A Victorian era action adventure!
Widdershins is a wonderful Victorian era action adventure involving magic, which I like and a pipe smoking girl with a gritty demeanor. It has an exciting detective mystery feel to it.
We start with Sidney Malik in his apartment, writing to his parents. The letter starts nicely enough and then goes in another, funny, direction; an unexpected hint at the humor of our delightful new protagonist. What’s even better about Sidney, what nobody else has, is a troubling magical quirk. Somehow, objects in other people’s possession just sort of ‘end up’ in his pockets. Hmmm, interesting. An unintentional pickpocket? That’s new! I can’t wait to see where this lands him.
Uh oh, he’s just unintentionally stolen something very magical, and very troublesome. And it appears that it refuses to leave him… until he’s dead. It’s okay though, Macavity, the guy Sidney accidently ‘stole’ it from is willing to help him out with that. Dun dun DUUUUUNNN!
But then Sidney meets a woman, or rather she waylays him in a darkened alley, points a gun at him, cuffs him and then sort of hijacks him. I like this person too. Harry Barber. Honestly mysterious. Like to the point where I don’t trust what she says but I can’t wait until she reveals the truth! She’s a cop, now she’s not, now she’s this then she’s not. But I know for sure she’s bound to see him through to the end of this adventure, whatever that may be, and I’ll be there too.
Read it for yourself at: widdershinscomic.com
-Leah Love
