I’ve picked up Antarctic Press’ Arya anthology comics and enjoyed this first issue. The opening story, Adventure Quest by Akimiya is a fun story of friendship framed around a 3DS RPG being played by two girls. Grocery Quest by Sofia Davila sets up an adventure to gather items from a grocery list and the stylized art style suits the premise perfectly. The cover and insert are by Gabriela Correa are absolutely wonderful, and I loved seeing a Game Boy and 3DS featured in them.
Antarctic Press proudly presents a shining showcase of new, strong female talent, with something unique and wonderful in every issue! On her way to get groceries, Anais is magically transported to a very strange world, where the only way home is to find the items on her shopping list. Meanwhile, Emi discovers new classmate Helen shares her passion for the handheld game Adventure Quest XXI, so they form a party-both for real and in the game-questing together in the name of teamwork, friendship, and XP!
ARYA #1
