Hatter M: The Looking Glass Wars Volume 1

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Put to rest any delusions or disinformation you have of the tea-guzzling madman of faux literary history and prepare to expand your consciousness as the saga of Hatter Madigan and his relentless search for the lost Princess of Wonderland unfolds in Volume 1 of the Hatter M graphic novel series! In Frank Beddor's bestselling The Looking Glass Wars, Royal Bodyguard Hatter Madigan was ordered by Queen Genevieve to take Princess Alyss and leave Wonderland after a bloody palace coup staged by the murderous Redd. But while escaping through the Pool of Tears (the portal connecting Wonderland to our world) crushing centrifugal force pulled them apart, and Alyss was lost. In this first volume of the geo-graphic parallel adventure trilogy, Hatter finds himself in Paris, France in the year 1859 shockingly separated from the child he had been sworn to protect. Hatter must now embark upon a non-stop quest, crisscrossing the globe for 13 years in search of his lost Princess.

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• ISBN13: 9780981873701
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Item number (ASIN): 0981873707
Author: Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier
Creator: Ben Templesmith, Illustrator
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
ISBN: 0981873707
Manufacturer: Automatic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Package Dimensions: 40 x 610 x 890 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: October 16, 2008
Publisher: Automatic Pictures
Reading Level: Young Adult
Binding: Paperback

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Rating: - again amazing service and great books!
Like I said a bout the second one the service was great and they books showed up faster then I had expected them too. The books themselfs are full of great art and the storys are awesome. Can't wait for book 3.

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Rating: - Review from The Neverending Shelf
I have been a long time fan of The Looking Glass Wars series, so I was really excited to take my love for this series into a different medium. The first thing I did upon opening the novel was take a minute to fully appreciate the artwork of this graphic novel. It is simply breathtaking. My attention was captured by its sketchy style, layers of textures, and colors. It is interesting to note that most of the colors are dark, so when the reader sees red or pastels, it really jumps out at you. If you have read the LGW, then the plot will not be too original for you since the novel features the beginning of LGW, and follows Hatter Madigan during parts of his 13 year hunt for Alyss on Earth. However, I found this graphic novel to be a nice addition to the series due to the reader getting to see some of the trials that Hatter M underwent. Overall, I was very pleased with this graphic novel. It is a wonderful addition to my LGW collection, and I am looking forward to reading the next installments.

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Rating: - the looking glass war
Book purchased for teen aged granchild. He totally enjoyed the graphics in comic form. Stated a neat approach to a fairy tale. Looking forward to more of the same.

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Rating: - Hatter Madigan
the story was perfectly fine, it was the illustrations that i couldnt stand. they were terrible!!! they were trying to be edge but totally missed their mark. but i must admit that i am partial to the classic styling of comic books. but batman's arkham asylam is edge without being completely grotesc. i think they need to rethink the illustrator for the next book.

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Rating: - Dark and twisty reimagination of the "Mad" Hatter, Bodyguard to Princess Alyss of Wonderland
I "fell" for Ben Templesmith's art when he teamed with Ellis to do, yeah, FELL. So, when I happened upon this compilation called HATTER M, and saw that it had art by Ben Templesmith, I picked it up and bought it, without even glancing at the story blurb. Thankfully, I was not disappointed. Then again, I like dark retellings of familiar tales (such as the updated fairy tales that Datlow/Windling offered us for the last decade plus in their fantasy anthologies). In this case, we have a Hatter who is mad--as in furious--but not crazy. Although, okay, perhaps if you happened upon him in 1859--the year he popped into our reality from Wonderland after escaping the massacre royale contrived by the evil Redd, sister of the Queen and aunt to young Princess Alyss--and saw his crazy hat and crazy knife-throwing skills. Maybe you would think he was MAD. But he's simply an honorable bodyguard to the Princess of Wonderland, brimming with white imagination who, in escaping from the massacre back home, was separated from the young princess, and now must search for her and protect her from the forces of Black Imagination. We open with Paris in the 19th century, where hatmakers--imaginative and honorable in their professsion--first draw our Hatter's eye. Wherever there is imagination--in art, in music, in children who are "especially juicy" with it--there is a glow. Our Hatter follows that glow, because Alyss herself will, naturally, glow with the wonderlandishness of her own imagination. We come across imagination vampires, an evil baronness, gypsies, hungry zombies, an intrepid Russian female reporter, and even Jules Verne. But in the end, what's most interesting is slowly piecing together what is going on from a disorienting, action-packed start. By chapter three, we are given a flashback to the evil goings on in Wonderland and feel more grounded. My favorite chapter dealt with the orphanage that trained children in conformity. Little Edwina and her colorful butterly delighted me. The bit of humor with the dogs, her utter childlike trust in the Hatter, just simply shone for me. Templesmith's art, like in FELL, leaves a lot of blurry space and it uses color in such a way that you feel the dark, mysterious atmosphere suited to the subject matter. There is plenty of violence (this is NOT for the very young), and some sly dark humor, and a big thematic cheer for, yes, of course, nurturing imagination of wonder. You could have guessed that, though. The machine at the orphange adds a definite steampunky element for those of you who like that. (I DO!) The war is on. The Hatter is on the hunt. And I will be wanting to see where his journeys take him and his amazingly lethal hat. I wish the whole storyline was in comics format(as I'm not inclined to read the young-adult novels in the trilogy). I guess I'll wait for more in the Hatter M vein. Mir

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