At least we’re back in the Paris Accords (same thing as the Pittsburgh Accords, BTW, proud to say we never left). Ahem. Anyway. Now that it’s nearing closer to spring we’re getting winter, but fear not! There are tons of new comics coming out in the next couple of months that you can read out under the trees or inside under three blankets next to the heater, depending on where you live and whether or not the giant rodent’s completely random prediction is accidentally right. A couple of the most exciting for each age group? Of course:
Kids
Teens
Adults
Books can go anywhere. And they can take you anywhere. No matter what happens to the weather, you can depend on them for an adventure.
In Toph’s Metalbending Academy we see a different side of our girl: a teacher with a group of students depending on her to be stationary and stable. Good thing for Toph’s sense of adventure that Sokka and Suki have a little side quest planned.
They may not belong to society as it’s set itself up. They may have strange dreams and mysterious powers. They may rely on luck a little more than they’d like. But they have each other, a found family that no villain is going to break apart, and that heist is going to happen. They are pirates, after all.
But now with doggo! Amazing, evil doggo stopping good boi!
How can this not be the actual best?
Anyway.
I love these two and I loved getting their backstory in the novel. Do we need a manga as well? Yes. Absolutely. The Star Wars manga adaptations have been outstanding thus far and it’s been fascinating to see how and where they shift focus and which parts of the story are universal. Plus look at that cover.
Y’all thought humans were hard. And before you judge (which you shouldn’t anyway), remember humans and beings with avian features (tengu) have a long history in Japanese mythology. Also, I am on Tik Tok and I have seen you all simping for Hawks (manga spoilers ahoy) so hush, leave them alone, they just want to live their lives.
Anyway. Vol. 1 came out in August so I have been waiting literally forever to see how this all shakes out. For. Ev. Er. I am sure all of us following along are happy February is short.
Over Guideau’s dead body.
Which is going to be a lot more difficult to create than even the most powerful of Paladins expects.
One Paladin remains honest, however. Or at least appears to do so. Ashaf and Guideau will find out. I can’t imagine they’ll make it easy.
I can’t wait to see him try to prove it to them.
