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Hiya peeps! Welcome to day 4 of our reader discussion on magical girls in collaboration with Aradia! Todays Question:
Outside of Japan Magical Girl stories are often harder to come by in the international market. What reasons do you think this genre hasn’t entirely caught wind in other markets and do you think that could change in the future?
All the questions for this week have been posted to the Webcomic Library Discord as well. If you’re interested in joining in on the discussion in a more direct way or are interested in meeting and learning from more folks in the community feel free to dm me for an invite. We’d love to have you!
Hiya peeps! Welcome to day 2 of our reader discussion on magical girls in collaboration with Aradia! Todays Question:
The Magical Girl genre has a lot of crossover with other art genres and movements for example fairy tales, mecha, surrealism and romanticism and a wide variety of commentary on social movements. What characteristics of the genre do you think lends itself to being so flexible in its story style and overall message? In the same vein are there any obstacles within the genre that creators have to overcome?
All the questions for this week have been posted to the Webcomic Library Discord as well. If you’re interested in joining in on the discussion in a more direct way or are interested in meeting and learning from more folks in the community feel free to dm me for an invite. We’d love to have you!
Hiya peeps! Today the Webcomic Library and the Aradia collective are collaborating on a reader discussion on Magical Girls! We’ll be working together to post one question a day over the week over Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram for yall to chime in on!
All the questions for this week have been posted to the Webcomic Library Discord as well. If you’re interested in joining in on the discussion in a more direct way or are interested in meeting and learning from more folks in the community feel free to dm me for an invite. We’d love to have you!
Summary:
In Amity City, where monsters live among humans as citizens, sometimes things can get complicated. Simon,a local vigilante (dubbed the Phantom by citizens) helps solve the problems that plague the city to protect the lives of humans and monsters alike.
One day he meets a young girl, a fellow vigilante, that may make his life a little more complicated…
Equalize (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Warning: Abuse, Alcohol, Mental Illness, and Violence)
Summary: When it comes to saving someone else, how far are you willing to go? Nic Saint is a lonely and depressed pizza delivery guy with no purpose in life. But when he saves the city’s top informant from being kidnapped, he gains an interesting power that will force him to become the protector he couldn’t be before.
Summary:
SATAN THE RULER OF HELL has recently developed a hearing loss. It doesn’t seem to slow him down though as he and his boyfriend try to tackle the other ordinary challenges of life with their single, shared and barely working braincell. It’s somewhat nice.
Summary:
Florence loves hanging out with her carefree winged friends: beautiful creatures with wings for hair and an unquenchable thirst for adventure. However, when her mother disappears from a mysterious expedition, she fears for the worst. Through exploring hidden laboratory tunnels beneath the forest, facing Machines from a century-long war against humanity and confronting the Lost people from a civilization gone by, Flo and her friends must piece together the past to save all those they love.
Lady Changeling (Comic Fury) (Warning: Blood/Gore and Death)
Summary:
Lady Changeling is a gothic horror comic centred around Lillian, a young woman struggling with anxiety, depression, queer feelings and vampires in the early nineteenth century.
Summary:
Lucky means well, but doesn’t fully understand what it means to be a human. Unfortunately, the friends he’s recruited to help him might end up being more of a mess than he signed up for. Can a hodgepodge group of college students help a shape-shifting alien find his place on their planet? Or did they all bite off a bit more than they could chew?
Summary: Nis & Peter are roomies with quite opposite levels of enthusiasm for the month of December. This year Peter has reluctantly promised to visit Nis’ homeland with him.
Pacifica (Site) (Warning: Blood/Gore and Violence)
Summary: Inspired by the redwood forests and wildlife of the Pacific northwest, Pacifica is a fantasy adventure comic set in an early 1800s type era that combines mountain men, monsters, and magic. The story follows a thrown together group of outcasts as they learn to work together and search for a new direction in their lives.
Summary:
Hadi’s Sister recently passed while giving birth to her daughter, Ashia, who isn’t entirely human. So, Hadi begins his journey to cross the magical boarder into Diwatia and find Ashia’s royal father.Once past the boarder it is only with the help of a sympathetic Sirenian Commander that Hadi can hope to continue his voyage. Unaware that the Commander, Ghaleon, is smitten with him, the two seek passage across many lands. Along the way they find their mission is much greater then simply reuniting a child with her father.
Reclaim (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore and Violence)
Summary: Albus is the Caesar - that means he will one day inherit the empire from his father, and he has grand plans for when the day comes! His dreams seem cancelled when the power-hungry Irene leads a coup against his father and takes over the empire! Albus is only saved thanks to his friend and bodyguard Styrka, and now he’ll to anything to save his father from imprisonment and reclaim his place on the throne.
Summary:
Ever since her parent’s funeral, Florette seems to only find solace in her flower shop and garden. Her love for nature is tested when she meets a tiny plant prince from a miniature plant world. With the “invaders” threatening his plant kingdom, Florette finds her calling to help save the world and its people. Could it be her botanist skills, or is there a bigger connection between Florette and the Kingdom of Soleil?
Tales of Kalzeria (Site) (Smackjeeves) (Warning: Blood/Gore and Needles/Syringes)
Summary:
A Demon attack changes the lives of two mercenaries, a healer, and a blacksmith. Follow the journeys of Laska, Zareth, Terra, Nick, and others as they seek truths about themselves and struggle with the dangers around them.
Teach me to Kill (Site) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Death, Drug Use, Needles/Syringes, NSFW, Sexual/Nonsexual Nudity, and Violence)
Summary:
William Anderson is a normal highschool teacher whose world was turned upside down after losing consciousness and awoke to his entire class slaughtered. Accused of doing the dirty deed and sentenced to death for a crime he has no memory of committing, he’s given a second lease on life… if he agrees to teach a class of novice killers and help inspire them to become legends.
Until Observed (Webtoons) (Warning: Self Harm and Violence)
Summary:
Upon seeing the pre-cognitive death of an unknown man at an early age Sybil, “Bil” begins a desperate search to find a way to prevent his death. Despite knowing that pre-cognitive visions are fixed, Bil unwilling to recognize the truth, is desperate to change the future course of history.Possible
Summary: An amnesiac girl travels with a walrus, a guppy fish and a giant dragon, to meet The Powers That Be, who lives in The Sun. They get into the weirdest and most memorable of adventures along the way.
Zombie Wife (Site) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Facebook) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Death, Needles/Syringes and Violence)
Summary:
In a remote cabin in the woods, a man named Milton lives a quiet life with his wife, Shauna. Everything is what he could have dreamed for!… except for the zombification of his better half. But despite this, Milton does not give up the future he dreamed of. Is he the most devoted husband ever or is he just plain crazy? Find out in Zombie Wife.
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Summary: This is a webcomic about YOU and your queer experiences. From coming out to romance to everyday struggles, we’re chronicling it all.
Has stories from Trans Women, Trans Men, Nonbinary, Genderfluid, and Demigender People!
Godsblood ( @godsbloodcomic) (Site) (Tapastic)
Created by Fisher VanKirk ( @fishervk)
Summary: When Rivinie wakes up in the forest with a magical seal around her neck, she has no choice but to seek help. As she travels with Barlowe, a soldier-turned-guide, and Washa, the callous witch of the woods, she finds that her search for a cure goes deeper than expected.
Has Trans Women and Trans Men Characters!
Goodbye to Halos (Site)
Created by Valerie Halla ( @valeriehalla) (Patreon)
Summary: Goodbye to Halos is an action-adventure modern fantasy webcomic with an entire cast of queer characters, starring a gay trans girl and her weird friends!
Summary: a coming of age queer romance epic over 500 pages telling the stories of 8 teenagers.
Has Trans Woman and Trans Man Main Characters!
Rain (Smackjeeves) (Comic Fury) (Warning: Transphobia, homophobia, teen pregnancy)
Created by
Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick
Summary:
Rain is a slice-of-life/comedy/drama that follows the life of a teenage transgender girl named Rain, as she attempts to go through her senior year in high school identifying only as a woman. Along the way, she makes friends with an eclectic bunch of people of varying orientations and gender identities. See their stories filled with silly humor, teenage angst, occasional adult angst, copious amounts of love triangles, mockery of product names, complex relationships, tons and tons of dialogue, and sometimes a cute, little bunny.
Has Trans Women Main Character with other Trans Women, Trans Men, and Genderfluid Characters!
The Blue Valkyrie ( @bluevalkyriecomic) (Tapastic) (Comic Rocket)
Written By Emily Riesbeck ( @emilyriesbeck) (Patreon) and Art by David John Mitchell (Site)
Summary: Chloe Ritter was your ordinary queer, trans woman in Cream City. But when she suffers a traumatic experience at the hands of an old acquaintance, she discovers she has extraordinary abilities. With the help of her girlfriend, she dons a mask and begins protecting Cream City as The Blue Valkyrie. But it’s not easy to be a superhero: when community activists and ruthless businessmen go head to head, Chloe will have to discover what kind of hero the world truly needs.
Has Trans Women Main Character!
Validation (Site)
Created by Christian Beranek ( @christianberanek) (Patreon) Kelci Crawford (Site) ( @kelcid) (Patreon) and
Nick Beranek (Site)
Summary:
Validation is the story of Ally, a transgender girl doing her best to live a fulfilling day-to-day life.
Has Trans Women and Trans Men Characters
Waterlily (Site) (Warning: Dysphoria)
Created by Tatiana Fiermonte ( @de-la-firemountain)
Summary:
Waterlily is a short comic about a trans girl who grew up swimming and loving the water, but eventually had to leave it behind due to her body dysphoria and eventual transition. Deciding she’s ready to swim again, she and her girlfriend take a trip out to the beach, but, well… it’s not that simple.
Trans Woman Main Character!
Capsilade ( @capsilade)
Created by Xaan ( @xaandiir)
Summary: Capsilade follows the lives of five queer twenty-year-olds who are trying to figure out their place in the world while getting into humorous situations and other drama.
Follows the life of a
Bigender Character and their Trans Woman, Trans Man, Demigirl, and Agender Friends!
Cucumber Quest (Site)
Created by Gigi D.G.
Summary: a comic about bunny kids going on adventures and having fun
Includes Trans Woman Character!
Demon House (Tapastic) ( @demon-house)
Created by Joanne Kwan (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Tula is a student just trying to get through her senior year of college. Little does she know that her new rental is inhabited by demons. Juggling her social life and these new roommates should be no problem.
Demon Street (Hiveworks) ( @demonstreet)
Created by
Aliza Layne ( @alizabug) (Patreon)
Summary: three months ago, a few human neighborhoods from all over earth disappeared, leaving doorways to another world in their place. raina walks through one in search of her parents, her house, and all her neighbors, now missing. kate and celine escaped the stolen street and the human world, creating a new life for themselves in a city of monsters and magic.now sep, 12 years old and a goofy, self-taught explorer, stumbles into this intrigue months later than everyone else. he gets swept into raina’s quest, developing disquieting magic ties in the process.demon street is a fantasy adventure story about a world where human names can be traded or stolen away. kids fly on enormous winged ants, explore swamps and forests and a huge city, befriend monsters, fight horrible lizard swarms, and get crushes on each other. It’s about quests and monsters and magic and choices.
Includes Trans Women and Nonbinary Characters!
Griefer Belt ( @grieferbeltcomic) (Tapastic) (Comic Rocket) (Warning: Sexual Nudity, Blood/gore)
Created by Kalesbug ( @kalesbug) (Patreon)
Summary: Scott works for The Belt, a black market company that deals in harvesting and trading human organs. His boss and partner (in crime), Lars Van Allen is heir to the organization but lacks certain abilities to properly run a business.
Includes Trans Women and Nonbinary Characters!
Les Normaux (Tapastic) ( @lesnormaux)
Created by Knight JJ ( @theartofknightjj) (Patreon) and AI ( @alababwa)
Summary: Les Normaux follows the life of a bunch of supernatural beings living in Paris after a human wizard named Sebastien moved to the city. They each tell their own side of the story in their respective diaries.
Includes Trans Women, Agender, and Demigender Characters!
Summary:
Set in a fictional town called Havenhart, located in Indiana around 1984, MCCC follows the life of young monster teenagers and the threat of hunters
Includes Trans Women, Trans Men, and Nonbinary Characters!
Rock and Riot ( @rockandriotcomic)(Tapastic)
Created by Chelsey Furedi ( @cheriiart) (Patreon)
Summary: Rock and Riot follows the tales of two opposing teenage gangs in the 1950s with an LGBTQ theme!
Includes Trans Women, Nonbinary, Agender, Genderfluid, bigender, and Demiboy characters!
Seal Girl and Friends ( @sealgirlandfriends)
Written by Katie Cunningham ( @katieiscunning) and Art by Nicki Kaye ( @bluandorange) (Tip Jar) (Patreon)
Summary: A Story about a girl and her adventures with her magical powered friends!
Summary: In the business-driven city of Singmire, jobless Finch quietly copes with life, until he gets to discover that his online boyfriend happens to be a changeling stuck in a childish body. As if it weren’t enough, aside from trying to cure himself, Soot also has plans to restore social justice in a decaying elven society…
Created by Ash and ( @summerlightning) Yamino ( @yamino)
Summary: Rife with nuns, Witches, magick, werewolves, cats, giant robot mechas, and blue angels who pop out of toilets to announce approaching apocalypses, Sister Claire is a webcomic about a young woman who leaves her quiet abbey to undergo a rigorous journey across a monster-riddled wilderness.
Includes a Trans Woman Character!
Think that’s all the comics that have trans spectrum characters? Think again! 50 more comics below!
Summary: It is 17th century France, the age of discovery and scientific revolution. Sulvain, a mysterious traveler, is absorbed in the Parisian acedemic scene. Through his friendship with the renowned Christiaan Huygens, Sulvain has the chance to study the latest discoveries of the distant cosmos. Deep in the library of Academy of Sciences, however, our traveler will meet Huygen’s apprentice– Raziol Quamar– who will truly spark new lights in Sulvain’s universe. But as the two grow closer, trouble brews in the city.
Librarian’s Commentary:
The little details in the art are really cool! I love how things like Sullivan’s Cape, buttons, and even the books have a little bit of detail that makes the style really stand out!
I love that the main characters study Astronomy! It’s such an interesting subject that I don’t usually see in comics.
It’s also historical fiction. Always a fun time watching to see all the little things we know of the time period show in someone writing. I’ll be happy watch!
This is also a romantic fiction piece. I’m exited to see how romance blooms between characters and how it’s handled in the historical context!
Summary: Chloe Ritter was your ordinary queer, trans woman in Cream City. But when she suffers a traumatic experience at the hands of an old acquaintance, she discovers she has extraordinary abilities. With the help of her girlfriend, she dons a mask and begins protecting Cream City as The Blue Valkyrie. But it’s not easy to be a superhero: when community activists and ruthless businessmen go head to head, Chloe will have to discover what kind of hero the world truly needs.
Librarian’s Commentary:
I love how confident Chloe is in who she is as a person. From being trans to having super powers, she unashamedly herself and I feel like it’s really something inspiring and heart warming to see!
I live for relationships with great communication and support. Something about that is so comforting and inspiring to see.
She and her girlfriend met in therapy!!! they’ve both been in therapy!! This fact makes me so happy!!
I am honestly so surprised I haven’t heard of this comic sooner?? It has so many great things going for it and I’m thrilled to now have it in my library and I hope other people will read and fall in love with it like I have!
Summary: This rom-com asks the big questions- like what would happen if two slice of life stories were happening at the same school?
Librarian’s Commentary:
I love the idea of taking 2 classic slice of life plot tropes and having them clash together! It’s a fun twist while also being very original.
Mamo and Daisuke’s interactions are golden. They’re both so different but also kind of have the same stubbornness and backbone. Also they have greatest case of mistaken identity I have ever seen.
I also give a shot out to Tuskino cause she’s one of the few plus sized love interests I’ve seen and she’s absolutely adorable!
The faces and body movents in this comic are so expressive! It’s not extremely exaggerated, but they’re still funny and show such a wide range of emotion!
Summary:
It’s 1852, and Clara Adams has had her future planned out for her: find and marry a proper young man, then settle in for a life of quiet obedience and domestic bliss. She’s resigned to her fate, until a bout of curiosity leads to her untimely murder, and resurrection, at the hands of monsters that she’d never dreamed might be more than fictional. Death brings Clara unexpected freedom, along with new dangers and the sudden weight of responsibility. Thrust into unlife with no way back, Clara has to learn quickly, for her unique gift might tip the scales in the secret war against her murderer for control of all London!
Librarian’s Commentary:
Heck yeah Ace/Aro protagonist where their orientation serves a purpose in the story!
I’m not too big on the idea of a heirarchy determined by who you are and are not attracted to, but I do give points for a very creative idea. I’m really hoping the hierarchy gets completely smashed to bits by the end
Watching Clara try to learn how to essentially flirt is both funny and relatable.
Also I love the outfit designs! they’re all so pretty and the colors always compliment the character’s so well!
Summary: Dragondove is not about destiny or gun fights, but choices and mistakes, and the struggle of determining the right roads to take. Dragons wander the wasteland, seeking the souls of sinners, or so they say. A girl called Lucky doesn’t believe that’s the whole story, so she skips town, looking to wrangle herself some adventure, mystery, and a dragon of her own.This fantasy-western comic explores mystical creatures, exotic landscapes, and magical artifacts while maintaining an action-adventure theme. Focusing primarily on LGBTQ characters, Dragondove aims to engage the tried and true fantasy tropes without all the usual baggage.
Librarian’s Commentary:
Western themed comic about dragons???? Sign me up!
I love all the in depth explaining of the world building and lore. It’s one of my favorite things in comics to learn more about the context of the world the characters live in!
I love how the characters grow and develop and yet I am still left with so many questions that lead to me watching for every update to learn more.
Tigertale is such a badass person??? they’re so cool and mysterious. I can’t wait to learn more about them as a character. Hoping to get some more backstory!
Did I miss anything in my list? Have a masterlist you wanna see? Just wanna say hi? Send me an ask here!
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by just showing other people how amazing they are!
Summary: Shortly after starting their first year at Silvermount University, five young women discover they’ve each been chosen to protect our world and its newly discovered sister dimension. Volume 1 begins at the start of their first year of college as they learn about this new responsibility and try to find out exactly what’s going on. Join Norah, Adele, Kendall, Paige, and Jordan as they navigate the complexities of college and discover that they have more strength than they’ve ever imagined.
Summary: Ten years ago, 22 Guardians holding the power of the Tarot cards died saving the planet of Einan. Now one of those Guardians has come back to life and plans to use the other Guardians to take over the planet they once saved! Using three of the major arcana, Elysia, Karina, and Lorin are brought to Einan from Earth and take the role as new Guard- ians in order to protect two planets! Step Beyond the Barrier. Release the Corrupted. Take down Death.
Summary: The Hues is about a group of teenage magical girls who discover their powers just a little too late– the Big Bad is already here and they have only a rudimentary grasp of their abilities and what they’re supposed to be doing. It all hinges on hints and clues regarding the mysterious Jouchi, who may have the answers they seek about how to reclaim their home from the aliens.
Kate Blast! (Site) (Tapas) (Warning: Dysphoria and Mental Illness)
Summary: After an ancient relic called the Burning Heart chooses Kate Blast to be one of its Guardians, an alien army has arrived seeking the magical powers of the Burning Heart. Kate must find the other guardians to protect the Earth from destruction, all while maintaining a balanced adult life.
Summary: Legendary Beings Ara & Celi is about a young girl, Miyara, who is chosen to be the successor to a specific line of Angels – headed by none other than Ara–and with it, duties that extend beyond the physical world. Only one problem: Miyara has no desire to do the job! What will happen then, especially with Celi, Ara’s counterpart, is intent on causing chaos in her life?!
Leif and Thorn (Site) (Warning: Mental Illness, Rape/Sexual Assault, Slavery and Violence)
Summary: Sparkly fantasy dramedy with magic, bilingual shenanigans, lots of queer characters, and the occasional dragon.A team of Knights are summoned to the capitol city of Ceannis, to guard the embassy of neighboring Sønheim. Thorn is the leader of the knights. Leif prunes the embassy’s rose trees. Both jobs end up being weirder, more complicated, and more hazardous than they look.
Let’s Celebrate! ( @letscelebrate-comic) (Tapas) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Mental Illness, and Violence)
Summary: Let’s Celebrate! is a weekly webcomic following the adventures of Nikki and her friends, an ever growing and diverse group of folks who, like it or not, are lumped with saving the world with festively themed magical powers.
Summary: Mia Amano is learning to be a witch like her mother, but she has one problem- she’s a huge scaredy cat. When she meets a ghost while gathering ingredients, she runs away, but is quickly drawn back. Soon she’s falling fast for Eddie, and helping the ghost girl try to discover the secrets of her forgotten past. All the while, she struggles to learn about this new ESP that’s awakened in her- what some witches call ‘necromancy’.
Summary:
Gabe and Booker are just two normal college guys, sharing an apartment and failing spectacularly at love. But one day, a talking golf ball named Hal lands in their lives and offers them magical powers…and despite it being a terrible idea, Gabe signs up immediately! Now he must don the admittedly flattering dress of a Magical and fight for love and justice, while Booker, blinded by the sparkles, wants nothing to do with any of this.
Summary: Fifteen years ago, magical girl Shimmer Shimmer Sky Patcher Chimaka lost her final battle against her greatest foe, broke up with her “destined” boyfriend, and practically flunked out of school. Now a chemical engineer at Squid Petroleum, Chimaka is older, wiser, and a whole lot more bitter. But when a surprise phone call alerts Chimaka to the fact that her ancient enemy is getting restless again, it’s going to be up to Chimaka and her best friend Pippa to try to reignite Chimaka’s old magic…and save the world!
Summary: Derek thinks he’s more clever than anyone else here (he isn’t, usually). He usually has a scheme to come out a few bucks ahead. If that means someone else is a few bucks lighter, that’s just how life goes. Shelby says she’s a magical girl (she isn’t…right?). Her hobbies include saving the school and not explaining how she’s saving the school. Miss Fluffy is the self-appointed enforcer of the law, here to enforce the school’s rules (she can’t, officially). She’s out to make sure Derek and Shelby behave, even if the school would prefer she didn’t. Nicole Adams just moved here from overseas and is trying to get along with all of them. It isn’t easy.
Summary: RAGNAROK was the twilight of the gods.Eons ago, nine of the gods, lead by Odin, made a pact: as they died in their final battle, they would be reincarnated upon Midgard. There, they would live again, free of their past transgressions.But as they survived, so too did their enemies.Wanda Dusekova is a sixteen-year-old girl who dreams of a better life. Her world is rocked when she meets a strange man who introduces himself as Baldur Odinsson, New King of Asgard, and her as his father reborn. The gods’ breach of fate allowed an ancient enemy, whose identity remains a mystery to Baldur, to seek vengeance. Now, Wanda and Baldur must find the remaining eight gods and bring peace to the nine worlds - before it’s too late.
Shattered Starlight (Site) (Warning: Alcohol, Blood/Gore, Death, NSFW, and Violence)
Summary: Farah Shaughnessy is a magical girl. Or rather, she was a magical girl. Now, instead of saving Montreal from the forces of Chaos and Entropy, she’s just trying to hold down a decent job to pay her rent and still trying to get her life together a decade after the breakup of her team. When strange things start happening around her and old enemies start to reappear, Farah has to make a choice: face the things she’s been running from all these years or put down her astral weapon hockey stick and walk away for good.
Sleepless Domain (Hiveworks) (Twitter) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Major Character Death, and Violence)
Summary: Sleepless Domain is a comic about an isolated city in the middle of a dangerous world filled with monsters. During the day, the city is perfectly safe. At night, however, the populace locks themselves inside as the city streets fill with monsters. The only ones who can combat these creatures are very special girls with the power to transform into Magical Girls!
Summary: Frasei is shy young mermaid who attends the prestigious Delphic Academy to learn sea magic. But everything changes when she discovers a unique calling!
The Tidekeepers of Atlantis ( @the-tidekeepers-comic) (Warning: Blood/Gore and Violence)
Summary: Alina Sargon is an average high school junior when she finds herself thrust into a strange new world, with a great destiny laid upon her. Can she find the other Tidekeepers in time to stop Lord Abyssus from bringing the lost Kingdom of Atlantis back from the bottom of the sea?
Summary: During the Witching Hour, creatures from another world enter into our own. Only Witches can stop these creatures during this time, before they can do harm or create chaos in the world.Things, however, change when the Warlocks start causing trouble.The Witches soon find there is an arcane magic in their world, far beyond what they had ever imagined. When Roxanne becomes determined to uncover this arcane magic, the foundations of her world begin to change.
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. Most if not all of the comics mentioned rely on word of mouth to grow their audiences. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by spreading the word!
Summary: Finn gets a job working at The Costume Shop, a haunted Halloween store run by a talking skeleton. With dark forces on their way, this is no ordinary day at work.
Librarian’s Commentary:
The idea of having costumes as monsters with a desire to be worn is so cool!
Can be both terrifying and really funny!
Love the costume designs! Both classic and original~
I’m really intrested in learning more about Franklin. So much of the comic revolves around his actions. It will be a lot of fun seeing him develop, and thus the story as a whole!
Written by
Rob Zwetsloot and Illustrated by Cherry ( @cherryparty) (Site)
Summary: Haven’t you ever felt lonely? When you live in the middle of nowhere, away from your friends, wouldn’t you want something to change? “Wish upon a star and maybe something will.”
Librarian’s Commentary:
The artstyle is so cute! I love the colors used, so vibrant but easy on the eyes, plus the character design is absolutely lovely!
Cute enthusiastic alien who really really wants to learn about earth culture= really cute!
The fact that Star has made a home in Zoe’s sock drawer is very amusing to me.
Overall a cute and lighthearted comic so far and a wonderful addition to my library!
Summary:
Sleepless Domain is a comic about an isolated city in the middle of a dangerous world filled with monsters. During the day, the city is perfectly safe. At night, however, the populace locks themselves inside as the city streets fill with monsters. The only ones who can combat these creatures are very special girls with the power to transform into Magical Girls!
Librarian’s Commentary:
I love the artstyle! Each character has a unique style with color symbolism abound!
This comic has a unique point of view for a Magical Girl plot. Instead of focusing on the leader of the group and her struggles we get to follow the person of the group who often played as the support for the team!
I see so much character development already in the works as well as so much potential for more as the comic continues. It is going to be so interesting watching Undine grow as both a magical girl and a person as well as her influence on the others in her life!
I’m trying not to give too much away but the main twist to this story… it hits home for me big time. As someone who has had important people in their life and was left with a lot of regret, I empathize with how Undine is coping. It will be very interesting to watch as we see her interact with that topic overtime.
Created by Randi “Red” Hamel ( @rannibuns) and Tajliya “Blue” Jamal ( @heyimtaj)
Summary:
This comic is an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It is set in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Librarian’s Commentary:
The fact that’s it’s a gay retelling of a classic lovestory makes me swoon~ I genuinely wish I had a larger list of media that does it.
The fact that the creators take turns creating the pages and use different pallets to signify their work is a really neat idea. Very original and very fun concept!
So far this is my favorite expression in this comic so far
I will admit, it’s easier to read this comic at least knowing the plot of Pride and Prejudice first. That’s honestly often a problem with re-adaptions of stories in my experience. However, if you do know the plot you will absolutely have fun spotting the similarities and differences in this retelling!
Summary: Alex Sleeper thought that when he went to a concert for Fallen Empire, a smallish emo band, that he was just going to keep his friend company. He didn’t realize he’d wake up the next day having been marked as an Aztec rain god’s next sacrifice. The deity has an unexpected change of heart and seeks to keep Alex safe, while Alex develops confusing feelings of his own for the immortal. With any luck, and lots of devotion from the god himself, Alex may survive the next few days.
Librarian’s Commentary:
The artstyle is awesome! I kinda like how the hair isn’t lined like the rest of the art. It kinda makes the hair seem fluffier and more natural, if that makes sense.
Alex is so easily flustered and emotional I love him.
Timothy is cool and definitely has a lot of development potential in the future that I am going to love seeing!
I didn’t realize the Aztec god part of this comic when I was reading it so when that part got established I was like “Wait what?”. Definitely interested in seeing how the Gods aspect of this comic is developed!
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This installment of webcomics of the week is dedicated to Makenzi Papasan, for inspiring me to get out of my comfort zone every once in a while, even in death.
If you enjoy any of these webcomics I encourage you to reblog this post or reblog their works. All of these wonderful creators deserve to have their stories seen and heard and you can help by just showing other people how amazing they are!
Hiya peeps! Welcome to day 3 of our reader discussion on magical girls in collaboration with Aradia! Todays Question:
While Magical girls are commonly seen as their own genre they also have a lot of similar characteristics with the Super Hero genre. What are some things that set these genres apart?
All the questions for this week have been posted to the Webcomic Library Discord as well. If you’re interested in joining in on the discussion in a more direct way or are interested in meeting and learning from more folks in the community feel free to dm me for an invite. We’d love to have you!
