History ComicBook / Amulet

The series is set to conclude on its 9th and Final volume, to be released February 6, 2024.

''Amulet'' is the brainchild of Kazu Kibuishi, editor of ''ComicBook/{{Flight}}'' and author of the webcomic ''Copper'' and graphic novel ''ComicBook/DaisyKutter''. It's a series of graphic novels (eight, so far) chronicling the adventures of Emily, her brother Navin, and her mother, as they find themselves caught up in an subterraneous alternative world called Alledia. The eponymous amulet is found by Emily in a new house they move into. Alledia is home to wild and imaginative things like tentacled monsters, walking houses and talking trees. Here, Emily finds herself trying to not only keep her family together, but also fight an increasingly brutal war against an evil race of elves bent on dominating everyone else. She at least meets a lot of friends along the way to help her, although whether or not she can trust them isn't clear.

The series is confirmed to have nine volumes in total.

* FryingPanOfDoom: * In ''The Cloud Searchers'', Karen's first response to Gabilan telling her to put her hands up where he can see them is to do exactly that by using them to bash him in the head with a frying pan. [[AllForNothing Not that that mattered; he had a metal helmet on]].

** There's a ''very''good reason why Max wanted to eradicate Cielis and everything associated with it, reason listed being: his father was emotionally abusive, bullied relentlessly by peers for associating with Elves, his training literally involves fighting other people for a spot on the Councol, his friend's family unjustly persecuted, and all of them died in an escape attempt, and Cielis punishes him — a ''child'' — of 50 years of prison term for doing the right thing and additional years on top of that in a frozen prison where he nearly died. Hm. Yeah, it's not hard to see why he snapped.

* BalefulPolymorph: If you stay in Kanalis too long, you'll eventually permanently transform into an anthropomorphic animal. This includes birds and even slugs. Though Leon is a fox, as was his father, not to mention other animal people are shown to be the same species within their families. So apparently genetics determine what form the curse chooses for you.

* NiceHat: Leon Redbeard sports a very nice one. And later on, Vigo sports not one, but two nice hats.

* AdultFear:
** The car crash that caused the death of Emily's father portrays a terrifying situation that all drivers are taught to be careful to avoid.
** [[spoiler: Vigo gets a heavy dose of this. First Miriam, his wife, dies, then his son David [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique enters the Void]] in a misguided attempt to bring her back - an attempt that leaves him comatose for several days, mumbling in his sleep to someone, whilst Vigo can only watch. David finally wakes, looking terrified, and then dies. Poor guy.]]

''Amulet'' is the brainchild of Kazu Kibuishi, editor of ''Flight'' and author of the webcomic ''Copper'' and graphic novel ''ComicBook/DaisyKutter''. It's a series of graphic novels (eight, so far) chronicling the adventures of Emily, her brother Navin, and her mother, as they find themselves caught up in an subterraneous alternative world called Alledia. The eponymous amulet is found by Emily in a new house they move into. Alledia is home to wild and imaginative things like tentacled monsters, walking houses and talking trees. Here, Emily finds herself trying to not only keep her family together, but also fight an increasingly brutal war against an evil race of elves bent on dominating everyone else. She at least meets a lot of friends along the way to help her, although whether or not she can trust them isn't clear.

''Amulet'' is the brainchild of Kazu Kibuishi, editor of ''Flight'' and author of the webcomic ''Copper'' and graphic novel ''ComicBook/DaisyKutter''. It's a series of graphic novels (seven, so far) chronicling the adventures of Emily, her brother Navin, and her mother, as they find themselves caught up in an subterraneous alternative world called Alledia. The eponymous amulet is found by Emily in a new house they move into. Alledia is home to wild and imaginative things like tentacled monsters, walking houses and talking trees. Here, Emily finds herself trying to not only keep her family together, but also fight an increasingly brutal war against an evil race of elves bent on dominating everyone else. She at least meets a lot of friends along the way to help her, although whether or not she can trust them isn't clear.

* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: ultimately the result of Max's [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge quest of assisting the Elf King]]. It's not like killing all those people (be corrupt — like the Cielans, or innocent — such as everyone else) would make Layra any less ''dead''.
* VillainousBadlandHeroicArcadia: the [[spoiler:supposed]] Big Good of the series — Cielis is located in the lush and green Windsor, while the [[spoiler:supposedly]] evil Elves live in the desert wasteland of Gulfen. You do the math.

** It’s revealed that [[spoiler:both the Amulet Spirit and Shadows are servants of ''aliens'', who abandoned their dying homeworld and are on their way to a new one which is presently being “prepared”: namely, Alledia]].

* BlueIsHeroic: The Guardian Council. Even though they have a ChromaticArrangement, they all have articles of blue clothing: Emily has her vest despite bieng a red-coded character, this is Trellis's main color, and Vigo wears a blue BadassLongcoat.

* ChromaticArrangement: The Guardian Council. Emily is the [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority red one]], and is both TheLeader and TheHero. Meanwhile, Trellis is the [[BlueIsHeroic blue one]], and serves as TheSmartGuy and arguably, TheLancer. Subverted with Vigo, even though he's the green one, he doesn't exhibit the usual stereotype but rather as the {{Mentor|s}}.

'''Elf soldier no.1:''' [[RealityEnsues We are tired and hungry, brother.]]\\

''Amulet'' is the brainchild of Kazu Kibuishi, editor of ''Flight'' and author of the webcomic ''Copper'' and graphic novel ''Daisy Kutter''. It's a series of graphic novels (seven, so far) chronicling the adventures of Emily, her brother Navin, and her mother, as they find themselves caught up in an subterraneous alternative world called Alledia. The eponymous amulet is found by Emily in a new house they move into. Alledia is home to wild and imaginative things like tentacled monsters, walking houses and talking trees. Here, Emily finds herself trying to not only keep her family together, but also fight an increasingly brutal war against an evil race of elves bent on dominating everyone else. She at least meets a lot of friends along the way to help her, although whether or not she can trust them isn't clear.

* GiantFlyer: The [[PerpetualStorm eternally-storming Golbez Cycle]] contains Sky Eels, docile creatures with impossibly long wingspans.

* GiantFlyer: The [[PerpetualStorm eternally-storming Golbez Cycle]] contains Sky Eels, docile creatures with impossibly long lifespans.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Zigzagged; the elves early on are portrayed as cruel and have very sharp teeth and sickly appearances. Most of the Mooks look more like orcs moreso than anything. However, there are elves that aren't evil later in the story, and it's implied that before the new Elf King took over they were peaceful. They're also more advanced than anyone else in Alledia as a result of their careful historical records.

* JeanneDArchtype: it seems like Emily is supposed to be this, but subverted, in the sense she doesn't have any leadership qualities and albeit in a position of power, doesn't inspire people. Her motivation of either protecting her family feels ambiguous at best, considering Book 3 shows she's actually staying in Alledia by choice (likely, to find a way bring her father back) rather than circumstance, endangering her family further by doing so as she lied to them, as the reason why they stayed is to be with her in the first place.

* LockedInTheDungeon: Trellis and Luger get fridged for the majority of ''The Last Council'' by being arrested for supposed "war crimes", prompting Leon and the rest to bust them out to gain the assistance helping Emily.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: to the point their allies, be the Resistance, the Cielan Army, and so on hardly do anything poignant or integral to the plot.

* NominalHero: interestingly, Emily is actually this. It's not like she lacks morals whatsoever, it's just that morals nor ideals are hardly what's motivating her more somewhat heroic actions. If anything, the reason why she's staying in Alledia and end the war is because she feels like she has no choice.

* ShockingSwerve: several actually, the worst cases are in ''Firelight'' and ''Supernova'', particularly noteworthy as it lacks build up and even blatantly nullifies past information.

* NoOshaCompliance: the Amulet series really ''love''high place structures.... With little to no railings whatsoever.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Emily in ''Supernova'' while she and Trellis were going through the Void. She goes into the last memory that [[spoiler:brings them into her childhood, and from there she gets completely taken over by the stone.]]

* SlasherSmile: Only twice has the [[spoiler:Amulet spirit]] [[TheBlank shown any sort of expression]]. Both times it's been one of these.
** Before he uses his Amulet’s power to transform, Luger sports a [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/aOkSknSnAssv6A6QmCK87pNKXXI03I78rJQEaklRdnPMx06ogXWUItNf-jtJ7gwa30977vy0-7zR=s1600 truly terrifying one]].