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Fatebreaker is a black and white, science fiction comic. The main character is a college girl named Selen whose older sister is in charge of security for a government research installation. There is a war going on and a few of the attackers have slipped through and crash landed. They are on some kind of mission. Mix all of that up with a guy named Mako who hangs out with Selen and who seems to know some of these goings-on and different factions striving for dominance. The comic, according to some of the comments, is just coming to the end of the first chapter.
You know how they say (in writing stories) something to the effect that if someone shoots a gun in act 2, you’d better show the audience the gun in act 1? In Fatebreaker, there’s a lot of guns all set for later chapters. I’d bet there are other surprises yet to come, too.
The science fiction (as presented so far) is believable; meaning that it’s relatively close to what you’d imagine a near future to look like. There are moments that take it just a step further than that and after you read it you’ll likely come to the conclusion that there are plenty more fantastic science moments to come. I hope it stays nicely grounded and believable, on the whole.
The action moves along, not dwelling on any one thing for any length of time. The storytelling is concise. It quickly gets to the point of whatever scene is being shown, communicates what it is supposed to and closes out for the next scene. Sometimes stories like these get bogged down in a lot of talking heads but all these characters keep moving while they are talking.
I would describe the art as crisp linework. Some of the posing reminds me of what you’d see in the Prince Valiant newspaper comics and the panel shots are well chosen to carry the story. The backgrounds remind me of the sort of sets you saw in the movies “Minority Report” or “Gattica.”
This is probably a good time to check out Fatebreaker. It’s just getting started and you can quickly get caught up with what is going on before it gets going too fast. It will appeal to anyone who loves science fiction and you’ll probably like the art, as well.
Fatebreaker
by Michael McCaskill and Cristian Alaminos
