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Cupid's Arrows #1
Cupid's Arrows, Season 1
From creator Thom Zahler, known for his work on Love and Capes , Long Distance , Warning Label , Time & Vine , and My Little Pony comes his latest Rom Com, Cupid's Arrows .
When Rick and Lora say they’ve been colleagues for a long time, they mean it. For over 200 years, these partners have roamed the mortal world as real-life cupids – magic-wielding foot soldiers on the battlefront of love.
Now it’s the 21st century, and Rick and Lora are facing their most challenging case bringing together a Type-A, career-driven woman and a former football player-cum-barista who couldn’t be more different. The pair is perfect for each other (even if they don’t know it yet) so the cupids will have to make sure their love arrows land, and do it all while they face their own unrequited feelings for one another. Will love win the day?
“A heartfelt cross between MEN IN BLACK by way of MOONLIGHTING with a love tap from WINGS OF DESIRE, CUPID'S ARROWS is Thom Zahler's funny Valentine to comics.” -- creator Dean Haspiel
"Charm, wit, and heart are the hallmarks of Thom Zahler's work - and Cupid's Arrows has an abundance of all three qualities!" -- J. M. DeMatties
"An imaginative, enchanting, and, yes, romantic urban fantasy that ushers you in to a fascinating world, a compelling story, and to absolutely charming leads. Cupid's Arrows is an absolutel treat." -- Kurt Busiek
When Rick and Lora say they’ve been colleagues for a long time, they mean it. For over 200 years, these partners have roamed the mortal world as real-life cupids – magic-wielding foot soldiers on the battlefront of love.
Now it’s the 21st century, and Rick and Lora are facing their most challenging case bringing together a Type-A, career-driven woman and a former football player-cum-barista who couldn’t be more different. The pair is perfect for each other (even if they don’t know it yet) so the cupids will have to make sure their love arrows land, and do it all while they face their own unrequited feelings for one another. Will love win the day?
“A heartfelt cross between MEN IN BLACK by way of MOONLIGHTING with a love tap from WINGS OF DESIRE, CUPID'S ARROWS is Thom Zahler's funny Valentine to comics.” -- creator Dean Haspiel
"Charm, wit, and heart are the hallmarks of Thom Zahler's work - and Cupid's Arrows has an abundance of all three qualities!" -- J. M. DeMatties
"An imaginative, enchanting, and, yes, romantic urban fantasy that ushers you in to a fascinating world, a compelling story, and to absolutely charming leads. Cupid's Arrows is an absolutel treat." -- Kurt Busiek
1381 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2019
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About the author
Thomas F. Zahler
114 books39 followersInto every generation there is born an artist. A being of such amazing talent and skill, that the world is forever changed by the power of his work. He alone stands against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.
Thom Zahler is not that artist.
He is, however, an extremely hardworking artist, doing what he can with what talent and skill he has. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, where he honed his skills and developed strong feelings about the state of New Jersey. Immediately returning to his home state of Ohio upon graduation, he worked as a caricaturist at an amusement park, then later as an advertising artist at a great suburban newspaper, and finally as an art director at an area advertising agency.
Believing that every great success story starts with the phrase “it was a terrible time to start a business,” he quit his day job working for “The Man” in November of 2001 to devote himself full-time to the burgeoning Thom Zahler Art Studios empire.
His artwork has been seen in the nationwide Prilosec advertising campaign, in countless magazines and newspapers all across the country, and in the pages of numerous comic books. He has won awards for both his graphic design and illustration work. A relentless glory hound, he is also a recurring presence on Cleveland broadcast media, both television and radio. He recently made the jump to the national spotlight as a contestant on the syndicated version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” where he won $32,000. He could have gone farther, but he didn’t know who the hell Charles Goren was.
He is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He has drawn silly things and been paid by Marvel Comics, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and Prilosec. He is also the writer and artist of the Cleveland Indians’ “Slider” comic strip. He has written and drawn three graphic novels: “Raider: From the Shadows”, "Raider: A Cold Day in Heaven” and “Raider: Dead Men’s Tales”. His current project, “Love and Capes” has been critically acclaimed and twice part of the national Free Comic Book Day promotion. A collection of the first six issues will be released in November of 2008.
He lives at his palatial estate, Zahlerdu, in Northeast Ohio. Okay, he doesn’t really call it “Zahlerdu” but if he did, it’d be because he liked Orson Wells’ “Citizen Kane” and not that Olivia Newton John disco-and-roller skating movie. It’s not really a palatial estate, either, but it is a nice place.
Zahler tries to make it a point to have at least one life-altering, horribly-scarring relationship every three years or so. There should be another window opening up next Tuesday.
Thom Zahler is not that artist.
He is, however, an extremely hardworking artist, doing what he can with what talent and skill he has. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, where he honed his skills and developed strong feelings about the state of New Jersey. Immediately returning to his home state of Ohio upon graduation, he worked as a caricaturist at an amusement park, then later as an advertising artist at a great suburban newspaper, and finally as an art director at an area advertising agency.
Believing that every great success story starts with the phrase “it was a terrible time to start a business,” he quit his day job working for “The Man” in November of 2001 to devote himself full-time to the burgeoning Thom Zahler Art Studios empire.
His artwork has been seen in the nationwide Prilosec advertising campaign, in countless magazines and newspapers all across the country, and in the pages of numerous comic books. He has won awards for both his graphic design and illustration work. A relentless glory hound, he is also a recurring presence on Cleveland broadcast media, both television and radio. He recently made the jump to the national spotlight as a contestant on the syndicated version of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” where he won $32,000. He could have gone farther, but he didn’t know who the hell Charles Goren was.
He is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He has drawn silly things and been paid by Marvel Comics, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and Prilosec. He is also the writer and artist of the Cleveland Indians’ “Slider” comic strip. He has written and drawn three graphic novels: “Raider: From the Shadows”, "Raider: A Cold Day in Heaven” and “Raider: Dead Men’s Tales”. His current project, “Love and Capes” has been critically acclaimed and twice part of the national Free Comic Book Day promotion. A collection of the first six issues will be released in November of 2008.
He lives at his palatial estate, Zahlerdu, in Northeast Ohio. Okay, he doesn’t really call it “Zahlerdu” but if he did, it’d be because he liked Orson Wells’ “Citizen Kane” and not that Olivia Newton John disco-and-roller skating movie. It’s not really a palatial estate, either, but it is a nice place.
Zahler tries to make it a point to have at least one life-altering, horribly-scarring relationship every three years or so. There should be another window opening up next Tuesday.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
October 9, 2022
I CAN'T BELIEVE WEBTOON DID NOT TAKE THIS COMIC ON FOR A SEASON 3 LEAVING US ON THAT CLIFFHANGER IS JUST CRUEL 😭
November 25, 2021
the concept of a body cop duo going around and getting couples together by being literal "wingmans" is great and leads to a variety of couples that require different shenanigans to get together, which kept things fresh, the dialogue rarely made me laugh out loud but it was always witty and entertaining, the art was a little off-putting at first since it's very different to its colleague series on webtoons but it grew on me and by the end of the series I found it charming, the world-building and rules for the world were well thought out and the over-arching plot was fine but not the highlight of the series, even so, seeing that the ending was a cliff hanger because it was cancellation was really frustrating and I really hope this get's to continue in some form in the future.
December 5, 2021
Look, anything by Thom Zahler is going to be charming, funny, and romantic as hell. Pure fun. The friendly banter of Rick and Lora as they bring love to struggling couples is classic. Bring on volume 2!
October 18, 2020
Review coming up, but let's be honest: i've followed this with all my heart for the past years. Greek myths mixed into a comedy comic makes me soo happy. I already ordered the comic book for s1!
November 28, 2021
my comfort webtoon <3
July 20, 2020
Loved it. As a greek myth lover this eitherway caught my eye, but i definetly love the aspects of the roman myths and the stories of the main characters. Do wish they could elaborate more on the greek myth part, but that's definetly me loving greek myths too much.
Also, it'd be nice to see more couples they've 'arrowed' (had to), even as just a casual reminder like we see now in s2.
Buuuut i love it anyway, and it's my main reason to be on webtoon every wednesday! So calming yet joyful to read. ❤
Also, it'd be nice to see more couples they've 'arrowed' (had to), even as just a casual reminder like we see now in s2.
Buuuut i love it anyway, and it's my main reason to be on webtoon every wednesday! So calming yet joyful to read. ❤
July 3, 2022
This was such a fun story that had an expected cliff-hangar ending when I realized how close I was getting to the end. I would love if this did continue sometime in the future because all of their jobs from the book of love were great to see how they problem solved and set up the best situation to shoot both parties with an arrow!
March 2, 2022
3 stars currently but it’s still ongoing and I have a feeling S2 will bring it up to 4 stars because the stellar foundation has been laid.
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