The orphan king is a artistry novel of a boy, precisely of a Young prince name Kaidan and his journey to redeem his own kingdom.

Far from his kingdom he was taking his training from his aunt on the isle. Few years later when he get backs to his kingdom Aesolan, Everythings gone. His father was told dead and his mother were imprisoned in a secret place. The rival team finds about him and attacked him but Our Robinhood team rescue him.

In-between different scenes everything gets solved with the help of the Robinhood team and now kaidan decides to rescue his mom alone and starts his own one man journey.

First i didn't read the synopsis of the book which is why i had zero knowledge what this book was about.
And secondly i didn't read tale of king arthur. And i think it was my plus point why i enjoyed reading this book. But to say the truth The characters were Very simple and the story wasn't that intriguing and i found it a bit rushed.

But still it was a good read, the artwork were praiseworthy and i'm eagerly waiting for the next volume. Good luck!

Thank you netgalley for providing me an early copy of this book in an exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of this book.

This is not a particularity long graphic novel but it took me so long to get through. The blurb really sucked me in because I love mythology, especially old English myths. However, this graphic novel felt disappointing. I felt that the characters lacked depth and and the plot did not make sense. In the beginning, our main character is sent away however we did not get to see his development and his growth as a a young Prince and a fighter, to be honest we really saw him grow taller. The novel progresses to choose multiple new characters. Again, these characters were given the bare minimum of characterisation.

I wouldn't say that this is a bad graphic novel but I can't call it good either, rather it is disappointing.

This is one of the greatest first volumes of graphic novels that I have read in a long time! I was so invested in it that I didn´t even realise that I was near the end of it and was expecting it to be longer, it´s that good. We follow the story of Kaidan, a prince who was sent away to train with his aunt but who became an orphan along the way after his parents were killed. There was a minor plot twist that I was not expecting to happen but everything wrapped up nicely. It was very entertaining and the artwork was incredible. I can´t wait to read the follow-ups to this installment!

I really, really enjoyed this comic book. The art is so colorful and beautiful. I can see the Arthurian influence in the story, but the plot has deviated to the point it's unpredictable. The Robin Hood cameo was a nice addition to the mix, too.

I'm not sure that I liked the choice in fantasy creatures that appeared in the story. I guess I'm personally more a fan of traditional ones like dragons, rather than a wolf-owl, for example. But their appearances were brief so minimally jarring.

While I wasn't a big fan of the fantasy creatures that appeared in the comic, I loved the characters. I liked how the various parts of the story were told in flashbacks, and enjoyed meeting a different cast of characters in each setting. And I liked that the people were as unpredictable as the plot, always keeping you guessing as to who was friend or foe. Even though the hero is moving forward along his path alone, I'm hoping to meet old friends again.

I loved the comic and would definitely be interested in reading more.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel. The story, a retelling of King Arthur ( which is one of my favourites) was respectful of the myth. Which I was worried about as some retelling tear a story apart. The illustrations were lovely by snd I am definitely waiting to read the next.

This is the promising start to a series of graphic novels. I picked it up figuring it would be like The False Prince, but was pleasantly surprised by the differences. I'm not typically a reader of graphic novels, so I probably wouldn't seek this out otherwise, but for fans of adventure stories and tales of royalty, this should be a hit.

I read this one because it's a blend of the King Arthur and Robin Hood legends, and I'm a sucker for both. Sadly, it's uninspired and predictable.

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Kaidan, son of King Gorlan, was training on his aunt's watch. When he returned to his kingdom, has found it destroyed. He faced a group of outlaws that helped him find his father's belongings and try to know something about her mother.
Kaidan with an Authentic sword, Robin as head of the outlaws, and an owl with hoofs in size of an elephant. Did they remind you of something?

The Orphan King by Tyler Chin-Tanner, James Boyle (Illustrator) was a creative, fast-paced retelling of King Arthur, Robin Hood, and a little of Fantastic Beast! I am looking forward to the next volume, curious about what will be happened.

Thanks to Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley, I have given an honest review of The Orphan King by Tyler Chin-Tanner.

This book was so incredibly different from any other graphic novel that I’ve read, with both the art style and plot/genre. It was such a fun read with a plot that was logical and felt continuous and proper within the books world.

The characters throughout were so enjoyable to learn about and kept me intrigued throughout the entire book, I can’t wait for it to be out in the world.

Thank you Netgalley and Diamond Book Distributors for providing me with an early copy in exchange for an honest review.

A graphic novel that combines both of my favorite tales, King Arthur and Robin Hood. I will be honest I didn't read the synopsis for this, I liked the title and the cover seemed intriguing. So the combination of the two took me by surprise as I had no clue what this was about. The idea is honestly a great one, two great legends crossing paths, who knows what you can get from that. I think as a novel this would have been wondrous. Due to the nature of this graphic novel it doesn't do the idea any justice.

The story is way to fast paced, we miss out on so much do to how fast the pacing is. We get flash backs of Kaidan's past that leads up to his time on the Isle of Women. We don't really get to understand why his father doesn't approve of him, we are just expected to accept that he apparently isn't very good in his fathers eyes. This instantly made me realize we would be getting a story that seriously lacked any depth for the characters. We got the chance to see two training sessions with the women Kaidan is sent to train with all while also following him in present time heading back home.

Once he returns home the story starts moving even faster, his home is gone and instantly he is being pursed and then next thing you know Robin and his band of merry men come to the rescue and then it starts to feel like it jumps. He instantly trusts these people, then plots are being hatched and then we are in a town and the original pursers are back and we get little insight as to what happened to Kaidan's home. Then everything magically gets resolved rather quickly and Kaidan's decides to go on his own way.

The pacing, lack of character depth and lack of story depth really brought this down and leaves little to be desired. It has a great idea but unfortunately wasn't executed well enough.

I received the ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The cover looked interesting but knowing how comics usually go, I was hesitant to read it because, well, there's a lot of sexism and sexual violence in comics and I wasn't in the mood for either of those. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The art style is nice and fits the story, the characters are fine, nothing spectacular and the plot is entertaining enough.

The Orphan King is a mash-up and re-imagination of King Arthur and Robin Hood. I don't think that Robin Hood was needed and at first I thought it was just going to be a wink but apparently one character is going to be actually named Robin Hood. Doesn't really add to the story and I think a short easter egg would've suffised.
Prince Kaidan is sent to train with his aunt on a mysterious and remote island, where only women live and train. The similarity to the Amazons in the Wonder Woman universe is certainly unmissable. Three years later, Kaidan returns, but the castle is destroyed, his father long dead and his mother's whereabouts unkown. Although, don't be too sad about his father because he was an a-hole who ruled with brutality and let a boy be whipped for daring to be better and sword fighting. All around, no great loss here.
Kaidan is instantly in trouble. First hunted by the Vermillion Army of the new ruler, then almost killed by a gigantic owl-like creature, then saved by Robin Hood & pals, who apparently want to sell him out and now he's on his way to find his mother.
There's a lot of plot crammed into the first volume, including several flashbacks. On the one hand, why waste time if you can be efficient about telling your story and honestly, I don't think it was necessary to watch him train, especially if the plot is nothing particularly new or enticing.

It's not the most intensely logical world, most fleshed out characters or demanding plot, but it is entertaining and nice to see women do more than just stand around and have boobs. Sure, it goes a bit too much into Strong Women = Women Who Also Fight With Weapons and that shtick is also a tad overused, but at least the women are actual people.
And there is enough intrigue between Kaidan's mother and his aunt (they're sisters), who seem to have been plotting SOMETHING. I have a few guesses and I may continue reading to see how it goes on.

If you want a quick, entertaining and adventurous read without committing to a full-blown story, this comic might work for you.

King Arthur meets Robin Hood in this fantastic graphic novel. It's rather ambitious to combine the two most famous English legends, but the story holds up. The author has given it a fresh, new twist. In addition to this, the art is absolutely gorgeous.

It is too soon to judge the whole story by the first volume, but I hope it continues on being dynamic and unpredictable. Nevertheless, it was too fast paced for my liking. I couldn't get attached to any of the characters. I hope the other volumes have more depth and the author takes time to explore the characters (plus the world) in detail.

The Orphan King is the introductory volume to a new King Arthur adaptation, this time following Arther as a child, his training on the Isle of Woman, and his return to his kingdom.

Much of the book takes place after he returns and things are not quite as Kaidan, our prince, expects. A series of events brings him together with the next legend we see in the graphic novel, a fresh take on the myth of Robin Hood.

The art is stellar, and one of the unique creations for the book, a tryphidon, is a gorgeous wolf and horned owl cross. Chin-Tanner and Boyle did a great job making that creature stand out, even if it doesn't have nearly as much page time as other aspects of the story.

The story itself is honestly a bit rushed. We go from the capital city of the kingdom of Aesolan to the Isle of Woman, back, to the Wild Wood, to a village, and back to the wood. That's a lot for a graphic novel with about one hundred twenty pages of story. The narrative is also a touch on the generic side, although that picks up significantly once Anne, Sir Robert, and Sturdy Jon join Kaidan. It is an introductory volume, so the breakneck pace is expected, but it's best to know that going in.

The characters are where the writing really shines. It helps that Chin-Tanner leans into the character archetypes we expect and that the setting is more-or-less generic with a few twists, but the growth in Kaidan is well-deserved.

With what's been crafted so far between Boyle and Chin-Tanner, I'll be eagerly awaiting the next volume of the story.

14/25 (56%) 2.5 stars.
The Orphan King is a mixture of two widely known British myths: The story of King Arthur and the folk legends surrounding Robin Hood. Combining these two myths in a novel would be an interesting idea, combining them in a short graphic novel may have been a bit overambitious: The thing lacks depth, especially because lots of flashbacks into the main protagonist's past are inserted. None of it is bad or overly complicated though, so this is still an entertaining graphic novel, especially for younger reader - but it isn't as good as it could've been if it had been more focused. The illustrations are adequate for the setting, not overly detailed, but they get the job done, just like the story does: Nothing extraordinary, but fine.
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Thank you to NetGalley for the arc

For most people I don't think they'd like the graphic novel. It doesn't really offer anything new when it comes to concept. Like other reviews have mentioned it seems very much inspired by Arthur and Robin hood, some things just straight up copy pasted. It doesn't have a very original plot and the characters don't feel very fleshed out.

And yet I'm kinda into it. For me it feels easier to articulate what I don't like then what I did like usually. But the best way I can explain it is I was craving a story like this *insert shrug* I was just in the mood for a story with this setting. And It was a quick read I found easy to get through. I like it enough that if I were given the chance to read volume 2 I would just to see what would happen.

So a young prince gets packed off to Themyscira for training, and is punted back a year early by Charon to find his tiny kingdom ravaged, with his parents presumed dead. Threatened by the baddies that did it he gets rescued from the clutches of a gigantic owl, half Harry Potter and half Greek myth, by Robin Hood, to find that he is indeed the King without a Kingdom. Can he best Voldemort, I mean Alan Rickman, I mean [insert token baddy character name here] and start looking for his destined realm?

If one word of this book was slightly less derivative it might have been fine. Even the world's names and terms are those from Robin Hood, King Arthur and the Roman occupation, seemingly fed through some letter-replacing algorithm. OK there is a big switcheroo played on multiple people which forms the basis of this first book's arc, and we're left to wonder how evil the evil Aunt is, but boy does this generate a large taste of deja vu? It's pretty, mind, and a quick, light read, but for anything original you'd have to turn somewhere else.

Thank you Netgally for letting me review this book.

I have to say that the number 1 thing I liked about this graphic novel is the art stlyle. Although, the art style tend to be more and more less detailed as the story progressed, I still think that it wasn't much of a changed to the overall presentation.

Now, Orphan King is somewhat an Arthurian & Robin Hood-inspired/ retelling story and I would say it really does show to it, HOWEVER, I couldn't connect to the story as well as to the characters at most on this volume because there is somewhat a very less dialogues and more of the action scenes and presenting of characters so far.

Overall, I think it was pretty underwhelming. Yes, I am really interested on how the story will go on but on this volume, I would say I say I wasn't that hooked. I would still follow on the 2nd volume though because I honestly think that this would be great series in the future.

I’m sorry to say that I just wasn’t vibing with this one. The first little portion of it managed to hold my attention, but, as the story progressed, the quality seemed to decline. The plot was jumping all over the place, hurling in random flashbacks and then progressing too quickly along the storyline. The artwork also became gradually more sloppy and lacking in what had initially been a very clean and polished style. This certainly has potential but needs a little more work imo.

Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC; it is greatly appreciated.

This story felt more like a speed run of a Graphic Novel. Scene changes are very quick, and with minimal dialogue, so we don't learn very much in this first volume. It's essentially just the description told to us again, which is a bit disappointing.

I thought the art was very well done in the first chapter, but becomes increasingly more of a "sketch" style, with less and less details. I wish the quality had been kept throughout the story, as the art is the main feature considering how little dialogue there is.

I do like the addition of the Robin Hood characters, but it's hard to connect with any of them, as we know nothing apart from their names. So far I am more interested in Kaiden's time spent on the Isle of Woman than the current plotline. Unfortunately, I don't think this volume peaked my interest enough to continue with the series.

Thank you NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for providing me with an arc of The Orphan King in exchange for an honest review,

Straight away you can see the fantasy archetypes each character represents. with Kaidan first appearing in full gold armour, signifying his status as Prince and power as a warrior. Kaidan is most similar to most young princes in the genre, notably like Arthur in the Arthurian legends and is shown to be brave and humble, as seen in his fight with the towns boy and race against Raefan.

Throughout the first chapter we see duel perspective of Kaidan now and a younger Kaidan, throughout these two perspectives we are given a clear picture of how the King treats his subjects, and views ruling the kingdom, referencing his battle against the natives and civilising the ‘savage land’, it is obvious we are not supposed to like the king.

Meeting Anne, Rob and Sturdy Jon, characters taken from Robin Hood, gave us more insight to the world around us and how this new rule isn’t looked upon as a happier thing by the folk now the old King is gone, something I hope is explored more in future comics,

The art style is intricate and showed great story telling, with great detail to the flow of scenes and colour composition to set the mood and context.

Despite the duel perspective seen throughout the book, I felt as if there wasn’t enough detail into Kaidens past, notably his training with his aunt, and that certain character developments and hurdles were resolved relatively quickly. This is most seen in how Raefan, when showed to dislike the Prince, changes her mind with no context and helps him scale the wall, saying she was wrong to take a shortcut despite us not getting any background about her and Kaidan’s rivalry, I felt like this characterisation would’ve been better shown later on in later volumes.

This rushing of clearing hurdles is also seen in the fight with the general, with him quickly giving up and making a deal not to go after the Prince.

Overall, while this story has its flaws and is somewhat predictable, it is an amazing introduction into this world and how Kaidan’s challenges are not up yet over. I definitely recommend this graphic novel for fans of fantasy and beginner comic readers and will be excited to see what happens in the 2nd volume: The Haunted Hills.