The Fourth Sun #1

 
Storytellers: FD White & Denise Clamors
Lettering: Rachel Deering  
 
 Andie like many of us feels a little trapped in her own life; she’s stuck in a crummy place because that’s the way it’s always been and doesn’t need to change, but ever since the death of her father Andie knows that things can’t stay the same forever.
 
The Fourth Sun is a five part story that will be taking readers along Andie’s journey to the top of a mountain and while Andie is literally about to be climbing a mountain, it’s quick to pick up that she’s climbing a rather metaphorical one as well and sometimes getting to the top of the mountain brings a lot of commotion and in Andie’s case, the end of the world. But it’s less about the end of the world than it is about family, friendship, and finding yourself.
 
Andie is an incredibly relatable character who’s not afraid to get a little messy and isn’t one to truly be held back yet she struggles with wanting to live beyond the life she already knows because what she already knows kind of sucks—it’s boring and they have to wait forever to get food for a decent meal, she’s held back by tradition and doesn’t completely get it, their tradition is just based on stories, right? These are simple thoughts that make the protagonist easy to connect to because most of us have been there.
 
Yet what makes Andie’s story unique is the world she grew up in. There were Four Suns that brought about their world and now that the fourth sun is about to set it might just bring with it the end of the world, or so they say.
 
Everything about the story that makes it accessible and unique is equally reflected in the art. The facial expressions of each of the characters seem genuine and honest in their given context and generally just look like real people. The simple backgrounds give focus to the characters, whose actions say so much, but there are also some amazing splash pages included as well. The pages as Andie tells the story of the Four Suns are a testament to the love and artistic skill being put into the book, the style is eye-catching and remnant of any classic great folk tale. Plus the tale itself is just as intriguing as the art telling it.
 
This is only just the beginning of Andie’s tale and she’s about to take part of what may be the biggest journey of her life.

You can get the story here: https://gumroad.com/l/VwIX