It's International Women's History month and to start out, we're featuring Leading Ladies from the Sci-fi genre! From space explorers to botanists, to demons fighting the heavens, we've got all sorts of women leading the way in their respective worlds. Dive in for a refreshing and exciting What's Trending, featuring:
Myriad Voyages, 446 pages - Published by Demydot, (cc/ @Demydot)
The Voyager's Guild, an organization of mercenaries, has helped keep order within the Third Galaxy ever since it was left in ruins. Mara and Jade, two young and determined girls, aspire to join as members. While they reconnect throughout their shared adventures in Senia, the last habitable planet, one tries to make ends meet while the other tries to find her own path. As they venture through the stars, a conspiracy that has travelled across galaxies and dimensions slowly begins to threaten them and everyone they care about.
Story and Art by Demydot
Taiduo, 1072 pages - Published by Linwelly Illustration, (cc/ @Linwelly)
500 years into the future, the world has changed. Radiation and extreme weather conditions make life on the surface impossible and all that remains from humanity is gathered in artificial habitats, the life-support-domes. Life inside the domes is highly organized and restricted. What are the chances for one whose fate seems all decided?
Story and Art by Linwelly Illustration
EMPTINESS, 23 pages - Published by Sergio Carrera, (cc/ @SERGIOCARRERA)
In a not too distant post-apocalyptic future, a nameless girl is the only survivor of the human species, being forced to wander through abandoned cities in search of a meaning for her new life, only to soon discover that among all the dangers that may appear, the worst of all is loneliness.
Story and Art by Sergio Carrera
Tomorrow without Yesterday, 16 pages - Published by Natasha Nightmare, (cc/ @natasha-nightmare)
A nameless woman wakes up in a completely unfamiliar environment, with no memories to speak of. How can she make sense of her own notions of past and future?
Story and Art by Natasha Nightmare
Plant Life, 97 pages - Published by Iqbal A Comics, (cc/ @iqbalacomics)
A detective discovers that a plant identical to the one she illegally owns is the principal suspect of a murder investigation--an investigation she is leading. "Plant Life'' is a mildly surreal police procedural set in a world where plants are outlawed and illegal to own. Inspired by the movie "Melancholia" and akin to weird-fiction novels such as "Annihilation" by Jeff VanderMeer.
Story and Art by Iqbal A Comics
Heaven Hunters, 202 pages - Published by TedGravesArt, (cc/ @TedGravesArt)
When angels come to Earth, killing them is a job for demons. For Savina and Nira, fighting angels from New York City to the cyberpunk streets of Sheol is business as usual. But things seem grim when an impossible portal threatens to shatter the barrier between Earth and Heaven. Judgment day is almost here, and these demons are the only hope for Earth and the worlds beyond, assuming they can bear the weight of their sins.
Story and Art by TedGravesArt
