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| Collection published: 2019 Contents originally published: 2013-19 Read: August 2020 |
Written by Gene Luen Yang, Dave Scheidt, Ron Koertge, Sara Goetter, Kiki Hughes
Illustrated by Ryan Hill, Little Corvus, Faith Erin Hicks, Gene Luen Yang, Sara Goetter, Kiki Hughes, Carla Speed McNeill, Coni Yovaniniz
Colored by Cris Peter, Lark Pien, Natalie Riess, Jenn Manley Lee
Lettered by Michael Heisler, Little Corvus, Gene Luen Yang, Sara Goetter, Kiki Hughes, Cona Yovaniniz
This thin volume (just 70 pages!) collects a pretty random bunch of short Avatar stories, similar to The Lost Adventures; these are a mix of republished Free Comic Book Day stories and new short shorts. As always, they're fun stuff. The three post-tv show stories written by Gene Luen Yang are good, of course; my favorite is "Shells" (illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks, now the writer of the ongoing Avatar comic), where Sokka watches as Suki lays the smackdown on a gatekeeping misogynist shell store proprietor. The fun of the book, though, is in the short pieces, mostly set during the tv show, just wacky little adventures that remind you why you like these characters and this premise. Of course I enjoyed "The Substitute" (written by Dave Scheidt, illustrated by Little Corvus) where Sokka accidentally becomes a schoolteacher while in pursuit of snacks, but the tale of Toph's arena days in "Toph and The Boulder" (written and illustrated by Sara Goettner) was also great, as Toph helps one of her rivals figure out what's wrong with his vet-fearing cat. "Origami" (written and illustrated by Kiki Hughes) is less humorous, but more heartfelt, as Team Avatar are reminded what they're fighting for.
All that plus a poem by Sokka! (written by Ron Koertge, illustrated by Yang) It probably took me thirty minutes to read it. I had a blast.
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