“I was wary of becoming the kind of property where it was like, ‘Here’s the novelizations and here’s the comics,’ without adding any value to the property,” DiMartino said at this year’s “That’s why Brian and I have tried to stay as involved as we have while trying to give them the space to put their own spin on things.”Īhead of Korra’s arrival on Netflix on Aug. The comics are all set in the immediate years following Ozai’s defeat, with whole decades to go before they bridge the gap between Aang’s tenure and Korra’s. The next two, Imbalance and the upcoming Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy, were written by Faith Erin Hicks ( The Nameless City), with art from Pete Wartman and colors by Adele Matera. However, this is just the story so far, with so much of Aang’s story still left to tell. The first five arcs - titled The Promise, The Search, The Rift, Smoke and Shadow, and North and South - were penned by Eisner Award-winning comic creator Gene Luen Yang ( Superman), with art from Gurihuru, an illustration team featuring Chifuyu Sasaki and Naoko Kawano.
So far, the series has seen two sets of writers and artists take up the mantle, working with the show’s creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as they tell the story of what Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, and Zuko have gotten up to as they slowly figure out what the future of their world holds now that Fire Lord Ozai has been defeated - while also answering some longtime fan questions along the way. The show chronicles the journey of the latest Avatar, Korra, as she tries to follow in Aang’s footsteps and bring balance to a world that is quickly moving away from it.Īnd as fans of the original series will quickly discover, the world we see in Korra is a lot different from when Aang and his friends were traveling around and saving the day - which makes the Avatar’s job a lot more complicated, with no easy solutions.īut how did things change so much from the time Avatar ended and Korra began? Well, that story is currently still unfolding in Dark Horse Comics’ Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel comics.
The Nickelodeon animated series, which aired from 2012 to 2014, takes place 70 years after Avatar ended. Avatar: The Last Airbender may have been unleashed on Netflix just earlier this summer - further extending the show’s deep legacy and inspiring a new legion of fans - but it’s already time for a next Avatar in the cycle to take the stage, as The Legend of Korra will join the streaming platform’s library on Aug.