A review by greymalkin
Artesia Volume 1 by Mark Smylie

3.0

Very enjoyable and cool to see women in positions of power without entirely doing away with gender roles and the attitudes that come from that. I wish the main heroine was not *quite* so all-powerful but perhaps that is addressed in future installments. Art and world building are excellent so far. It would have really helped to have a bit more history/context before plunging into the thick of things. I found the descriptions of the pantheon at the back of the graphic novel to be helpful but the use of multiple names made even that only somewhat useful. I imagine I'll get into the swing of all the names soon, it just feels compressed due to the limited word space in a comic vs regular book.

It feels like what Game of Thrones should have been but wasn't because George RR Martin can't write a female character. Looking forward to reading the next ones!