The Rift, Part 2 (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

by Gene Luen Yang

Overview

Team Avatar find themselves up to their necks in trouble as mysterious forces threaten to destroy land once sacred to the Airbenders! While Aang journeys to the spirit world in search of clues, Toph faces off against her own past!

* The official continuation of Airbender from its creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko!

* Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Search continues to top the sales charts!

* The perfect companion to The Legend of Korra!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621159650
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	07/29/2014
Series:	Avatar: The Last Airbender Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	417,380
File size:	29 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Gene Luen Yang began making comic books in the fifth grade. He has since written and drawn a number of titles. His 2006 book, American Born Chinese, was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album—New. His 2013 two-volume graphic novel, Boxers & Saints, was nominated for both the National Book Award and the LA Times Book Award. Gene currently writes the graphic novel continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Shadow Hero, his comic book series with Sonny Liew, revived the Green Turtle, an obscure 1940s character who is arguably the first Asian-American superhero. The Shadow Hero is now available as individual digital issues via Amazon Kindle.

Michael Dante DiMartino is an American animation director best known as the cocreator, executive producer, and story editor of the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, both on Nickelodeon. He was born in Shelburne, Vermont. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design with Bryan Konietzko, with whom he created Avatar. Before Avatar, Mike worked for twelve years at Film Roman, helping to direct King of the Hill, Family Guy, and Mission Hill in addition to his own animated short, Atomic Love. The author lives in Santa Monica, California.

Bryan Konietzko is a director, writer, and producer. Konietzko is a cocreator of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. He was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Gurihiru is the team name of the illustration duo of Chifuku Sasaki and Naoko Kawano. Gurihuru has worked on Fantastic Four, The Last Airbender, and Power Pack. You can learn more about Gurihuru at gurihiru.com.

Editorial Reviews

In this official Airbender installment, young, free-spirited avatar Aang travels to the spirit world to unearth clues and blind Earthbending prodigy Toph Beifong wrestles with her own past. This trade paperback original graphic novel is the perfect accompaniment to Nickelodeon's popular animation series The Legend of Korra.