The Journey Begins (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Book 1)

This excellent graphic novel continues Roland's story after he survives the Battle of Jericho Hill against the minions of the Good Man. His survival was a fluke, but then he finds that he is not the only person to live after the battle. I don't want to say anything more about that so as not to ruin it for future readers. As usual, the storytelling is excellent and the artwork superb, drawing us into the tale quickly and not letting us go until the end of the work. The tale is told by Roland to a solitary man he meets on his quest to catch John Farson, and it is a gripping tale indeed. The most appealing character is a billybumbler Roland meets along his journey, and that adds some pathos to the tale. I know that the next book will continue the odyssey of Roland, and take us ever closer to the beginning of the first Dark Tower novel. That being said, I am in no hurry to get there, for I am truly enjoying the trip.

The Dark Tower Series is the best King fantasy series. We waited anxiously as each new book came out. Now it is out in a graphic novel. This is a great find for my grandson in Afganistan. He treasures each book and anxiously awaits the next one. His friends eagerly wait for him to finish reading so they can borrow the next one. A great adventure to read, and great to share with others who live a hurry up and wait lifestyle with their lives on hold and sometimes on the line.

The content of this illustrated book is very good, following the treasured Dark Tower story of Stephen King. Unfortunately, there are pages I can't read because the pages are too small on my Android tablet. Those I can read are wonderful. There is no sizing ability that I can find for the pages except for font size, which has no effect on images such as these. I tried to bring this book up on my computer with the Kindle app thinking it might be large enough to read all the pages, however, I simply received an error saying it couldn't load this format. It's possible that an authentic Kindle tablet would allow re-sizing, however I can't verify that. I love the Dark Tower story well enough that I don't regret purchasing these books but it would be helpful if all the pages were readable.

Excellent concept and artwork. I’ve read every Dark Tower book I’ve been able to get my hands on since Steven King began the series. I have not been disappointed in these graphic novels. I have already pre-purchased all the novels that are available or will be available. Exceptional billy bumbler.👍🏿

Great read, pictures make a difference.

I read the Dark Tower novels, but have been buying the graphic novels for my son, so I'm not really qualified to rate them, other than to report that he is really enjoying them and can hardly wait for the next installment. I don't buy them individually, but do like to wait for the volume collection. The quality of the print and artwork looks great to me.

Sean Phillips should never have been allowed to draw for this series. I dont know why on earth Jae Lee left, but the world of the Dark Tower is much diminished for it. Sean got it in his head to try and emulate Lee's style of illustration, to disastrous results. Easily the worst looking book in the series. Thank Gan that they got someone better (Luke Ross) for the next book, and he even has his own style of illustration! The story is great as usual and takes the Constant Reader on a path of the Beam we haven't seen yet. The time directly after the Battle of Jericho Hill was always somewhat of a grey-area. Half mentioned and filled with assumptions. Here we get what really happened and I for one am glad it was cleared up. Clarification on my rating of the book: The book is great and should not be missed by fans of the SK novels or the DT graphic novels. I gave it three stars because of Sean Phillips terrible art, which is simply impossible to ignore (after all it IS a graphic novel). Richard Isanove did his very best to save it with his always incredible color work but it couldn't be helped.

good job

I was really sceptical about this series when it was first announced. The Dark Tower is so near and dear to my heart I was afraid this would fail to live up to expectations. Boy was I wrong, the art and story telling are top notch, and given King's oversight I'm happy accept this is what I call "near-cannon" to the series.

If You do like Novels by Stephen King and if You do like Comics - or so called Graphic Novels - I bet You would like this one: THEGUNSLINGER - THE JOURNEY BEGINS. A good story, based on Stephen Kings DARK TOWER characters and excellent drawings. THE JOURNEY BEGINS contains everything a Graphic Novel needs: A cool protagonist, a lot of shooting and killing, a bit of love and friendship and the search for a destiny Roland donŽt knows. Buy it and you will like it.

Picked this up after finishing the book series. Was great to revisit some big moments with the added art work and visuals. Great value and amazing art work. Really brought the characters to life.

1cant wait for the movie

The dark tower novelia by Steven King is a worthy read and the graphic novels are a worthy addition.