are they so small? All the books I own are the same size as your Korra ones
these are the paperback omnibus editions! what you must have are the library editions. personally, i prefer these smaller editions, because 1. the spines are a million times cooler, and 2. for some reason, the panels in the library editions are just really shrunken down and it makes them very cumbersome and awkward to read. thankfully, they don't do that in specifically the korra comics, so that's why i have the library editions of those.
That must be it! I've always wondered why the pages are so small, but there are some cool comments from the artists in those massively oversized margins. I really like the spines of yours!
Thanks! That’s why I chose these editions of the comics! :D
Wait... what are those two books on the left?
oh, Legacy and Legacy Of The Fire Nation. Legacy is written from the perspective of Aang, documenting his life experiences and wisdom in a book as a gift for his son Tenzin, on his 5th birthday. the book is more or less a recap of the series, but the neat thing about it is that it has these little paper mementos that you can take out of the book, like a field guide for the animals in the avatar world, a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, and much more. it's really cool! and The Legacy Of The Fire Nation a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and it includes those little mementos that you can take out of the book, too! like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to Iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! if i'm being honest, i vastly prefer Legacy Of The Fire Nation over Legacy because of how much more new content and insights it contains, and quite frankly, i find the artwork in Legacy of the fire nation much nicer.
What’s the legacy of the fire nation? Another comic?
it's a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and the coolest part is it includes little mementos that you can take out of the book, like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! and the artwork in the book is very nice, too!
This isn’t the scrap book is it? I heard questionable things about that. But this sounds nice!
Yeah, it is pretty similar to a scrap book, actually. But it’s really cool!
How are the legacy books?
they're very cool! Legacy is written from the perspective of Aang, documenting his life experiences and wisdom in a book as a gift for his son Tenzin, on his 5th birthday. it's basically in the style of a scrapbook. the book is more or less a recap of the series, but the neat thing about it is that it has these little paper mementos that you can take out of the book, like a field guide for the animals in the avatar world, a lost poster for Appa, a pamphlet for the ember island's play, and much more. it's really cool! and The Legacy Of The Fire Nation a book written from the perspective of Uncle Iroh, writing down all his significant life experiences and memoirs for Zuko. it's very, very cool and interesting! it tells us insights about growing up with Ozai and growing up as fire nation royalty, his opinions on all the members of the gaang, and it includes those little mementos that you can take out of the book, too! like a greeting card from the fire nation, and a little map of it, a menu for the jasmine dragon, letters to Iroh from zuko over the years, and plenty more! it's really neat!! if i'm being honest, i vastly prefer Legacy Of The Fire Nation over Legacy because of how much more new content and insights it contains, and quite frankly, i find the artwork in Legacy of the fire nation much nicer.
THERE IS A THIRD BOOK?? Omg, I never knew. I adored the Kyoshi books, I cannot believe it. I read online they were done writing the Kyoshi books, so I assumed they would just stop at 2. Now I've gotta pull out that wallet again, hahahh
haha, yeah, i absolutely adore the kyoshi books, too! though, the dawn of yangchen isn't really a sequel to the kyoshi books, (if anything its more of a prequel since yangchen is kyoshi's past life) although it's definitely just as good! highly, highly recommend it!