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Aria Volume 1: The Magic Of Aria Paperback – May 1, 2002

by Brian Holguin (Author), Jay Anacleto (Author)

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Somewhere around the corner, just beyond the edge of perception, lies a world you never dreamed existed...A world where creatures of ancient myth and gods long thought dead walk unnoticed along the crowded streets of Manhattan. Where ladies of Faerie dance lonely nights away, bathed in soft neon glare. Where every shadow holds a secret, and every secret has a price. Where danger and wonder can be found at any turn, if you only know where to look. Welcome to the World of...Aria.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics; Gph edition (May 1, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 140 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 158240139X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582401393
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.25 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,796,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,696 in Image Comics & Graphic Novels
- #108,637 in Graphic Novels (Books)

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Christian Lange

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024

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This is a great comic. Great price. Thank you

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016

I have every cover variant because Jay Anacletto is an incredibly talented artist. Brian Holguin brings brilliant and dramatic story-telling to life in this series about a faery princess.

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Kristin Munson

Fantastically Fractured Faerie Tale

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2003

Brian Holguin is one of those rare comic book authors who could have a five-year-old doing his illustrations and you just wouldn't care because the story would suck you completely in regardless. Fortunately for us he doesn't have a toddler, he has the terminally gifted Jay Ancleto, and if that isn't enough to send you into the throes of ecstacy then I don't know what is.
Between the two of them they conjure up an utterly believable realm where fairies and ancient gods walk among us, as human as you or I but merely gifted with magicks and a conditional immortality. Lady Kildare is beautiful, chain-smoking, leather-loving, fairie with a take-no-prisoners attitude and a day job at a curiosity shop. Pug is her tattooed, incorrigible partner in crime who's as handy with a broadsword as he is with the dispatching of a case of beer. Her cousin Gwynnion is fragiley insane in a thoroughly endearing way and it is she who serves as the catalyst for the Second Coming of The Dark One. The three of them, plus some other eccentrically magickal characters you may or may not recognize, have to trek halfway around the world, through worlds mundane and magical to try and save both realms from imminent Armageddon.
Which is not to say this is just one long, drawn-out, bloody swords and sorcery story. Just the opposite. There are many quiet, character development moments infused with humor; especially funny are Gwynnions meanderings in and out of sanity (Or as close to sanity as she can get) and a scene where Kildare has to deal with one ignorant customer after another until all she can do is disparagingly declare 'Oh what fools these mortals be'.
The only thing that keeps this book from being a five star read is the disconcerting jump from Ancleto to a fill-in artist- who is still very good but works in a completely different style that gives you a jarring transition- for one of the four issues. Also, Ancleto's fully shaded, photo-realistic illustrations are so perfect as-is it would have been nice to see them without computer effects layered on top of them. I defy you to look at the untouched black and white covers and sample panels at the back of the book and think that they could be improved in any way with a bit of color.
Graphic novels are the DVDs of the comic world; as such the extras are what make or break the final prouduct and Aria simply teems with them. About a third of the book is nothing but bonus material, including a cover gallery that features all the issue's covers, even the alternate ones, with all the logos removed to let you appreciate 100% of the beauty. There's also a bonus prose story by Brian Holguin and lots of assorted sketches and pin-ups by Jay Ancleto.

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Anna Berkholz

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2014

Great pictures; really like the atmosphere of it; even the latent nihilism in all that fairy stuff.

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joseph johnson

The Art is Fantasic but...

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2004

The art by Anacleto is simply amazing. There is an issue in here done by a different artist that pales in comparison to the rest of the book (Guess he needed a week off). But the story's pretty generic (Fairies, witches dragons, etc). I recommend it nonetheless

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Lori Armstrong

Beautiful art and wicked story

Reviewed in Canada on March 29, 2013

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The story is not your traditional graphic novel or trade comic. Written well before the current trend and love of everything Fae, but an excellent story.