Fresh Friday Features: Unlikely Heroes

Need a hero? Look to those around you and deep within yourself. Today's Fresh Friday Features will remind you that good people exist all around us, and sometimes, you must step up and save yourself. Perhaps you'll even be motivated to be someone else's hero after reading these inspiring titles.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Immortals: Gods and Heroes: A stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Greek myths as you've never seen them before!
• Graphic Novel - Sennen: A beautiful coming-of-age tale, packed with adventure and magic with a backdrop that outlines the importance of family. Sennen is the debut graphic novel from exciting new British author and artist Shanti Rai.
• Manga - Cosmic Connections: Beyond Time: A world-ending threat eradicated by 5 magical girls at the cost of their powers. But when an unexpected encounter changes one's monotonous life forever.
• Webcomic - Atticus & The Magical Pillow Fort: One rainy day, a little boy named Atticus is stuck inside the house with his grandmother. Nearly bored to tears after maxing out his daily allotted screentime, Atticus builds a pillow fort in the center of the living room. Before he enters the structure, his grandmother hands him a scavenger hunt.

Immortals: Gods and Heroes, 112 pages - Published by BOOM! Studios, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

Spinning from the upcoming epic 3-D film Immortals from visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell) and starring Mickey Rourke and Henry Cavill comes Immortals: Gods and Heroes, a stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Greek myths as you've never seen them before! Featuring incredible untold tales by Jock, Brian Clevinger, Francesco Francavilla, Dennis Calero, Ben McCool, Ron Marz, Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray, and MANY more!

Story and Art by Various

Comments from @ArtCrumbs:

Loved seeing this collection of stories with the same characters drawn in different ways by different artists over a single over-aching story. Incredibly cool concept and stunning execution with classic tales of Grecian mythology.

Sennen, 108 pages - Published by Avery Hill Publishing, (cc/ @AveryHillPublishing)

A beautiful coming of age tale, packed with adventure and magic with a backdrop that outlines the importance of family. Sennen, the debut graphic novel from exciting new British author and artist Shanti Rai, tells a timeless tale of adventure and the discoveries we make as we explore beyond the boundaries of our childhood into the uncertainty of the adult world.

Story and Art by Shanti Rai

Comments from @ArtCrumbs:

An incredible twist awaits you in this one! I don't often see this trope, which I'm not going to spoil, but not all things are as they seem! I enjoyed reading this one so far, and it's an amazing debut for this pair of creators. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment! An ordinary girl, turned hero for her people. Those who like stories like Plato's Cave or the Truman Show would also enjoy this one!

Cosmic Connections: Beyond Time, 23 pages - Published by BioMegaBear, (cc/ @Biomegabear)

A world ending threat eradicated by 5 magical girls at the cost of their powers. After their victory everyone went home across the country & live their normal lives once more. But when an unexpected encounter changes ones monotonous life forever.

Story and Art by BioMegaBear

Comments from @ArtCrumbs:

Long-lost power restored mysteriously, apparently the universe isn't done with our magic girl just yet! It's a fun twist on the magical girl trope, and I adore our "old woman" here. She really adds some humor to the story and gives me Satoshi Kon vibes. Great work!

Atticus & The Magical Pillow Fort, 20 pages - Published by JonathanHedrickComics.com, (cc/ @JonathanHedrick)

One rainy day, a little boy named Atticus is stuck inside the house with his grandmother. Nearly bored to tears after maxing out his daily allotted screentime, Atticus builds a pillow fort in the center of the living room. Before he enters the structure, his grandmother hands him a scavenger hunt on a folded piece of paper. She tells young Atticus that he must find all the items on that list before he can return. Atticus accepts the challenge and dives in! Soon after Atticus crawls inside the pillow fort, he realizes that something is very different!

Story and Art by Debora Lancianese , Ichsan Ansori, Jonathan Hedrick, Leo McGovern

Comments from @ArtCrumbs:

A cute story that I think most folks can relate to at some point. Whether it's a pillow fort, a tree house, or a playground park, we've playing pretend is a fun way to make a long stay at Gramma's house better. Adding a scavenger request for some truly bizarre items will make for some otherworldy adventures! It's a bit scary, sure, but any good hero loves a good adventure!

That's all for now, but we'll have another set of Fresh Friday reading recommendations next week. You can also browse through our Featured Comics news section and add them to your Library for future reading!

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