So, I highly recommend putting on a Final Fantasy soundtrack in the background, because it makes reading this next webcomic even more epic. Which will surprise you because…
This week’s spotlight is on Agents of the Realm by Mildred Louis.
Updates: Tuesday and Thursday
Recommended if you liked: Sailor Moon, Totally Spies, Magic Knight Rayearth, She-Ra, Princess Love Pon, Zodiac Starforce
Agents of the Realm (@agentsoftherealm) is a webcomic I’ve been hearing about for years. It’s been my own folly that I didn’t read this earlier, but now that I’m here, I’m glad to say it’s everything I could have hoped for: magical girls, secrets, and found family.
The expressiveness of the characters and the dynamism in the dialogue and art is what makes Agents of the Realm so great to read. There are prismatic transformation sequences, modern fashion, text that’s colour coordinated to the speaker, realistic emotions drawn on characters’ faces, and stylization that feels cartoony yet human. I love their outfits. I love their found family and how they become friends so quickly but are also working to understand each other. I love the arguments that occur between characters who love each other but haven’t quite settled on a cohesive way to communicate.
Mildred has created a world where the monsters are so cool even when they’re scary, where the reveals are shocking both to the characters and to the reader, where the motivations are clear and understandable. I find myself wanting to save villains from themselves while also rooting for them; I want to support the heroes while also reprimand them for being childish. I also find the monsters, called bleeds, especially interesting. (They’re transparent, as though bleeding between worlds.)
Yes, this webcomic is more text heavy than some others, but it’s well worth it for the lore that unfolds. As you progress through the story, more information is revealed to you and you slowly become more and more immersion in the world of these agents, realms and bleeds. Trust us, you’ll be hooked.
In summary, read Agents of the Realm! The ladies kick butt with cool weapons and Kendall is a pun-master. We’re 100% here for all of it.
(P.S. We’ve never met Mildred, but we’d be completely excited to do so because a) Mildred studied at Sheridan for Animation, which means she’s an honorary Canadian in our books and b) we see her rocking a bi flag in her Twitter name. Just putting it out there!)
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