What is Gilda And Meek about?
It's about several things at once. It's a story of a Lucky Universe in a Multiverse teeming with Unlucky Ones and how our hero navigates that to her own advantage. It's a funny animal book that bit by bit reveals a huge fantasy and science fiction underpinning, much like Bone. It starts off as an erstwhile comedy until you realize it's actually been a drama the entire time. It's a story that after you read all 90 issues, you'll want to reread them again, as the best reading of The Un-Iverse isn't the first, it's the second. It's a bunch of random and seemingly unrelated characters and stories building and crossing over until they collide in an epic 19-part finale. It's about the antagonistic and loving relationship between the hero Gilda and the kid who looks up to her, Bernadette, and how their feelings for each other prove there is no wrong way to love a person. It's a political satire parodying the ridiculousness of the age we live in made more ridiculous by the fact that real life is crazier than my story's outlandish examples. It's about the fact that evil is uncool and mundane, and it's neat to have heroes to like and root for, and where the heroes are more interesting than the villains. It's about a strong female hero whose gender is irrelevant to the story at hand and is merely a strong hero who happens to be a female. It's about all of these things and none of them at the same time. Mostly, it's a way for me to work through my psychological crap. Which is what I think most writing boils down to for people.
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The literal Groundwork to the canon of the fictional Universe known as The Un-Iverse! Meet Gilda Thurman, Terran Cat, and put-upon lawyer by day and even MORE put-upon demonologist by night! Who just happens to be trying to prevent the tyrant Mistress Augatha from taking over the world in her spare time! After her introduction to her new ragtag group of friends, Meek, Bernadette, the Piranha, and Dr. Raggleworth, Gilda also now has a group of people to protect. And Augatha sending a demon assassin after them is the first test of both her skills and usefulness to her new skeptical coworkers.
The first issue is a pretty straight-forward and basic funny animal book. But when you reread it in hindsight, you will see a bunch of clues about later stuff, and some of the stuff you viewed ONE way will be seen in an entirely different light when rereading it after the saga is over.
A Universe unlike any other comic, with a premise and cast of characters unlike any other comic, with artwork shittier than any other comic, The Un-Iverse is the comic book for people who don't like comic books! But who already know everything about comic book tropes to begin with.
Wait, what? Are we sure this is a good idea? Who is this for?
Never Mind. Presenting the first issue ever of Gilda And Meek! The Epic Commences!