#avatar the last airbender the bounty hunter and the tea brewer

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Dark Horse Announces "Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer"

Dark Horse has announced a new Avatar: The Last Airbender one-shot comic focusing on Uncle Iroh and June the bounty hunter. Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer hails from Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, and Adele Matera. The graphic novel was written in consultation with Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko of Avatar Studios.

"Deliveries to Uncle Iroh's tea house, the Jasmine Dragon, have dried up! Further complicating Iroh’s life, a familiar face – the bounty hunter June – has captured him in hopes of a payday large enough to set her and Nyla up for life. Who hired June, and what do they want with the former Dragon of the West? In an epic trek across the Earth Kingdom, Iroh must confront a part of his past while June considers her future, but however things go…someone’s got to free the tea!" (Dark Horse)

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer trade paperback goes on sale in bookstores on May 14, 2024, and in comic shops on May 15, 2024.

(Image via Dark Horse Comics - Cover of Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer)

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I can and will choose to see sapphics in anything I pls.

June and her ex girlfriend that she ended on good terms with, Fan.

Proof? Because I said so

Katara x jiang

Toph x yaling

Now june x fan

All sapphic ships with characters(jiang, yaling, fan) that will probably never have another appearance but that will NOT stop me

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The Iroh Comic was Kinda Bad…

The most baffling part about the Iroh comic “The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer” IMO isn’t the way it seems to dismiss anyone hurt by Iroh in the part as either villains who need to get over it or crazy people protesting something no one else is upset about.

Those aren’t great at all but at least I can comprehend the writers wanting to glaze Iroh and excuse his checkered past, cowardly as that is. If only for pure fan service reasons!

No, the most confusing element is the implication that the bounty hunters who retired and became happy alpaca farmers are morally superior to the bounty hunters who are *checks notes* still bounty hunting?

But how is someone who has been nomadic their entire career supposed to suddenly come into possession of a plot of arable land for farming and ranching? Let alone all the resources to start up and maintain it?

The bizarre implication seems to be that the difference between the “good, redeemed” bounty hunters and the “greedy, traitorous” bounty hunters isn’t ethics. It’s land ownership.

Weird values for a show against colonization and imperialism.

[kassandrasdisciple]

~spoilers for ATLA, LOK and ALL COMICS~

A critique of

(Significant Spoilers / final panel spoilers)

Tl:dr at the end

Disclosure

Hi, this is going to be a critique specifically about how June and irohs interaction in bato of the watertribe (BotWT) was delt with in the bounty hunter and the tea maker (BHatTB).

I recognize this is only 1 page in a 78 page long comic but I think it's worthy critiquing how this was handled. I've watched both shows, read all the ATLA comics, along with the one shot ALTA comics, I'm not meatriding for Iroh in this as you'll see, neither will I do the like for the writers of the show or the comics, I also won't demonize either, I'll just be stating what i disagree with and what direction I think would serve the world/characters better.

1. The Comic in Question

This comic is an okay comic, like the other one shots it's self-contained, if you don't read these, it's fine as they won't come up in any other works from avatar studios (apart from maybe Azula: and the spirit temple). Due to this microcosm, they have all focused on characters or world building that either the audience or the writers think is worthy of expansion (the metelbending academy, sukis imprisonment, ect). You'll also notice a meta theme in that all these comics are woman-focused, expanding the role and background of our female cast, this is a mystery mouse KaTool that'll help us later. This is interrupted by our deuteragoists of BHatTB.

The plot, in summary, is that June is hired to capture Iroh by an old soldier who served under iroh and wants revenge for Iroh leaving him in Ba Sing Sei. In the background is tea cartels and the dying career as a bounty hunter in a peaceful world.

The title would lead you to believe that both protagonists have equal impact but make no mistake this is an Iroh comic. I love Iroh as a character, bit this comic was written with the explicit effect of maintaining his pedestal. After hes captured by June he gives the "perfect" apology by hitting all the action points, initiating the apology and leaving June to accept it on her own time. Later we get an acceptance of the apology and she starts working for Iroh, making it explicit that he's been forgiven by June for how he acted in BotWT.

Secondly, in the beginning and end of the comic he explicitly rebukes his warmongering ways, apologizing to a earth kingdom protester (side note: this scene is a whole thing, I personally found it distasteful but I'll leave it to another day) and later apologizing to his ex-soldier while reinforcing his repentance for being a general. This is a more general apology to all the people who make "Iroh is a war criminal" memes.

2. Why was this nessesary

Because BotWT aged like milk. There's a conspiracy theory that the third writer, Ian Wilcox, was blacklisted from writing for the show after this, but I can't find any evidence other than the fact this was the only episode he wrote, compared to others writing multiple episodes, however he was a busy writer so he might've just not had time. Also both Bryan and Micheal are credited so their just as complicit.

It makes the most likeable fire nation character so far seem incredibly creepy. Unfortunately it aired in 2005 and this was an incredibly common gag, especially in anime(and still is), which avatar took a lot of inspiration from (think of master Roshi from DB or Jiraiya from Naruto). Iroh is filling the pervy old man trope and in the early 2000s that was perfectly fine.

Tragically time isn't stationary and as writers rooms for cartoons have gotten more diverse we've all come to the conclusion it's weird as fuck. I think it's weird as fuck. However why did 1 scene from 1 episode nearly 20 years ago (I just gave myself psychic damage FUCK I'm old) need a comic tie in?

Because media literacy is dead and CinemaSins.

Okay no, so the TL;DR is that Iroh has become a mascot for avatar studios, but also people make perv and war criminal memes about him, and you don't want to sell merch with the war criminal on. So they did the beauty and the beast remake move and made a follow-up to address all the CinemaSin-esque takes.

Unfortunately the interesting part of Iroh is that he was a war criminal (this is a joke, IK they dont have Geneva, chill). He was an interesting shade of grey but when you put someone on a pedestal they either stay in the sky or fall, and avatar studios decided to build some scaffolding. This entire comic was a way to scrub the morally bad parts of Iroh away, and personally? I think that's pretty boring, so what else could we do?

3. The ReWrite

So first thing what's the comics theme? I don't want to change too much so let's keep that the same, luckily I think June's mum sums it up.

Freedom, and along with that, responsibility to grant freedom. June wants to be free and gives freedom to Iroh, Iroh wants to be free of his guilt but to do so he must take responsibility, Fan and the others wanted freedom and took responsibility for their lives, making a homestead, and lastly Keung wanted Freedom from his past and was going to make Iroh take responsibility.

Metatextually this is also a comic about freedom for Iroh and June's characters by taking responsibility for what happened in BotWT, so we'll keep that theme.

Secondly, I lied about not making big changes, we're kicking out Iroh and the tea cartel plot. Our new title is The Bounty Hunter And The Fire Lord. Our new plot is going to be set after azula and the spirit temple, and follow an unsuccessful attempt my Zuko to find Azula with June's help. We're keep June struggling to find work, and even meeting Fan and the ex-hunters. We're also going to keep the fallout of BotWT.

5. Why Zuko

For this story I envision a fire nation that is returning to pre-war mentalities, and I think in this nation sexism would be returning hard. Just like the UK after WW2 women had been moving towards egalitarianism but were shoved back to the household once peace was established. In this climate Zuko doesn't know what to do, remember, the 2 non-genociding states are both patriarchal with misogyny baked in, the Water tribes are Overt, but outside of Kyoshi island we don't see women in power in the Earth Kingdom. Zuko doesn't have a societal reference for equality other than his homeland, and he's previously been erasing alot of fire nation culture (dragon hunting, colonies, royal deification), he's now dealing with advisors trying to tell him how women should act and he's frozen, should they be like the water tribes?

Secondly, Zuko has no female advisors, he has Katara and Toph as friends, he has Suki and Mai in the palace but none of them know the court machinations, not like Azula would. His mother has been out of the court longer than she was in it, and is still pretty traumatized. So, spurred on by his need to do the right thing and as another excuse to bring Azula back into the family, he hires June to help him find his sister.

I know it might seem out of left field but personally, it would be great worldbuilding for how we went from the treatment of Zeisan and Ursa to fire lord Izumi. Secondly Zuko is always itching to reconnect with Azula in the comics and he loves making bad decisions, he's also got more backstory with June than Iroh.

Onto the meat of it, on their road trip June opens up more to Zuko, same as she did with Iroh, and zuko uses June as a sounding board for all these questions he wants to ask Azula. June has traveled the world's underbelly, she knows what women are capable of and the calculating demeanor means she gives similar answers Azula would.

Eventually Zuko says he could've asked Iroh for his help on the topic, but June snorts at him, she tells the story of what happened to her from her POV. We don't have Iroh to give us a perfect apology, we have Zuko having to choose if he defends his uncles honour or not, who does he believe? This is what his story is about, does he believe his advisors or the women of his country.

Let June use her knowledge of what the dark side of the world is like, let her say what a noble fire nation man probably grew up hearing about women, especially when in the beginning of the war we see no female soldiers, so the gender roles where probably still enforced.

If you want to address Iroh's actions then have them serve the greater narrative, how have women been treated by the fire nation, and also don't have the interaction be kept to just June and Iroh, have it between a woman extending trust and a Fire lord who all to often puts Iroh on the same pedestal as the audience.

If you want, you can have a final scene with Iroh, where he sides with June and apologizes, but I think what we where given serves only the male cast and relegates June's story to a checklist, instead of treating it like a narrative she should get to control.

TL:DR

BHatTB whimped out on adressing Irohs actions, and it's easy to see that they did so just to get people to stop bringing it up. I'd instead propose this conversation happens with Zuko; with Zuko being treated as the audience, glamourisng Iroh, and June reinstating that he's still a human man, and that he isn't free of societal influence.

Have it be about freedom, both individually and societally, and responsibilities; to those you hurt and to those you've sworn to protect.

Again, this critique was focused on this one interaction, if I was to do a full rewrite I would change other aspects and flesh out how I think a June/Zuko road trip would go, still it would be vastly more interesting than what we got.

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June's childhood

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The Bounty Hunter and The Tea Brewer - Spoiler Review

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PREVIEWS FOR THE NEW COMIC "THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND THE TEA BREWER"

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Team Avatar is back at Dark Horse in Avatar: the Last Airbender–The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer. The award-winning creative team of Faith Erin Hicks, Peter Wartman, and Adele Matera return with another new adventure set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The 80-page graphic novel is written in consultation with Avatar Studios’ Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and…

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ATLA / Avatar Series Chronological Order

Hi everyone!!

I spent a good amount of time with Chat GPT tonight and it eventually helped me come up with this chronological list for the order of the majority of all things Avatar related. I'm not sure that I have everything; I'm not perfect--so if you know of something that you want added to the list, please let me know!). I'll try to remember to update this list when new things come out, but I can't make any promises so just keep in mind that this list is from 3/24/25. Things that are bulleted are apparently not as relevant (I have not read/watched everything yet and am working on it, so this is what Chat told me). Additionally, whether some things are canon or not can be debated, this was the closest I got. Everything that doesn't say Non-Canon or Sorta-Canon is Canon. I hope this helps, thanks! :)

The Dawn of Yangchen — Novel

The Legacy of Yangchen — Novel

The Rise of Kyoshi — Novel

The Shadow of Kyoshi — Novel

The Reckoning of Roku — Novel

The Awakening of Roku — Novel​ (Unreleased; ex. October 14, 2025)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024) — Live-Action Television Series

The Last Airbender (2010) — Live-Action Film, Non-Canon

Aang: The Last Airbender — Animated Film​ (Unreleased; ex. January 30, 2026)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008) — Animated Television Series (This takes place through the books/comics/graphic novels up to The Promise).

Katara and the Pirate’s Silver — Graphic Novel

Suki, Alone — Graphic Novel

The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer — Graphic Novel

Avatar: The Last Airbender—Chibi Vol. 1: Aang's Unfreezing Day — Graphic Novel

Avatar: The Last Airbender—Screen Comix: Volume 1 — Graphic Novel

Avatar: The Last Airbender—Screen Comix: Volume 2 — Graphic Novel

Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Lost Adventures — Graphic Novel Compilation

Zuko's Story — Graphic Novel, Non-Canon

The Tale of Aang — Graphic Short Story

The Tale of Azula — Graphic Short Story

The Tale of Toph — Graphic Short Story

The Tale of Sokka — Graphic Short Story

The Tale of Zuko — Graphic Short Story

The Tale of Katara — Graphic Short Story

The Promise — Graphic Novel Trilogy

The Search — Graphic Novel Trilogy

The Rift — Graphic Novel Trilogy

Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy — Graphic Novel

Smoke and Shadow — Graphic Novel Trilogy

New Recruits — Graphic Short Story, Non-Canon

Gym Time — Graphic Short Story, Non-Canon

North and South — Graphic Novel Trilogy

Imbalance — Graphic Novel Trilogy

Azula in the Spirit Temple — Graphic Novel

Ashes of the Academy — Graphic Novel​ (Unreleased; ex. March 25, 2025)

Zuko Finds His Way — Graphic Short Story​ (Also Screen Comix)

The Power of Toph — Graphic Short Story​ (Also Screen Comix)

Shells — Graphic Short Story, Sorta-Canon

Sisters — Graphic Short Story, Sorta-Canon

Matcha Makers — Graphic Short Story, Sorta-Canon

Team Avatar Tales — Graphic Short Story Compilation, Sorta-Canon

Friends for Life — Graphic Short Story

Lost Pets — Graphic Short Story

Clearing the Air — Graphic Short Story

Beach Wars — Graphic Short Story

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Legacy — Companion Book

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Legacy of the Fire Nation — Companion Book

The Legend of Korra (2012–2014) — Animated Television Series

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars — Graphic Novel Trilogy

The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire — Graphic Novel Trilogy

The Legend of Korra: Patterns in Time — Graphic Novel Anthology

The Legend of Korra: An Avatar's Chronicle — Novel

The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series - Books 1-4

Korra: The Official Guide to the Animated Series — Guidebook

The Legend of Korra: The Mystery of Penquan Island — Graphic Novel

Avatar: Seven Havens — Animated Television Series​ (Unreleased; ex. 2025 or 2026)

*Update: Sorry for the errors everyone! Thanks for the feedback, please let me know if you find anything that is wrong/needs to be added--everything should be correct to my knowledge as of right now! Tumblr is not keeping my list's format either, so I'll post a better (more organized looking) version on Reddit when I'm not shadowbanned. Again, I haven't read/watched everything so I am not the ultimate guide--thanks!*

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Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer graphic novel featuring June and Iroh coming Summer 2024

Just announced at SDCC: A new graphic novel about June and Iroh, titled The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer, is hitting shelves in Summer 2024!

The new Legend of Korra graphic novel trilogy, which was first announced at SDCC one year ago, and the first part of which was revealed to be focused on Mako at NYCC nine months ago, had no updates at this year's SDCC panel today. We also didn't find out about the next Chronicles of the Avatar novels after Kyoshi and Yangchen.

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"This is not my day for making new friends."

"Sorry, old man."

Avatar the Last Airbender: The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer

by Faith Erin Hicks; Peter Wartman; Adele Matera and Richard Starkings/jimmy Betancourt

Dark Horse

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Bounty Hunter and The Tea Brewer (2024) art by Peter Wartman

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SPOILERS for The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer for ppl still waiting to read it.

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So june retires being a bounty hunter because of iroh? And then starts working for him? Idk how to feel about that.

June redemption arc? Ok, sure, whatever. Although i think it'd be better if she stayed a bounty hunter.

But redemption arc because of iroh? Umm

[privatefire]

Avatar: The Last Airbender

The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer

It’s here!

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I didn’t know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised to see the comic address issues which many of us have (had) with Iroh. It does so in an entertaining and appropriate way for a general audience.

Great back stories, illustrations, colors, and lettering. I definitely recommend this comic and have accepted it as canon.

[typhlonectes]

The world of Avatar: The Last Airbender is ready to get a bit bigger. After an overdue comeback, the series is working on a number of projects behind the scenes. From a live-action TV series to a slew of new animated titles, Avatar is on the rise. Now, a new story has been announced, and it will put Uncle Iroh center stage at long last. Avatar made the big reveal this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con to the delight of fans. Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer is in the works, and the comic shared its first piece of art to boot...

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Avatar Online Podcast Episode 277 - The Bounty Hunter and The Tea Brewer Review