In this final installment of Ignition Zero, Robbie, Orson, Neve, and Martin finally discover the secrets and answers they've been searching for. Only, it's not just secrets held by Ivory, the mysterious spirit of the city, but also secrets amongst themselves. They'll have to be honest as well as strong in order to solve these struggles of trust and grow in their relationships rather than dismantle them.
But what can you do if destruction seems to be the only thing you're good for? Sometimes you just have to give in.
Cedar 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!
Aaaaw I enjoyed this so much! Webcomics are my new favourite thing: free, beautiful art, often much better representation than other media, and you fly through it. Ignition Zero is no exception. read it here: http://ignitionzero.com/archive/ You're welcome. Or buy the books. That's also good.
I started reading it knowing that two of the main characters were homoromantic asexuals. I then realised the whole cast of characters was super diverse in sexualities (aces, and aros, and a genderfluid-polyamoros-panromantic-wiccan-dragqueen), genders, races, dealing with mental health, personnalities and fey creatures. Diverse, but also very loveable. I ended up really caring about the gang. I even loved characters we only got to see a few times here and there. Not only that, but the story is really interesting. I love all the magical fey elements and the whole idea behind the "baddy" (who isn't really a baddu at all...)
This was a beautiful end to the comic. I felt like there was more I wanted to see but still felt good about where things ended. The epilogue was light and definitely needed. It just made me want to see more of the story. I would definitely read any bonus material for this world that I could get my hands on.
There was so much great conversation about identity in this volume. Throughout the whole series honestly.
I didn't expect Martin to be as layered a character as he is. He was the surprise for the series with me. He snuck up on me and became a character that I really related to. Which sounds strange if you read this comic with faeries and magic but he learns something about himself in this volume that reminded me of something from my past.
I also love that there is a queerplatonic relationship in the story and they actually use the term. I was not expecting that.
I didn't expect such a great representation of a character with anxiety and PTSD.
I did expect the two homoromantic asexual characters that drew me to the story and I loved their relationship throughout the comic but it's so much more in the last three volumes.