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Ignition Zero #1
Ignition Zero, Volume One
The city of Glory has plenty of spirit...
When Robbie Finch moves to Glory, it's not just for art school, but also to meet his long-term internet friend, Orson Kurt. What he doesn't know is that Glory is a hotpot for strange and wonderful encounters: spirits, monsters, and faeries alike! Some of Orson's friends, it turns out, aren't quite human.
One of these beings, a land spirit they call Ivory, is on the run from a mysterious and malicious being called Vaidya, and she's recruited Orson's gang to protect her, including Robbie! As if he didn't have enough on his plate already....
Queer Cast + Asexual Romance + No Queer Tragedy
When Robbie Finch moves to Glory, it's not just for art school, but also to meet his long-term internet friend, Orson Kurt. What he doesn't know is that Glory is a hotpot for strange and wonderful encounters: spirits, monsters, and faeries alike! Some of Orson's friends, it turns out, aren't quite human.
One of these beings, a land spirit they call Ivory, is on the run from a mysterious and malicious being called Vaidya, and she's recruited Orson's gang to protect her, including Robbie! As if he didn't have enough on his plate already....
Queer Cast + Asexual Romance + No Queer Tragedy
108 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Cedar McCloud
9 books46 followersCedar McCloud is a queer and nonbinary author, Tarot deck illustrator, and art witch. They are best known for their debut Tarot deck and guidebook, the Numinous Tarot, as well as the Threadbound Oracle and its accompanying novel, The Thread That Binds. Cedar lives on the west coast of the USA with their partner and cat, where they spin yarn, dye, weave, cook, bind books, make paper, play the mandolin, and do five million other fun things.
Cedar used to publish things under the name Noel Arthur Heimpel, but no longer goes by that name for gender-related reasons. If you see them, they are the same person!
Cedar used to publish things under the name Noel Arthur Heimpel, but no longer goes by that name for gender-related reasons. If you see them, they are the same person!
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September 21, 2017
This is a hard thing for me to rate, because one part of me wants to give it 5 stars just on the principle of the thing and the ideas behind it.
After all, this is a comic by a queer creator about queer people, and I backed a Kickstarter for it because I'm all for giving people money for that kind of thing.
And make no mistake, the scene in which one of the protagonists comes out as asexual brought me much joy.
But on the whole I expected more from a queer fantasy comic with an interesting premise, and this first volume...did just not deliver.
The art is decent enough, and I enjoyed the bright colours and the various faerie creatures and their magic.
Yay for ace representation, always.
But the story is kind of a mess, and I barely had any sense of the characters at all. I felt like the introduction of the protagonists was rushed and before I could even form a connection to them, there are thrown into magic adventures and shenigans. Then suddenly there is a different subplot about a captured spider woman, and then there are elf people who are randomly evil? I own the other volumes and I assume all of these characters will be explored in more depths, but honestly I don't much care about them at all so far, and the first volume left me frustrated rather than curious for more of the story.
That said, I know how few ace comics there are out there, and I would recommend this to people who are looking for sth like this. Who knows, maybe it will speak to you in ways I've missed.
After all, this is a comic by a queer creator about queer people, and I backed a Kickstarter for it because I'm all for giving people money for that kind of thing.
And make no mistake, the scene in which one of the protagonists comes out as asexual brought me much joy.
But on the whole I expected more from a queer fantasy comic with an interesting premise, and this first volume...did just not deliver.
The art is decent enough, and I enjoyed the bright colours and the various faerie creatures and their magic.
Yay for ace representation, always.
But the story is kind of a mess, and I barely had any sense of the characters at all. I felt like the introduction of the protagonists was rushed and before I could even form a connection to them, there are thrown into magic adventures and shenigans. Then suddenly there is a different subplot about a captured spider woman, and then there are elf people who are randomly evil? I own the other volumes and I assume all of these characters will be explored in more depths, but honestly I don't much care about them at all so far, and the first volume left me frustrated rather than curious for more of the story.
That said, I know how few ace comics there are out there, and I would recommend this to people who are looking for sth like this. Who knows, maybe it will speak to you in ways I've missed.
June 6, 2018
I'm totally on board with the concept of this comic. Queer cast and inclusive stories in an urban fantasy city filled with fae beings? Yes! Count me in.
This volume has potential, but it's not a strong work. I think it's just the learning process, as well as the fact that this is the product of a webcomic compiled for print. The creator's art, already quite good here, has improved leaps and bounds in the years since, so I am hopeful the rest will as well. The pacing and paneling is off, as is the writing. There are some editing issues. And really, we're only seeing pieces set up in these first few chapters. There's not quite enough illusion of depth to sustain this volume on its own, in my opinion.
All that said--I'm here for the concept, and the setting has piqued my curiosity, and that's enough for me. I also love that the whole thing was done in watercolor, which seems an ambitious choice of medium for this type of project. Watercolor lends a colorful charm and impromptu feel to the comic, and I think it was a great choice.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
This volume has potential, but it's not a strong work. I think it's just the learning process, as well as the fact that this is the product of a webcomic compiled for print. The creator's art, already quite good here, has improved leaps and bounds in the years since, so I am hopeful the rest will as well. The pacing and paneling is off, as is the writing. There are some editing issues. And really, we're only seeing pieces set up in these first few chapters. There's not quite enough illusion of depth to sustain this volume on its own, in my opinion.
All that said--I'm here for the concept, and the setting has piqued my curiosity, and that's enough for me. I also love that the whole thing was done in watercolor, which seems an ambitious choice of medium for this type of project. Watercolor lends a colorful charm and impromptu feel to the comic, and I think it was a great choice.
I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.
January 11, 2018
So the thing is that this only collects the first three chapters. I enjoyed it but I'm not in love with the comic yet. This really was just the setting things up. When the action does kick off it's a bit confusing. I think I understood for the most part after a few panels what was going on, though. I also like the two main characters so far. We get one of them coming out as asexual in the third chapter and I enjoyed that a lot. The reaction from the fae creature they were speaking to had a bit of humor and made sense for a fantasy character that had never heard of asexuality before.
One thing I did love is seeing how the art developed over the chapters on the webcomic. I haven't read many comics that used watercolor and there are some really fantastic panels that stood out to me throughout this.
I'm excited to see where the story goes from here. Orson is my favorite of the two characters so far. I hope to see more of the two MC's in more depth going forward while also exploring the faerie world that lies parallel to theirs.
One thing I did love is seeing how the art developed over the chapters on the webcomic. I haven't read many comics that used watercolor and there are some really fantastic panels that stood out to me throughout this.
I'm excited to see where the story goes from here. Orson is my favorite of the two characters so far. I hope to see more of the two MC's in more depth going forward while also exploring the faerie world that lies parallel to theirs.
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February 20, 2020
REVIEW OF THE WHOLE WEBCOMIC
It was good and the art style was amazing, I just hope we'd seen more of the relationships that were beginning to build towards the end
It was good and the art style was amazing, I just hope we'd seen more of the relationships that were beginning to build towards the end
June 5, 2017
Yaaaas! Asexual main characters is what I came for.
A really interesting fairie world is what I stayed for.
A really interesting fairie world is what I stayed for.
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June 5, 2018I'm not going to rate this for now, I'm gonna finish the series first, 'cause I really don't understand what's happening so far
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