Rating: 5 stars

Ok, let's begin with some preliminary stuff so then I can just rave about the illustrations. I loved this graphic novel. Maybe more than all the other ones. Maybe that's because RJ was alive and actively involved in the development of this volume, but I just think New Spring simply translates better than The Eye of the World because of its length. There were a few things I was kind of irritated by (like Siuan does not have a fringe) but mostly I was completely blown away. I will note that the illustrator changed in the sixth issue from Mike S. Miller to Harvey Tolibao, and while Tolibao did a good job, a vastly prefer Miller's take on the characters, so most of the images I will show will be from the first five issues.

My notes for this book were as follows:
- Aiel War looks dope
- Malkeri in samurai-like helmets are also dope
- that picture of the shadow spawn at the end of 1 is so dope

And my review will be structured as such (in that I'll just show "dope" things then move on).


Aiel War pictures
Let's start with the Aiel War pictures (which sleep deprived Isabella has dubbed "dope". I never use that word, I must have been really tired):

Like, are you kidding?! Look at that!! It's awesome!!!!! And I have two more (That was actually page one, and the next are pages two and three, so you can imagine how excited I was):

Woah!

WOAH!!!! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
This is the Malkeri during the war with their helmets which I praised in my notes:

This is such a phenomenal (looking up synonyms of "awesome" because have used it too many times already) representation of the Malkeri, and I think it fits them perfectly. It makes me even more excited for the Lan casting in the show and seeing all the other people in Malkier.

Scenery
Look at this Tar Valon:

Isn't that freaking AWESOME!
And this is the White Tower with Dragonmount in behind:

Chef's kiss perfection!
And this is an Alindear Gate:

My breath was taken away a long time ago, now I think my lungs are sucked dry!!! Ok, might as well get all the scenery pictures out of the way. Actually, let's head up these sections, hang on... Ok done (you've been reading them the whole time, but I just added them using ~editing magic~ Now, back to scenery)
This is of the ter'angreal that they go through to take the Aes Sedai test, and I love it!:


Channelling
This is when Elaida is making Moiraine practice for her Aes Sedai test:

This is Moiraine with Siuan practicing, but the main thing I want to draw your attention to is in fact not dope, and that is Siuan's fringe:

Nope. Do not like that. I remember how excited I was after finishing The Eye of the World comics at seeing Siuan, but now I'm just pissed. Anyway, back to normal stuff.
This scene is of Moiraine's dream about Rand/the Dragon and the illustration is just stunning:

This is Moiraine channelling during the test (with clothes on, fortunately):

Oh, man I could put every picture of the test here, but I'll just choose two. Look how amazing!:


Other random cool stuff
This is the original Amyrlin at the beginning of New Spring called Tamra Ospenya (the one who's Keeper had the Foretelling about the Dragon) and I just think she looks amazing in this panel (right after the aforementioned Foretelling):

And to round out my notes (and this review), this is the, ahem, "picture of the shadowspawn at the end of 1 [that is] is so dope":

The Trollocs! The Myrddraal! The sheer magnificence!!!!!!

Ok, I really need to shut up now. I just love coming back to my graphic novel reviews and seeing all the cool pictures.