Avatar: The Last Airbender

The fifth standalone comic for Avatar: The Last Airbender arrives in stores today!

Focussing on fan-favourite Iroh and June, the synopsis reads:

When his tea supply suddenly and mysteriously dries up, Iroh goes in search of answers and finds himself captured by a familiar face—bounty hunter June! Iroh must confront a part of his past while June considers her future, but however things go…someone’s got to free the tea!

In mass market stores Aug 20, comic book shops Aug 21.

Amazon – Barnes and Noble – AbeBooks

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/zelfantazy/art/Reign-of-the-Fire-Lady-Dowager-1084187590

The Cabbage Merchant from Avatar: The Last Airbender is a Fire Nation Spy (and a cabbage bender...) This will be the most convincing Avatar theory you will ever hear.

This one-shot graphic novel, focused on Mako, releases February 2025.

I think the description sounds interesting:

"When a strange missing persons case falls into his lap, Mako is forced to choose between his job and doing what he feels is right! An upturned room and an unhelpful witness aren’t promising starts to the investigation, but when his brother Bolin comes across a surprising clue that ties their own mother to the case, the pair embark on a journey to the small, rustic island of Penquan. The island’s inhabitants seem to have things to hide, and the brothers are determined to get to the bottom of it—even if it means uncovering uncomfortable parts of their family’s past. "

https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3006-870/The-Legend-of-Korra-The-Mystery-of-Penquan-Island-TPB

A new Avatar novel has been released, written by National Book Award finalist Randy Ribay.

The novel will be available in hardcover, digital, and audiobook formats.

It is the first novel featuring Avatar Roku and the fifth entry in the Chronicles of the Avatar series. From the synopsis:

Having been announced as the new Avatar, Roku struggles to grasp basic airbending principles—even after months of training under Sister Disha, his airbending master. When his best friend Fire Lord Sozin requests the new Avatar’s aid in preventing the Earth Kingdom from claiming a remote Fire Nation island, it doesn’t surprise Roku that Sister Disha advises him to decline. Roku steals away with the help of an irritating young Airbender named Gyatso. As the reluctant companions delve deeper into their wayward mission, they realize the fog-shrouded island harbors a secret that could lead to catastrophe in the wrong hands. Roku must learn where to place his trust and what it means to be a spirit of no nation . . . even if the lesson comes at a great personal cost.

Amazon – Barnes and Noble – Audible – AbeBooks – Lehmanns (DE)

Thursday, July 25th:

"Avatar: Braving the Elements Podcast: Live"

• 10:30am to 11:30am PT in Room 6BCF
• A live version of the official podcast.
• Hosted by Janet Varney and Dante Basco, featuring Greg Baldwin and Michaela Murphy

"What to Know When Selling an Animated Show"

• 3:30pm to 4:30pm PT in Room 10
• not an official Avatar panel. Several executives, including avatar studios Isabella Boettcher, discuss the process of selling a show.

Friday, July 26th

"Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy"

• 7:30pm to 8:30pm PT in Room 26ABC
• This panel focuses on the written works, featuring F.C. Yee (author of the Kyoshi and Yangchen novels) and Randy Ribey (author of Reckoning of Roku).
• Additionally to the novels, this panel will cover the Tabletop RPG, the comics, and Nickelodeon.

It's canonically important that he's permanently and severely disfigured. I feel like they're trying to go for that dark brooding thing teenage girls go nuts for (I sure as hell did) but don't realize how important the severe injury / disability is to the exact story arc that made him catnip to teenage girls. And they're honestly wildly overestimating how much that affects his "attractiveness"; like I said, it certainly didn't matter to my stupidly horny tween self. It really reflects how shallow these people are. And honestly part of the reason I don't care about that kind of thing as an adult might even be attributable to watching atla at that age, which is a great example of why that representation matters so much.

Also tbh the way he the injury looks in the original animation, I'm surprised if he can even see more than maaaybe vague dark vs light shapes out of the damaged eye, meaning he's also disabled. I've had partial blindness in one eye since before I can remember and it can make sports that require depth perception difficult. The fact that he got the injury as a teenager / young adult would be even more disabling because he wouldn't have the neuroplasticity of a toddler / infant to help him adapt like I did. Yet he still competently engages in ranged combat on the regular!

TLDR network / tv show executives are cowards and don't actually understand what real people who don't essentially live in the hunger games capital city actually find attractive.

https://x.com/ZaroryArt/status/1811083421747147017?t=WEh4u4Jm9Gfnv36wwumfzQ&s=19

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YedGwY

Source: https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/4115/team-avatar-returns-in-the-avatar-the-last-airbend