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Some images from the non-Archaia, non-translated version of Siegfried Volume 2! Take a look at Alex Alice’s stunningly beautiful artwork.
Remember that you can pre-order Siegfried Volume 2 at the Archaia WEBSTORE!
How does the Siegfried of Alex Alice fit into the Siegfried of Wagner?
Easily! I’m neither a “Wagnerite” nor an expert in Norse mythology. The poetry of Wagner and those sagas touched me as a spectator, not a specialist. When I read Wagner’s libretto or listen to his music, I get The Ring, I see things I’ve never seen anywhere else, especially on stage. The cycle is absolutely packed with heartrendering scenes of great symbolic power. There is my impetus, the lifeblood of my story, as you say.
I’ve taken the approach of a storyteller for Siegfried. In creating my story, I drew on many, many sources, from ancient legends to very modern interpretations, because I didn’t want to just adapt the opera as is. In comics, P. Craig Russell already did that in his book The Ring of the Nibelung. It’s an almost perfect adaptation; Russell adjusted the dialogue for comics. But, for me, though his narrative is hard to top, it does suffer from the bias of fidelity. Some scenes from the opera are so closely based on the music that they can’t exist on the page in a satisfying way. And the story as it is didn’t suit me. I wanted to tell “my” Siegfried story.
Thanks for sharing your passion for Alex Alice’s Siegfried and posting a segment of the in depth interview featured in volume 1!
The interview is very long and intense and offers a ton of insight into Alex’s process and the creation of this beautiful book.
If you want to check out the whole interview for yourself, pick up a copy at the Archaia webstore HERE, your local comic shop, or wherever books are sold!
Awww, yeeaahh; volume two is only a few months away.
The release date gets closer every day, are you ready?
My roommate bought me the first volume of the North American release of Siegfried. And I just
it’s so gorgeous
I can’t
there are not enough can’t’s in the world
I have run out of them
it is impossible to can’t further than I have already done
falls to the floor
crawls over to the book
slowly curls around it and gently strokes it
cries
A beautiful mix of art from the Siegfried Graphic Novels. We’re glad you were able to enjoy your copy of Volume 1 so much!
Those of you out there who haven’t picked it up yet, Volume 1 is available now in comic shops and wherever books are sold!
Siegfried volume 2 can be PRE-ORDERED now!
Last year we published Siegfried Vol 1 and announced the feature film version, here’s an excerpt from our press release below:
“Eisner Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment is proud to announce the online premiere of the English language trailer for their upcoming release of Alex Alice’s SIEGFRIED, the first volume in an epic trilogy of graphic novels inspired by the Richard Wagner operatic cycle, “The Ring of the Nibelung”.
Based on the medieval Germanic mythology of the Nibelungenlied, SIEGFRIED tells the story of a child discovered in the woods by a dwarf-goblin who raises the boy in protective secrecy. As he grows older, however, the boy discovers that he is more than just a lost orphan — he has a destiny planned by Odin, the father of the Norse gods, to fight the dragon Fafnir, guardian of the forbidden Rheingold. This beloved tale of high-fantasy and epic heroic discovery is known to have inspired countless well-known classics, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
To introduce the series to a North American audience, Archaia has released a feature-quality animated trailer created by Pendragon Imageforge and directed by series author and artist Alex Alice. Originally created as a stylistic proof-of-concept for an animated feature film, plans for the full production are set to resume now that Alex has completed the trilogy of graphic novels.”
Read the rest of the release HERE!
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Just a friendly reminder about this gorgeous trailer for the Siegfried animated film. It’s been up on the Archaia website too in case you missed it.
Siegfried Volume 1 is in stores, you can order your copy through the Archaia Webstore HERE, or find it wherever books are sold.
Siegfried Volume 2 is up for pre-orders as well! Be sure to place your order to make sure you get a copy. The expected release date is in May. We can’t wait to bring it to you all!
Today is Fan Art Friday! Send us your coolest Archaia drawings, cosplay pics, and fan fiction and tag them Fan Art Friday!
Photo originally posted by DeviantArt User RahbGee
Siegfried by Alex Alice will hit stores tomorrow!
Here is a sneak peek at some of the amazing art work inside the beautiful book.
A three-part story inspired by Wagner’s classic opera The Ring of the Nibelung. Siegfried, half-god and half-mortal, is a young boy being raised by Mime, one of the last of the dwarf-goblin Nibelungs, in a dark forest with only wolves for friends and family. While his foster parent only wants to live in peace and solitude, Siegfried yearns to discover who his real parents are and live amongst his own kind, not knowing that Odin, father of the Norse gods, has a destiny planned for him: to fight the dragon Fafnir, guardian of the Rheingold.
Watch the book trailer here.
Not only is the story in Siegfried amazing but the artwork and the visual storytelling is breathtaking. It is definitely a must read and I encourage you all to pick this book up. It is a great adventure story that has you excited to turn every page. A must have!
Archaia launched a new YouTube video project where we select upcoming titles to give you, the reader, a preview of what’s to come! We aim to give you a feeling of what picking up and viewing the book would be like.
Here are some examples of the flip-thru previews:
Check out our playlist on YouTube for the full selection of flip-thru titles thus far. Let us know what you think and of titles you might like to see!
Siegfried - North American Debut Trailer
Despite the release date being pushed back several times, it looks like the English translation of Alex Alice’s Siegfried will for sure be released this June by Archaia.
We also finally have confirmation that the animated film is back in production:
ARCHAIA ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF ANIMATED ‘SIEGFRIED’ TRAILER
Feature-Quality Animation Heralds Release of Alex Alice’s Epic Graphic Novel ‘Siegfried’
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 4th, 2012) – Eisner Award-winning publisher Archaia Entertainment is proud to announce the online premiere of the English-language trailer for their upcoming release of Alex Alice’s SIEGFRIED, the first volume in an epic trilogy of graphic novels inspired by the Richard Wagner operatic cycle, “The Ring of the Nibelung.”
Based on the medieval Germanic mythology of the Nibelungenlied, SIEGFRIED tells the story of a child discovered in the woods by a dwarf-goblin who raises the boy in protective secrecy. As he grows older, however, the boy discovers that he is more than just a lost orphan—he has a destiny planned by Odin, the father of the Norse gods, to fight the dragon Fafnir, guardian of the forbidden Rheingold. This beloved tale of high fantasy and epic heroic discovery is known to have inspired countless well-known classics, including J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
To introduce the series to a North American audience, Archaia has released a feature-quality animated trailer created by Pendragon Imageforge and directed by series author and artist Alex Alice. Originally created as a stylistic proof-of-concept for an animated feature film, plans for the full production are set to resume now that Alice has completed the trilogy of graphic novels.
Volume 1 of the SIEGFRIED graphic novel will release in June, with the second and third volumes to follow in 2013.
For more information, visit http://www.archaia.com/archaia-titles/siegfried/.
