How much do you know about the wings of fire graphic novels?
Greetings, Dragons of Pyrrhia & Pantala!
You may know lot, you may know only a bit or you may even fall somewhere in the middle. Well, regardless of how much you think you know, I'm here to teach you some more!
There are currently 7 wings of fire graphic novels, they span across the entire first arc and just under half way through the second arc. All 7 of the graphic novel adaptations are illustrated by the wonderful Mike Holmes! One thing I bet you didn't know is how many deviations from the original books there are! There are many changes for the graphic novels (with even more if you count consistency errors). I thought it could be fun to point out a couple of the changes that I personally like it find interesting in each of the wings of fire graphic novels.
One thing I would like the quickly highlight is fact that this is not meant to be a criticism of the wings of fire graphic novels by Mike Holmes in any way. This is just some information I find interesting and hope that you will as well!
The changes!
Book 1 (The dragonet )
- The prologue takes place in Clay's hatching instead of showing Hvitur's death.
- In fact, Hvitur isn't seen or mentioned at all throughout the first wings of fire graphic novel
- Glory's eyes change colour to reflect her mood, as well as her scales, which was never mentioned in the original book but I think it's cool!
Book 2 (The Lost Heir)
- The Prologue once again changes, rather than being from Webs' PoV it is instead Starflight and Tsunami reading the Missing Princess
- Auklet was never given a harness whilst still in her egg, unlike the original novel
- Most of the other changes in the second wings of fire graphic novel is just additional lines of dialogue being cut
Book 3 (The Hidden Kingdom)
- Morrowseer gets an additional monologue to Nautilus which isn't in the original
- On some occasions, Glory's scale colour changes differ from those in the original book.
- Kinkajou's eyes are dark pink rather than green
Book 4 (The Dark Secret)
- Tsunami's nightmare changes to no-longer include Anemone, instead, she is the one attacking Gill.
- Fatespeaker is not captured when she, Starflight and Flame are going through the tunnel.
- The colour of the ink which crosses out the scavenger dens is red rather than its original green
Book 5 (The Brightest Night)
- In the epilogue, it is Tsunami saying she doesn't like the idea of Scarlet still being out there, instead of Sunny
- In one panel, Starflight's name is misspelled as Starlight
- In the graphic novel, there is only 1 dragon (Addax) holding Ostrich but in the book, there are multiple
Book 6 (Moon Rising)
- Tsunami greets Auklet after being tackled by her, to me I really like this one extra scene showing there love
- Farsight and Mastermind don't show up in the prologue
- Coral actually voices her uncertainties about letting Turtle and Anemone go to Jade Mountain Academy
Book 7 (Winter Turning)
- Winter only mentions his siblings being present in the hunting party where he disappointed his parents but not the rest of his family
- A couple of small scenes were removed
- Like most of the other graphic novels, some dialogue was cut or moved around characters
What about you?
Do you like the wings of fire graphic novels? Or do you prefer the original? Don't forget to tell me down below! Also, are you excited for the eighth wings of fire graphic novel?
Do you like the wings of fire graphic novels? Or do you prefer the original? Don't forget to tell me down below! Also, are you excited for the eighth wings of fire graphic novel?
Hope everyone's day is going well!
Winged Wishes,
Isabella Laurier