Here's a few reviews to start off the new thread! I'm mostly starting with people who posted here who also posted in the previous thread before I move on to new folks.
Here we go!
@dwopey's Divine Daughters:
- The way you introduce the characters at the beginning works really well, and they develop in unpredictable ways that are refreshing in this type of comic. Rather than just being happy-go-lucky magical girl fare, you go into depth about how these powers impact their lives, and I appreciate that.
- I like the way you both follow and defy tropes and the expectations a reader might have, such as alluding to how strange it is that these girls are talking to "themselves," the villain at the beginning interrupting their introduction, and the general "personalities" that are attributed to magical girls of certain colors.
- The quips and character interactions are fun and remind me of Saturday morning cartoons, but with a little more depth than the average. I love depth in characters, so I like this.
- If I have anything to be critical of, it would be the speech bubbles and text. For the text without bubbles/balloons, sometimes the text blends in to the background, so a little more contrast or a border around the text might help.
I also think it might help to give the text within the balloons more room to "breathe"; for example, there were several panels in which I couldn't easily read the text because it spilled out of the "balloon" area and was cut off. How I try to work around this problem is sketching with space for the text already planned/actually paneling and sketching with the text already there (since you're working digitally, this shouldn't be too much of a hassle), so you're already allowing the speech enough space before you even start drawing.
The story is fun and the characters have depth beyond just "magical girls save the world," so I think it's an exciting story to follow if nuanced magical girls are your cup of tea!
@PixelEnchanter's Finley Myself:
- Before anything else, I really like the title; I love puns and wordplay, so that immediately caught my eye.
- Your comic is nice because it offers some good representation for people who share these experiences, or might still be questioning their own identities. For people who have those similar experiences, they're relatable tidbits that resonate with others who likely feel they aren't often enough represented in this world.
- As for people like me who don't share those experiences firsthand, I think it's beneficial to share your experiences also to help educate people to understand those perspectives and better support them.
- I like how they're short episodes that say just what they need to without feeling excessively drawn out and losing the reader's attention.
The comic says that it's autobiographical in the description, so I think it's great to have a place where you can share those experiences in a clear way and really express them for other people to understand! They're relatable, and if not relatable certainly understandable, tidbits that I think work really well!
@KidJake's Rabble!:
- When you shade the pages, I really like the contrast in the tonal values that make things pop in the monochrome; since the comic is monochrome, I feel like those values are all the more important and really work for you when you use them.
- Good job with the backgrounds; I can see that you're really trying with them, and that effort is certainly paying off!
- I think it's interesting how the two main characters seem to be foils to each other, especially at first. They're totally different people financially, socially, and in age, but you also choose to parallel them in panels to emphasize that contrast between them.
- The story certainly takes a more realistic tone than most "people with superpowers" comics do, focusing instead on the downtrodden and how time doesn't stop for people just for the sake of the plot.
All in all, it's an interestingly gritty take on the superhero genre that doesn't shy away from showing a perhaps more realistic portrayal of what would happen if random people got superpowers--especially people who might not have the best intentions or morals. For those who are interested in those darker takes, then give it a look-see!
Keep up the great work all of you, and thank you for letting me read through your comics and give my two cents!