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Why I Read: Princess Chroma

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Hi, everybody. It’s Delta-v, and I’ve been wanting to bring you this webcomic review for quite some time. It’s a “Magical Girl” parody that I find way more entertaining than any of the Japanese/U. S. “serious” Magical Girl stories I’ve read. It’s also the only Japanese/U. S. Magical Girl story I still read. I talked author and artist Sarah Driffill (also known as awesome commenter and guest writer melaredblu) into letting me review it, so let’s sample the confection that is Princess Chroma.

Why I Read: TEC: The Echo Chronicles

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Hi, everybody. Delta-v is back with another webcomic I’d like to share with you. If I were to say the words “Manga”, “Masamune Knights”, “Sword”, “Dragon”, “Priestesses”, “Magic”, and “Quest for Justice”, you’d probably envision an epic, sword-and-sorcery tale, set in feudal Japan, with noble and heroic characters vanquishing foes and expounding on Bushido. Aaah, not quite.

What we have here is an impressive mix of dark tragedy and rollicking, light-hearted action, high and low comedy, and some truly endearing characters. Artist and head writer Kristy Murdaugh and her co-writers Robert Dawson and Philip George, present you with not so much a parody as a re-purposing of traditional manga elements. Kristy said it was fine with her, so let’s plunge right in to the spectacle that is TEC: The Echo Chronicles.

Why I Read: Bata Neart

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Hi, everybody. It’s Delta-v again and I’ve got a new webcomic for you, but this one’s different, different. I’d heard of “Magical Girl” stories before, but since I’m neither magical, nor a girl, I sort of ignored them.

Then I read this really great Magical Girl parody (still reading, actually-it isn’t over), and I wondered if I’d been missing something, so I read a few that took themselves seriously, but alas, I’m still not the right demographic. However, when I saw an ad about an Irish Magical Girl story, I decided to see what the Irish were up to Magical Girl-wise.

There were some of the expected memes and themes-really cute girl who’s kind of a loner (check) with a really cute friend who’s kind of eccentric (check), girls school, or the like (check), an antagonist (check), a magical staff that can and has killed hundreds of people (chec…wait, what?). Okay, this is different. Author and artist Mark Egan liked the idea, so let’s go see what Bata Neart is all about.