Neil Gaiman

P. Craig Russell

v. 1. "This volume collects issues #1 through #9 of the Dark Horse comic-book series American Gods: Shadows"

American Gods Volume 1: Shadows

Maggie Gordon

Beautiful, albeit perhaps overly cautious adaptation of Gaiman's famous book. While the recent TV show American Gods took a rather creative approach to retelling this story, the graphic novel is extremely faithful to the original novel. Some may love this; others may find it an unnecessary retelling. For what it is, the art is atmospheric and the pace consistent to what I want from the story. I love American Gods and I'm certainly not going to complain about getting another version!

Celeste Richardson

I’m not sure what I was expecting from this, but it wasn’t a word-for-word presentation of the novel itself. The only difference was the inclusion of the, well, graphics. I think this three-part series of graphic novels would be perfect for someone who hasn’t yet read the book, or a superfan looking for a slightly different experience that doesn’t change a thing about the story they love. However, as someone who likes the book a good deal without quite loving it, and who has read the novel more than once, this felt incredibly repetitive to me in spite of the art. Also, there is some really weird sexual content in this story that is much easier to skim over when presented in pure prose. Some of the images that accompanied these scenes in the graphic novel iteration were difficult to stomach. But as always, Gaiman tells an incredibly interesting story. As this is such a faithful, virtually unabridged version of the novel, I will be skipping the other two volumes of this series for now. But, like I said, I can see this being a huge hit for both superfans and newcomers alike.

Xavier Falaise

Amna A.

Melissa Railey

Ayşe Özkan 

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!

American Gods Volume 1: Shadows

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