Meet the makers of worlds and universes in today's Fresh Friday Features! From the chaotic evil to the lawful good, the highest-ranking gods, and the smallest of young child gods, there's a force to be reckoned with in all of them. Don't pick a fight or upset any of these characters, or you might catch their almighty wrath!
This week, ArtCrumbs picked four titles that'll give you a peak into the ordinary lives that maybe aren't so ordinary anymore!
- Comic - God Summoner: Adelice Belmont, a gifted girl with the powers of a Summoner, and her struggle to return to her family, alive.
- Graphic Novel - The Mythics: A group of teens from around the world who are given mythical powers.
- Manga - Luma: Carrying out her duties, a young demigod is sent out on a routine mission to exorcise a spirit but finds more than she bargained for.
- Webcomic - Weather Child: The tale of a girl which the feelings can control the weather.
God Summoner, 38 pages - Published by Dionysis Zogaris, (cc/ @God-Summoner)
God Summoner is filled with images of Gods, Guns, and Inquisitors. The story follows Adelice Belmont, a gifted girl with the powers of a Summoner, and her struggle to return to her family, alive. In her journey, she teams up with the resistance group known as the Infidels and together go on an adventure to bring back the Old Gods and bring down Yram's oppressive religious regime.
Story and Art by Dionysis Zogaris
Comments from @ArtCrumbs: Good ol' fashion family drama with a godly twist!
Tradition and the new collide, in this inky web of lies, conspiracies, and god-hunting. We all have that one crazy relative, but none of mine have horns like that. I adore the sass, snark, and just downright unapologetic evil that Yram possesses. There are times it's ok to have "redemption arcs", but it's also just refreshing to see that she doesn't really gave a damn about anyone or anything but herself and her goals.
The action here was done great as well, good paneling, dynamic movements panel to panel and utter fantastic use of negative space in combination with the black and white art. Color art has a harder time creating that sort of negative space, and it's nice to see uncolored comics in general. I'm extremely looking forward to a new update. Great work, team!
The Mythics, 486 pages - Published by Papercutz, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)
The Mythics follows a group of teens from around the world who are given mythical powers and must train under their country’s gods to fight back the incoming darkness!
Story and Art by Jenny, Magali Paillat, Philippe Ogaki, Valériane Duvivier
Comments from @ArtCrumbs: Out with the old, in with the new... gods?!
The power within a few teenagers is supposed to save the world? Of course, it is! Whether you call it AmeComi or Amerimanga, this is a wonderful blend of both western styles with manga sensibilities. The color choices fit the mood and varies with the story itself. Seeing all of the culture from all over the world, and have a little bit of mythology from those cultures embedded into the story via all sorts of gods was insightful. Some of these gods I knew about, so it was neat to see the various twists put on them. Some of them, such as Egyptian lore, I wasn't as familiar with, so it was curious to see how it could be handled as I don't have context. It was still an interesting read overall.
Coloring was bright and colorful, super clean. Gods and pantheons from all over the world were chosen, and after only the first volume, I'm looking forward to the rest of them! There's so many in this series, I really want to know what other gods were chosen. Fantastic job team and Papercutz. I'm still new to this publisher, so it was nice to see something relatively unknown to me that I enjoyed reading.
Luma, 37 pages - Published by Zhengo, (cc/ @zhengomono)
A demigod's purpose is to serve gods and mortals from birth to death, reincarnating to repeat the cycle. Carrying out her duties, a young demigod is sent out on a routine mission to exorcise a spirit but finds more than she bargained for. Secrets are unearthed, conspiracies are formed, and the demigods find themselves as pawns in a divine game played by gods.
Story and Art by Zhengo
Comments from @ArtCrumbs: It's dangerous to go alone, take this!
Eager to get to work and prove herself, Zesso aka Leoli gets in way over her head. She seems young and impulsive, something that can only lead to trouble. I am curious how it will progress given the description above. There's clearly something more, and she's definitely way too eager to get her feet wet. It seems she has a perpensity to destroy things, which was great. Usually we see destructive and young make characters. I am loving how it really turns some of the cliches on its head.
The art is black and white, stylistically consistent, and clean. I also enjoyed seeing really clean character consistency and the great character design and fashion. That's something I personally struggle with, so seeing someone who does well with that is always a cool bonus. Keep up the great work, I've already followed and look forward to more updates!
Weather Child, 729 pages - Published by Kazumi404, (cc/ @kazumi404)
The tale of a girl which the feelings can control the weather. The story starts showing Edmond and Sanni friendship, while she starts to interact with a world that was out of her reach until now. A happy life, full of new friends and experiences, waits for Sanni just outside the forbidden grounds. BUT… can someone like her be allowed to live a fun “slice of life”? Or is her fated to face tragedy, just like the others before her? ___ UPDATE EVERY SATURDAY!
Story and Art by Kazumi404
Comments from @ArtCrumbs: So what DO child-gods actually like to eat?
It's gotta be tough when your emotions control the weather. It's tougher to be alone, heavens FORBID you're missing a shoe! What a way to top off a sad-sack sundae! This adorable webcomic has a very interesting premise, as most gods I run into in literature are adults. Big, powerful, strong, and all-knowing adults. Not this time, and I'm all here for it! Very creative!
The art itself has a very nice manga feel with the black and white and screentoning, but has a single spot color. It really helps with the contrast and making certain things stand out, obviously. I wonder if there will be other colors added over time? I find it a fascinating position to be in, unknowingly taking care of a god that could obliterate your lives with a single ill-timed storm. I've read up to the end of release #9. I'm wondering if the relationship will sour in some way or how long it might take our main character to learn about the girl's true nature. It's a cute story with laughs and wholesome abounding.
Looking forward to more, Kazumi~
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