One of my fellow Wylde Wooders put out a comic a while ago and I’ve finally gotten a chance to check it out! It’s also been on my pile for far too long, so…
Halfsoul is… well, not fun. It’s honestly a little dark and kind of depressing in places. It’s a story about a group of people who hunt down people who have traded in half their soul for power and kill them for that. At least, on the surface that’s what’s happening. We start with an execution without knowing what they’ve done. Later, we meet a kid who is being bullied and whose immortality appears to be getting paid for my taking the lives of her bullies. And we learn that Tale, our main character, is not quite the whole soul that he seems.
It turns into a story about finding yourself and some of the darker sides of Tale. He’s the youngest and most resentful member of the group, and he’s got a bit of a complicated past. We learn that he’s lost his brother, his parents are dead, and his sister blames him for just about everything. Meanwhile, he’s grown up acting out, becoming a half soul, and ultimately dealing with depression that eventually took his brother.
It’s a pretty interesting read and I’d say its well worth it if you can find the artist and get it directly from her. meanwhile, I need to read the whole thing…
Read it on Tapas or check out the paperback!