Since there appears to be only a few seperate English editions of Don Lawrence's sci-fi comic book series "Storm" on Amazon.com, and since there are no reviews yet (and since it is one of the greatest science-fiction comic series ever), I'm putting a small review of the entire series here.
Their are two special things about this series:
1) The artist, Don Lawrence, PAINTED everything (in large format), and really took his time (the work for each comic generally took about a year), which makes for a very beautiful and powerful result.
2) The series started out very uneven, with different story-writers, but it really took off when Martin Lodewijk came on board and became the only writer for the series: with his "Chronicles of Pandora", he lifted the series out of the hole it was getting into and transported the main characters to a new world; with this, he really hit the bullseye. I don't care much about the stories of the other writers; Martins stories fit perfectly with Don Lawrence's style and own ideas.
These two things make the Storm-comics cult-material. (I must say it doesn't feel right to name them books "comics")
Of the 23 albums of Don Lawrence's hand, these 16 are the cream of the crop (all written by Martin Lodewijk, unless otherwise stated):
Of The Chronicles of the Deep World:
The Last Fighter (1979)
The Legend of Yggdrasil (1981) (written by Kelvin Gosnell)
The Creeping Death (1982) (written by Don Lawrence)
Of The Chronicles of Pandarve:
The Pirates of Pandarve (1983)
The Labyrinth of Death (1983)
The Seven of Aromater (1984)
The Slayer of Eriban (1985)
The Dogs of Marduk (1985)
The Living Planet (1986)
Vandaahl the Destroyer (1987)
The Twisted World (1988)
The Robots of Farseid (1990)
Return of the Red Prince (1991)
The Von Neumann Machine (1993)
The Genesis Equation (1995)
The Armageddon Traveler (2001)
I don't know if all the books have been available in English in the original (cheaper) edition, like the copy on this page (The Last Fighter). At this date (august 8, 2011) Amazon only has one other:
Storm, Book Two: The Pirates of Pandarve (The Chronicles of Pandarve, Volume 1)
On the offical website "The worlds of Don Lawrence", you can get the English language books in the Hardcover edition, named Storm: The Collection (12 books @ 70 US dollars a piece; one book bundles two original albums & extras); worth the money. You can also find these editions on Amazon, but you will pay triple: 200 dollars per album!
The 15 albums I mentioned are truly, truly epic, and evergreen. They are still being reprinted on a big scale in Belgium and in the Netherlands, and are appreciated by adults and children alike (though they are not childish books). Since a few years, they even started a revival with a new team - Don Lawrence passed away in 2003. They're quite good, and the artists try to stay as true as possible to Lawrence, but it's inevitably different. Recently, they brought another team on board, meaning that there are now two teams working on their own albums, so new Storms will be published more rapidly.
Anyway, I hope it's clear: Don Lawrence's Storm is pure gold.
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One of the gold standards of European comic books
Since there appears to be only a few seperate English editions of Don Lawrence's sci-fi comic book series "Storm" on Amazon.com, and since there are no reviews yet (and since it is one of the greatest science-fiction comic series ever), I'm putting a small review of the entire series here.Their are two special things about this series:1) The artist, Don Lawrence, PAINTED everything (in large format), and really took his time (the work for each comic generally took about a year), which makes for a very beautiful and powerful result.2) The series started out very uneven, with different story-writers, but it really took off when Martin Lodewijk came on board and became the only writer for the series: with his "Chronicles of Pandora", he lifted the series out of the hole it was getting into and transported the main characters to a new world; with this, he really hit the bullseye. I don't care much about the stories of the other writers; Martins stories fit perfectly with Don Lawrence's style and own ideas.These two things make the Storm-comics cult-material. (I must say it doesn't feel right to name them books "comics")Of the 23 albums of Don Lawrence's hand, these 16 are the cream of the crop (all written by Martin Lodewijk, unless otherwise stated):Of The Chronicles of the Deep World:The Last Fighter (1979)The Legend of Yggdrasil (1981) (written by Kelvin Gosnell)The Creeping Death (1982) (written by Don Lawrence)Of The Chronicles of Pandarve:The Pirates of Pandarve (1983)The Labyrinth of Death (1983)The Seven of Aromater (1984)The Slayer of Eriban (1985)The Dogs of Marduk (1985)The Living Planet (1986)Vandaahl the Destroyer (1987)The Twisted World (1988)The Robots of Farseid (1990)Return of the Red Prince (1991)The Von Neumann Machine (1993)The Genesis Equation (1995)The Armageddon Traveler (2001)I don't know if all the books have been available in English in the original (cheaper) edition, like the copy on this page (The Last Fighter). At this date (august 8, 2011) Amazon only has one other:Storm, Book Two: The Pirates of Pandarve (The Chronicles of Pandarve, Volume 1)On the offical website "The worlds of Don Lawrence", you can get the English language books in the Hardcover edition, named Storm: The Collection (12 books @ 70 US dollars a piece; one book bundles two original albums & extras); worth the money. You can also find these editions on Amazon, but you will pay triple: 200 dollars per album!The 15 albums I mentioned are truly, truly epic, and evergreen. They are still being reprinted on a big scale in Belgium and in the Netherlands, and are appreciated by adults and children alike (though they are not childish books). Since a few years, they even started a revival with a new team - Don Lawrence passed away in 2003. They're quite good, and the artists try to stay as true as possible to Lawrence, but it's inevitably different. Recently, they brought another team on board, meaning that there are now two teams working on their own albums, so new Storms will be published more rapidly.Anyway, I hope it's clear: Don Lawrence's Storm is pure gold.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
Their are two special things about this series:
1) The artist, Don Lawrence, PAINTED everything (in large format), and really took his time (the work for each comic generally took about a year), which makes for a very beautiful and powerful result.
2) The series started out very uneven, with different story-writers, but it really took off when Martin Lodewijk came on board and became the only writer for the series: with his "Chronicles of Pandora", he lifted the series out of the hole it was getting into and transported the main characters to a new world; with this, he really hit the bullseye. I don't care much about the stories of the other writers; Martins stories fit perfectly with Don Lawrence's style and own ideas.
These two things make the Storm-comics cult-material. (I must say it doesn't feel right to name them books "comics")
Of the 23 albums of Don Lawrence's hand, these 16 are the cream of the crop (all written by Martin Lodewijk, unless otherwise stated):
Of The Chronicles of the Deep World:
The Last Fighter (1979)
The Legend of Yggdrasil (1981) (written by Kelvin Gosnell)
The Creeping Death (1982) (written by Don Lawrence)
Of The Chronicles of Pandarve:
The Pirates of Pandarve (1983)
The Labyrinth of Death (1983)
The Seven of Aromater (1984)
The Slayer of Eriban (1985)
The Dogs of Marduk (1985)
The Living Planet (1986)
Vandaahl the Destroyer (1987)
The Twisted World (1988)
The Robots of Farseid (1990)
Return of the Red Prince (1991)
The Von Neumann Machine (1993)
The Genesis Equation (1995)
The Armageddon Traveler (2001)
I don't know if all the books have been available in English in the original (cheaper) edition, like the copy on this page (The Last Fighter). At this date (august 8, 2011) Amazon only has one other:
[[ASIN:B000CP231M Storm, Book Two: The Pirates of Pandarve (The Chronicles of Pandarve, Volume 1)]]
On the offical website "The worlds of Don Lawrence", you can get the English language books in the Hardcover edition, named Storm: The Collection (12 books @ 70 US dollars a piece; one book bundles two original albums & extras); worth the money. You can also find these editions on Amazon, but you will pay triple: 200 dollars per album!
The 15 albums I mentioned are truly, truly epic, and evergreen. They are still being reprinted on a big scale in Belgium and in the Netherlands, and are appreciated by adults and children alike (though they are not childish books). Since a few years, they even started a revival with a new team - Don Lawrence passed away in 2003. They're quite good, and the artists try to stay as true as possible to Lawrence, but it's inevitably different. Recently, they brought another team on board, meaning that there are now two teams working on their own albums, so new Storms will be published more rapidly.
Anyway, I hope it's clear: Don Lawrence's Storm is pure gold.
One of the gold standards of European comic books
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
Since there appears to be only a few seperate English editions of Don Lawrence's sci-fi comic book series "Storm" on Amazon.com, and since there are no reviews yet (and since it is one of the greatest science-fiction comic series ever), I'm putting a small review of the entire series here.Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
Their are two special things about this series:
1) The artist, Don Lawrence, PAINTED everything (in large format), and really took his time (the work for each comic generally took about a year), which makes for a very beautiful and powerful result.
2) The series started out very uneven, with different story-writers, but it really took off when Martin Lodewijk came on board and became the only writer for the series: with his "Chronicles of Pandora", he lifted the series out of the hole it was getting into and transported the main characters to a new world; with this, he really hit the bullseye. I don't care much about the stories of the other writers; Martins stories fit perfectly with Don Lawrence's style and own ideas.
These two things make the Storm-comics cult-material. (I must say it doesn't feel right to name them books "comics")
Of the 23 albums of Don Lawrence's hand, these 16 are the cream of the crop (all written by Martin Lodewijk, unless otherwise stated):
Of The Chronicles of the Deep World:
The Last Fighter (1979)
The Legend of Yggdrasil (1981) (written by Kelvin Gosnell)
The Creeping Death (1982) (written by Don Lawrence)
Of The Chronicles of Pandarve:
The Pirates of Pandarve (1983)
The Labyrinth of Death (1983)
The Seven of Aromater (1984)
The Slayer of Eriban (1985)
The Dogs of Marduk (1985)
The Living Planet (1986)
Vandaahl the Destroyer (1987)
The Twisted World (1988)
The Robots of Farseid (1990)
Return of the Red Prince (1991)
The Von Neumann Machine (1993)
The Genesis Equation (1995)
The Armageddon Traveler (2001)
I don't know if all the books have been available in English in the original (cheaper) edition, like the copy on this page (The Last Fighter). At this date (august 8, 2011) Amazon only has one other:
[[ASIN:B000CP231M Storm, Book Two: The Pirates of Pandarve (The Chronicles of Pandarve, Volume 1)]]
On the offical website "The worlds of Don Lawrence", you can get the English language books in the Hardcover edition, named Storm: The Collection (12 books @ 70 US dollars a piece; one book bundles two original albums & extras); worth the money. You can also find these editions on Amazon, but you will pay triple: 200 dollars per album!
The 15 albums I mentioned are truly, truly epic, and evergreen. They are still being reprinted on a big scale in Belgium and in the Netherlands, and are appreciated by adults and children alike (though they are not childish books). Since a few years, they even started a revival with a new team - Don Lawrence passed away in 2003. They're quite good, and the artists try to stay as true as possible to Lawrence, but it's inevitably different. Recently, they brought another team on board, meaning that there are now two teams working on their own albums, so new Storms will be published more rapidly.
Anyway, I hope it's clear: Don Lawrence's Storm is pure gold.
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