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Mibdul, #1
Issue 1
A planet-wide city, Mibdul is the star system’s feistiest orb. Overbuilt under the auspices of Prime Minister Robberbarron, Mibdul has been successfully attracting tourists and investors. But Robberbarron’s avarice has stirred ancient horrors beneath Mibdul’s surface … and while the planet’s business class continues to scramble for more gains, the young Magla channels her grief and rage following the death of her beloved mother — an activist brought low by Robberbarron’s regime. In this very first issue of the six-part mini-series, witness Mibdul morphing before your very eyes as nature takes its revenge!
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Mibdul is a six-issue serialised comic that’s a first in many ways: something of an allegory for Malta’s often tragicomic relationships with the outside world, it frames this political dimension through the story of Magla, a young girl whose mother recently committed suicide, but whose legacy suggests a link to primordial forces beneath Mibdul’s core. A legacy that both Magla and a rag-tag resistance force seek to exploit in an attempt to overthrow the capitalistic juggernaut that is destroying any remaining part of Mibdul’s natural heritage.
Mibdul is the smallest planet in its star system, flanked as it is by Treaty — its former coloniser — and Velocifero, a technologically-advanced cyborg utopia that’s proving to be more and more of a reference point for Mibdul’s avaricious elite.
Mibdul tells a colourful and gripping story, while also dipping into familiar political scenes to lend a flavour and satirical edge to a story that otherwise draws from a rich well of pop culture and myth.
Mibdul is published monthly, in six issues, starting 14/04/22
With funding by the Malta Book Fund (National Book Council)
A planet-wide city, Mibdul is the star system’s feistiest orb. Overbuilt under the auspices of Prime Minister Robberbarron, Mibdul has been successfully attracting tourists and investors. But Robberbarron’s avarice has stirred ancient horrors beneath Mibdul’s surface … and while the planet’s business class continues to scramble for more gains, the young Magla channels her grief and rage following the death of her beloved mother — an activist brought low by Robberbarron’s regime. In this very first issue of the six-part mini-series, witness Mibdul morphing before your very eyes as nature takes its revenge!
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Mibdul is a six-issue serialised comic that’s a first in many ways: something of an allegory for Malta’s often tragicomic relationships with the outside world, it frames this political dimension through the story of Magla, a young girl whose mother recently committed suicide, but whose legacy suggests a link to primordial forces beneath Mibdul’s core. A legacy that both Magla and a rag-tag resistance force seek to exploit in an attempt to overthrow the capitalistic juggernaut that is destroying any remaining part of Mibdul’s natural heritage.
Mibdul is the smallest planet in its star system, flanked as it is by Treaty — its former coloniser — and Velocifero, a technologically-advanced cyborg utopia that’s proving to be more and more of a reference point for Mibdul’s avaricious elite.
Mibdul tells a colourful and gripping story, while also dipping into familiar political scenes to lend a flavour and satirical edge to a story that otherwise draws from a rich well of pop culture and myth.
Mibdul is published monthly, in six issues, starting 14/04/22
With funding by the Malta Book Fund (National Book Council)
- GenresComics
24 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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May 10, 2022
This is a first for Malta: a six part full color comic series. Mibdul also has been in discussion for a long time and I’m glad it’s finally being unleashed.
Mibdul is a planet where it’s income is generated by tourists and destruction of the environment. One day prime minister Robberbaron goes too far and these cannibalistic worm-like creatures appear. There’s also a subplot focusing on Mibdul’s placing in the universe and a treaty which helps keeps the peace of the island, although this may be disrupted as well. No need to really explain but there are some parallels with another tiny place which has environmental destruction.
Like every good first issue, the scene is set, the characters are established and the reader is curious to see how the story will develop. At this stage we’re fed with crumbs and that’s good. I’ll be eagerly awaiting the next volume.
Mibdul is a planet where it’s income is generated by tourists and destruction of the environment. One day prime minister Robberbaron goes too far and these cannibalistic worm-like creatures appear. There’s also a subplot focusing on Mibdul’s placing in the universe and a treaty which helps keeps the peace of the island, although this may be disrupted as well. No need to really explain but there are some parallels with another tiny place which has environmental destruction.
Like every good first issue, the scene is set, the characters are established and the reader is curious to see how the story will develop. At this stage we’re fed with crumbs and that’s good. I’ll be eagerly awaiting the next volume.
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