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REVIEW: Ancient Magus Bride - Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files GN 1




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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:01 pm Reply with quote
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loa - go-betweens of both Haitian and Louisiana Voodoo who operate in the spaces between Bondye and humans. The loa Jack works with are electronic, living within the Internet, making them very much otherworldly creatures of the modern age, more so than anyone in the main series, and grounding the work in the here and now.


That's another pop-culture reference. William Gibson's Count Zero has loa playing the same role. I think there's even a mention of "an old cyberpunk novel" somewhere in the manga.

You're quite right that this series has a very different feel from The Ancient Magus' Bride, and I missed the creativity that went into illustrating some of the fey in the original series, but it was still a great read. I'm looking forward to the next volume and hope the series goes on for a while.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:43 pm Reply with quote
I haven't finished this since the latter portion of this volume is an adaption of the short story these characters first appeared in, but I'm so glad they got an ongoing series. <3
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