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Cayrels Ring (Cayrels Ring
Moebius' Arzach meets Titan A.E.
For fans of Image's Prophet, Copperhead and Descender.
Humanity colonized the distant galaxy, CAYRELS RING, 1000 years ago, but it wasn't until now that they started to discover the secrets of Ring.
The story follows many narratives including that of Jamitch, a scientist trapped on a planet-sized supercomputer gone suicidal. Jamitch manages to escape and goes searching for his unknown grandchild. The fallout of his actions and the fate of the suicidal supercomputer is far reaching.
This first volume in CAYRELS RING sets the table for a wealth of stories about those who live and die in this far away Ring Galaxy.
The story of Cayrels Ring is told through short story narrative, with a different artist bringing their own feel to each story. Every story stacks up to make one cohesive narrative.
For fans of Image's Prophet, Copperhead and Descender.
Humanity colonized the distant galaxy, CAYRELS RING, 1000 years ago, but it wasn't until now that they started to discover the secrets of Ring.
The story follows many narratives including that of Jamitch, a scientist trapped on a planet-sized supercomputer gone suicidal. Jamitch manages to escape and goes searching for his unknown grandchild. The fallout of his actions and the fate of the suicidal supercomputer is far reaching.
This first volume in CAYRELS RING sets the table for a wealth of stories about those who live and die in this far away Ring Galaxy.
The story of Cayrels Ring is told through short story narrative, with a different artist bringing their own feel to each story. Every story stacks up to make one cohesive narrative.
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140 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 18, 2020
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February 2, 2024
A bit too epic in scope for such a short comic but I appreciate the attempt! I have the first 3 issues, I'm unsure if there's more content in the collected edition.
I got interested in this because of some of the illustrators. It has some overlap with the Image Comics Prophet reboot - one of my favourite sci-fi comics. Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple. The second issue is all drawn by Alchemichael who has a similar stripped down style as Graham.
There's a series of short somewhat overlapping stories all set place in a future human society that uses a supercomputer to discover inhabitable planets.
Many of the stories are really just too short to make an impact. The final story had me pretty interested in reading more from this universe. It's a pretty cool concept to have a bunch of short stories in the same (reasonably realistic) sci-fi universe drawn by different fantastic creators.
I got interested in this because of some of the illustrators. It has some overlap with the Image Comics Prophet reboot - one of my favourite sci-fi comics. Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple. The second issue is all drawn by Alchemichael who has a similar stripped down style as Graham.
There's a series of short somewhat overlapping stories all set place in a future human society that uses a supercomputer to discover inhabitable planets.
Many of the stories are really just too short to make an impact. The final story had me pretty interested in reading more from this universe. It's a pretty cool concept to have a bunch of short stories in the same (reasonably realistic) sci-fi universe drawn by different fantastic creators.
March 22, 2020
'Cayrels Ring' from A Wave Blue World Publishing is a series of 17 stories by Shannon W. Lentz with art and color by a variety of artists.
Humanity has colonized the Cayrels Ring galaxy many years ago, but there is still a lot to explore. The stories that weave throughout include one of a grandfather looking for his lost granddaughter. One is about explorers on one of the planets who find something that shouldn't be there. There are hapless aliens forced to work and die for their wages.
There are more questions than answers here. Most of the stories don't seem to complete, and even have open and abrupt endings. Some characters show up in other stories. It can be a bit frustrating for a reader who likes a defined story arc, but I found it interesting enough to keep reading. The art is consistently good throughout and channels the work of Moebius at times. I'm curious to know if this will make better sense going forward.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from A Wave Blue World in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Humanity has colonized the Cayrels Ring galaxy many years ago, but there is still a lot to explore. The stories that weave throughout include one of a grandfather looking for his lost granddaughter. One is about explorers on one of the planets who find something that shouldn't be there. There are hapless aliens forced to work and die for their wages.
There are more questions than answers here. Most of the stories don't seem to complete, and even have open and abrupt endings. Some characters show up in other stories. It can be a bit frustrating for a reader who likes a defined story arc, but I found it interesting enough to keep reading. The art is consistently good throughout and channels the work of Moebius at times. I'm curious to know if this will make better sense going forward.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from A Wave Blue World in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
March 22, 2020
Incredible art from a bunch is heavy hitters with an elliptical science fiction story that slowly explores a galaxy.
March 29, 2020
Some nice art. Some boring, scattered, bafflingly bad storytelling. It feels more like a formal game, an exquisite comics corpse, than anything.
June 19, 2025
A discombobulating read. I've finished it and am not sure it's a singular coherent story. The only way I could continue reading it was to think of it as a bunch of random, maybe connected stories within a universe or system (a ring perhaps). I didn't see it described as multiple stories, my fault perhaps. But I think it's great world building and once I thought of it as multiple stories, it was better/richer for exploring many different places and people.
It definitely had too much editing, a huge scope that needs more or slower introductions to be coherent, but it's not the editors fault. Maybe there will be a aprt 2. Probably not.
The art and ideas are amazing. The whole reason I read comics is to experience the edge of scifi such as this one. Ain't no Humanoids but it'll do.
It definitely had too much editing, a huge scope that needs more or slower introductions to be coherent, but it's not the editors fault. Maybe there will be a aprt 2. Probably not.
The art and ideas are amazing. The whole reason I read comics is to experience the edge of scifi such as this one. Ain't no Humanoids but it'll do.
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