Issue 2 of Sword of Ages continues the epic fantasy series surrounding a girl named Avalon. The more I read of this series, the more it feels like an Arthurian tale occurring on another planet. Not that I have any problem with this sort of spin, it adds some interesting elements, to be sure. It’s interesting to see a more science fiction (and gender-swapped) version of King Arthur.
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Sword of Ages is from the artist and co-creator of Lock & Key, a series I’m sure many of you are familiar with. There’s quite a bit of setup for this series, and I’ll admit a lot of it felt particularly rushed in the beginning. Avalon’s (the main character) is quickly spanned from being an infant to a teenager (or older, hard to say) in the span of a few pages. It’s clear that Gabriel Rodriguez (the author) was looking forward to getting too specific points in the series, and we’re just not there yet.
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IDW Publishing has been proud to publish award-winning artist Gabriel Rodriguez’s work over the years, and it is with great honor and excitement to announce that he will be launching his first creator-owned series as writer and artist, Sword of Ages, in October.
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