Clock Striker, Volume 1: "I'm Gonna Be a SMITH!" (1) (Saturday AM TANKS / Clock Striker)

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Whether we risk him today or not depends on how he pulled up yesterday, but it’ll be touch and go as to whether we see him today.

The concept of the technology almost being used like it's a form of magic was very cleverly done, and again I think that is something that will be explored and fleshed out in future volumes. To be honest, when it comes to drawing, I really like to practice just making different kind of faces. Even when I’m not drawing manga, sometimes I’ll just ‘people watch’. Y’know, sit in front of a mirror and make funny faces or maybe go out in a mall and sit in a café to study and draw people. With that training, it really helps me view different kinds of character personality.

Gunhild, Volume 1

Now Cast is thrust into one deadly adventure after another! From cybernetic desperadoes to technology thieves and more, Cast has to use her mind and her remodeled robotics-lab prosthetic hand, which offers unfathomable offensive power in the form of scientific experiments. Need lightning? Cast can generate it from her hand! Cast's mentor seeks to uncover an ominous mystery that explains what happened to the SMITHS and shines a light on a hidden power that may be within Cast herself. Donald Routledge Hill (1991), "Arabic Mechanical Engineering: Survey of the Historical Sources", Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 1 (2): 167–186 [180], doi: 10.1017/S0957423900001478, S2CID 145180608

Lastly, if there is ever an issue grammatically I can easily move the files to and from my designer for fast edits thanks to the app’s sync features with cloud storage systems like Dropbox. Again, if you’re in the BUSINESS of creating comics that’s A LOT of capability for the cost. This really worked for me. I loved how they treated topics such as educational differences, hidden potential vs. opportunity, physical disability/ability & the importance of dreams & goals at all ages. A fun read. I’d love to keep reading the series.

Notes on content [based on ARC]: About 45 minor swears. No sexual content. There are a lot of fight scenes. But fight sequences are mostly either zoomed way out or obscured by noise words and clouds and most of the people getting shot are cyborgs, robots, or some other form of mostly machine. There was a really fast pace to the story that reminded me of anime that I watched in the TOONAMI days. It was reminiscent of Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist with the over-the-top characters and fight scenes. There was some worldbuilding dabbled throughout, but you got the sense that there is definitely more to explore, which I'm glad they didn't just try to infodump the whole world in one volume or do a really boring lead up to the action. Whyt Manga: I am a Nigerian-born artist with a Bachelor of Fine art, a computer science minor, and a Master of Fine arts in visual communication design from the University of Texas at Arlington, where I now also teach one of its first-ever Manga classes as an adjunct professor. I’ve been fortunate to create a decent following online and truly enjoy spreading the joy of creativity to new artists.