The Last Dragon

Jane Yolen

Dark Horse, 2011 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 141 pages

Master storyteller Jane Yolen (Owl Moon, Sword of the Rightful King) and celebrated fantasy artist Rebecca Guay (Swamp Thing, Magic: The Gathering) weave a textured and lyrical tale of adventure, homelands, and heroism the hard way.

Two hundred years ago, humans drove the dragons from the islands of May. Now, the last of the dragons rises to wreak havoc anewwith only a healer's daughter and a kiteflying wouldbe hero standing in its way.

* A compelling coming of age fantasy with exquisite fully painted art!

"Romantic artwork, rich and elegant in color, powerful in design and line, gives vivid life to this tale of a young village couple outwitting a dragon." Ursula K. LeGuin

"When one of the world's great fabulists teams with a charming artist to create a graphic album, you expect something special, and you get it. Sometimes funny, sometimes horrifying, sometimes adventurous—this is what fantasy is supposed to be." Will Shetterly

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Review: The Last Dragon

User Review  - Marsha - Goodreads

Ms. Yolen gives us a tale of what happens when the otherworldly makes its intrusion into mundane existence. While magical beasts have long vanished from the world, belief in them has not and when a ...

Review: The Last Dragon

User Review  - Fence - Goodreads

Everyone knows that all the dragons are gone. They were killed off years and years ago. Before that they wrecked havoc on people, the sweetest meat. But heroes came and killed them all. But in the ...

About the author

Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received her BA from Smith College in 1960. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults and adults. Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic, which tells the story of the life of a Jew in a concentration camp. She has won a multitude of medals for her work including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

Rebecca Guay attended Pratt Institute of Art, and over the past thirteen years her work has been widely published in graphic novels, on young adult book covers, and fantasy periodical covers. Rebecca lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Last Dragon
• Author: Jane Yolen
• Illustrated by: Rebecca Guay
• Contributor: Rebecca Guay
• Publisher: Dark Horse, 2011
• ISBN: 1595827986, 9781595827982
• Length: 141 pages
• Subjects: Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / Graphic Novels; Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical; Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons