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Steven Universe: Harmony #1
As Steven helps Sadie cope with quitting her job at the Big Donut and losing Lars, Steven and the Gems must work together to deactivate an old Diamond Authority artifact called the Harmony Core before it destroys Earth.
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26 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 1, 2018
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S.M. Vidaurri
28 books17 followersMy apartment is filled with many animals. I like romance novels, superhero movies, rooms filled with plants and peach iced tea.
My first graphic novel Iron: Or The War After was published in 2012 and was nominated for the Graphic Album category in the Pépites 2013 Salon de Montreuil.
I read a lot, but for the purposes of my reviews on here, I'll only be writing about the books I absolutely loved, in the hope to support the authors I admire.
My first graphic novel Iron: Or The War After was published in 2012 and was nominated for the Graphic Album category in the Pépites 2013 Salon de Montreuil.
I read a lot, but for the purposes of my reviews on here, I'll only be writing about the books I absolutely loved, in the hope to support the authors I admire.
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August 1, 2018
Steven Universe: HARMONY is a five-issue miniseries focusing on Sadie Miller’s personal life and the Gems’ problems associated with a Gem artifact called the Harmony Core. It’s written by S.M. Vidaurri and illustrated by Mollie Rose, with colors by Meg Casey and letters by Mike Fiorentino. The paper issue I bought has the main cover by Marguerite Sauvage!
Plot:
The comic opens with the two Topazes (last seen in the episode “Stuck Together”) carrying out an errand in a room full of data stones. While distractedly completing their objective amidst discussion of Aquamarine’s obnoxiousness and their own relationship, one of the Topazes accidentally disturbs a heart-shaped stone called the Harmony Core.
The stone has fallen onto the ground and cracked, and the Topazes agree that it can’t be too serious since everything in the room is old and only organic life will be affected (except for Gems who touch it). Damaging this one has activated every Harmony Core in existence, but the Topazes think it’s not a big deal. Aquamarine comes to collect them and they go back to their work.
We cut to Sadie, who’s lying in bed feeling weird about not having work. She has recently quit her job at the Big Donut to pursue her music career with her band Sadie Killer and the Suspects (and to stop fixating so much on missing Lars, with whom she used to work and who is now in space with the Off Colors). Sadie almost texts Lars to find out what’s up before she reflects on where he is and how different things are now.
And then we cut to the Crystal Gems hanging out in Steven’s room. Garnet suddenly has a bunch of visions regarding the Harmony Core and bounces the team into action: They must go collect Steven and investigate. But Steven is at band practice, so they’re forced to interrupt.
Sadie, Steven, Buck, Sour Cream, and Jenny are rehearsing in Sadie’s basement bedroom. They discuss recording a demo and focusing on the music, and they’re deep in a song about Bigfoot when the Gems arrive and pull Steven away. Sadie is reluctantly understanding and Buck makes some ~deep~ observations about the impermanence of music.
The Crystal Gems group, including Peridot and Connie, arrives at this mysterious temple and immediately notice that something feels “weird.” Strange old drones attack the group, resulting in Steven getting bounced up a cliff, and Garnet and Connie hold the drones off while the others investigate (including Opal, who appears when Pearl and Amethyst want to more easily scale the cliff with Peridot). Once they encounter the Harmony Core, Garnet warns against touching it and declares it extremely unsafe, so Steven bubbles it and finds he can’t send it back to the Temple the way bubbled objects normally work.
Steven, now back at the home Temple holding the bubbled Harmony Core, is irritated that he can’t go to band practice because everyone’s afraid of what might happen if he tries to put the bubble down. The group decides someone needs to substitute for him for the sake of Sadie’s band, and Peridot loses a game of rock-paper-scissors against Amethyst and is “elected” Steven’s replacement. The band accepts this.
However, band practice comes to an end quickly because Peridot’s cursory research on rock music has led her to believe she must destroy her instrument. Buck dubs this “The Schrodinger’s Cat of coolness: Both cool and deeply uncool at the same time.” When reporting back to the Gems, Peridot defends her actions as “making an impact,” though Steven is distressed. Greg has arrived on the scene and reassures Steven, but the Harmony Core in the bubble in Steven’s lap activates with a weird yellow glow, and the next thing they know, Greg is on the floor, yellow glow coming out of his eyes.
Cutting to band practice, where Sadie has written some lyrics Jenny likes, suddenly the yellow glow also affect Sour Cream, who falls down with the same vacant stare, eerie moan, and glowing eyes. The story is marked “to be continued,” and the next issue is listed as releasing September 5.
Notable:
1. It’s nice to see the Topazes again! They’re kind of fan favorites and we got so little of them. It’s interesting to hear that they’re still being ordered around by Aquamarine and haven’t been allowed to fuse.
2. The temple where the Harmony Core on Earth activated looks so interesting. Similar to the Crystal Gems’ temple, but so ornate and elegant.
3. Steven is depicted as being part of the Sadie Killer and the Suspects band. In the show, he was part of the band before Sadie joined, but since she took the lead singer position, he has not been performing with them. In this version, it’s interesting that he’s playing one of three guitars and is depicted as necessary to the band.
4. Amethyst complimenting Sadie’s singing with a friendly punch and Pearl misunderstanding the Bigfoot song as being about Steven’s big feet was really adorably in character.
5. Opal appears briefly, which is always a treat!
6. Connie fighting with Garnet is really adorable. It’s so cool how they’re, like, the powerhouse characters in this scene, and how Garnet just easily accepts Connie’s participation.
7. Connie’s using Rose’s sword, so that places this action before the events of “Reunited.”
8. Okay, Amethyst and Peridot playing rock-paper-scissors to determine who should stand in for Steven in band practice is just funny.
Overall, it’s a fun story, written by people who clearly understand the characters. The art style is unique without being so off model that it’s distracting, and though the circumstances tie the story to a very specific place in the canon storyline, it seems like it will turn into a satisfying self-contained adventure.
Plot:
The comic opens with the two Topazes (last seen in the episode “Stuck Together”) carrying out an errand in a room full of data stones. While distractedly completing their objective amidst discussion of Aquamarine’s obnoxiousness and their own relationship, one of the Topazes accidentally disturbs a heart-shaped stone called the Harmony Core.
The stone has fallen onto the ground and cracked, and the Topazes agree that it can’t be too serious since everything in the room is old and only organic life will be affected (except for Gems who touch it). Damaging this one has activated every Harmony Core in existence, but the Topazes think it’s not a big deal. Aquamarine comes to collect them and they go back to their work.
We cut to Sadie, who’s lying in bed feeling weird about not having work. She has recently quit her job at the Big Donut to pursue her music career with her band Sadie Killer and the Suspects (and to stop fixating so much on missing Lars, with whom she used to work and who is now in space with the Off Colors). Sadie almost texts Lars to find out what’s up before she reflects on where he is and how different things are now.
And then we cut to the Crystal Gems hanging out in Steven’s room. Garnet suddenly has a bunch of visions regarding the Harmony Core and bounces the team into action: They must go collect Steven and investigate. But Steven is at band practice, so they’re forced to interrupt.
Sadie, Steven, Buck, Sour Cream, and Jenny are rehearsing in Sadie’s basement bedroom. They discuss recording a demo and focusing on the music, and they’re deep in a song about Bigfoot when the Gems arrive and pull Steven away. Sadie is reluctantly understanding and Buck makes some ~deep~ observations about the impermanence of music.
The Crystal Gems group, including Peridot and Connie, arrives at this mysterious temple and immediately notice that something feels “weird.” Strange old drones attack the group, resulting in Steven getting bounced up a cliff, and Garnet and Connie hold the drones off while the others investigate (including Opal, who appears when Pearl and Amethyst want to more easily scale the cliff with Peridot). Once they encounter the Harmony Core, Garnet warns against touching it and declares it extremely unsafe, so Steven bubbles it and finds he can’t send it back to the Temple the way bubbled objects normally work.
Steven, now back at the home Temple holding the bubbled Harmony Core, is irritated that he can’t go to band practice because everyone’s afraid of what might happen if he tries to put the bubble down. The group decides someone needs to substitute for him for the sake of Sadie’s band, and Peridot loses a game of rock-paper-scissors against Amethyst and is “elected” Steven’s replacement. The band accepts this.
However, band practice comes to an end quickly because Peridot’s cursory research on rock music has led her to believe she must destroy her instrument. Buck dubs this “The Schrodinger’s Cat of coolness: Both cool and deeply uncool at the same time.” When reporting back to the Gems, Peridot defends her actions as “making an impact,” though Steven is distressed. Greg has arrived on the scene and reassures Steven, but the Harmony Core in the bubble in Steven’s lap activates with a weird yellow glow, and the next thing they know, Greg is on the floor, yellow glow coming out of his eyes.
Cutting to band practice, where Sadie has written some lyrics Jenny likes, suddenly the yellow glow also affect Sour Cream, who falls down with the same vacant stare, eerie moan, and glowing eyes. The story is marked “to be continued,” and the next issue is listed as releasing September 5.
Notable:
1. It’s nice to see the Topazes again! They’re kind of fan favorites and we got so little of them. It’s interesting to hear that they’re still being ordered around by Aquamarine and haven’t been allowed to fuse.
2. The temple where the Harmony Core on Earth activated looks so interesting. Similar to the Crystal Gems’ temple, but so ornate and elegant.
3. Steven is depicted as being part of the Sadie Killer and the Suspects band. In the show, he was part of the band before Sadie joined, but since she took the lead singer position, he has not been performing with them. In this version, it’s interesting that he’s playing one of three guitars and is depicted as necessary to the band.
4. Amethyst complimenting Sadie’s singing with a friendly punch and Pearl misunderstanding the Bigfoot song as being about Steven’s big feet was really adorably in character.
5. Opal appears briefly, which is always a treat!
6. Connie fighting with Garnet is really adorable. It’s so cool how they’re, like, the powerhouse characters in this scene, and how Garnet just easily accepts Connie’s participation.
7. Connie’s using Rose’s sword, so that places this action before the events of “Reunited.”
8. Okay, Amethyst and Peridot playing rock-paper-scissors to determine who should stand in for Steven in band practice is just funny.
Overall, it’s a fun story, written by people who clearly understand the characters. The art style is unique without being so off model that it’s distracting, and though the circumstances tie the story to a very specific place in the canon storyline, it seems like it will turn into a satisfying self-contained adventure.
August 1, 2018
Steven Universe has a new five-issue comic miniseries for us, and it's called HARMONY. A Gem artifact called the Harmony Core has just become a problem--and it's dangerous for Gems and humans alike--but its nature is unclear and the Crystal Gems are baffled. And perhaps even worse--it's interrupting Steven's band practice! Sadie, still adjusting to life as an ex-employee of the donut shop and still missing Lars, is also a central character.
The story's pretty standard Gem fare, with a suddenly dangerous item appearing that must be understood and dealt with, and Sadie's interaction with her band of Cool Kids is pretty adorable. I really liked the new scenery, the cameos from Aquamarine and the Topazes at the beginning, Connie and Garnet being the group's brawlers when they go to investigate the Core, and of course, Opal's cameo and Peridot's too-literal nerdiness. A satisfying beginning to a new story.
The story's pretty standard Gem fare, with a suddenly dangerous item appearing that must be understood and dealt with, and Sadie's interaction with her band of Cool Kids is pretty adorable. I really liked the new scenery, the cameos from Aquamarine and the Topazes at the beginning, Connie and Garnet being the group's brawlers when they go to investigate the Core, and of course, Opal's cameo and Peridot's too-literal nerdiness. A satisfying beginning to a new story.
August 2, 2018
Kickin'
Pretty much everything you could hope for in a steven universe comic. Some A+ Peridot moments. The art is also super nice.
Pretty much everything you could hope for in a steven universe comic. Some A+ Peridot moments. The art is also super nice.
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