science fantasy created launched april updated online days week volume comic published print format ireland comic critically acclaimed won numerous web choice awards receiving positive reviews artwork storytelling comic tells story young girl started attending strange mysterious school called events embroiled political inhabitants wood forest outside school comic style themes include elements science fantasy creatures mythology variety traditions symbols theories literary style heavily influenced mystery manga comics production posted online april originally updated days week comic began days week december end seventh chapter marked end book published book longer print august explained comic standard comic book format useful sufficient pages print hard copy fourteen chapters printed edition pages bound hardcover collection titled orientation announced quit regular job work comic time addition books merchandising comic supported july format told series episodic chapters forming overall storyline functions individually stand plot arc themes topics chapters vary widely reviewer describes subjected plus pages intricate plot movement overall story arc lighter chapters focus unusual classes small moments build main characters chapter begins title page ends bonus pages integral main storyline offer details world minor characters chapters varied length pages eighty page drawn traditional page format divided frames recent page link comments thread page readers comment discuss day comic influences stated enjoyed reading investigators child heavily influenced literary style comic artistic style influenced artists cites favorites manga valley wind dragon ball notable feature comic blending mythological elements different cultural traditions especially british isles native american mythology attributes style experience child moved lot younger opportunity grow hearing stories different parts world fascinated addition mythology makes heavy use themes example main character named toxic chemical element pages feature artistic depictions symbols symbol appears frequently character wears necklace shaped like symbol character symbol wolf body symbol mark end chapter artwork described stylized simple character designs reviewer hand noticed backgrounds contrast characters elaborate comic described having rich look spite limited color palette stated developed idea comic limited number colors pieces artwork posted end printed book entitled treatise second treatise demonstrate artistic storytelling motifs integrate symbols mythological figures nature technology synopsis setting set boarding school country resembles united_kingdom identifiable grey skies mandatory uniforms comic contains clues setting house system described end chapter system similar schools including author attended stated school takes place modeled secondary school fictional school story revolves mysterious vast establishment characters suspect hides school school appears actively recruit talented extraordinary students story progresses soon revealed school inhabited wide variety supernatural creatures characters involved story plot ultra modern technology character explains court founded union technological design describes man endeavor god court built edge wide lies inhabited magical creatures time main story takes place sides exist kind truce court realm science technology wood realm nature allow technology wood rules court students leaving school grounds plot story involves different ongoing plot arcs main story protagonist deepening involvement forest outside accompanied storyline friend classmate companion demon living stuffed animal story progresses companions slowly learn surroundings relationship beings encounter story begins builds robot transport mysterious shadow forest outside chapters later comic apparently months later story timeline robot reappears bridge outside controlled creature pushes bridge goes spends night banks river bridge encounters ghost rescued taken school brief time outside sets dispute long return court visited god general caused robot attack bridge express anger robot visit forest damage caused left court time robot gone meets creature named tries body accident instead trapped body stuffed animal carries subject command relationship events nominated begin training medium individuals moderate disputes wood court beings decides return woods speak visits learns past travelled sea find powerful like given power trees given power bodies bodies took died left hardly strong stand help tree armor love mother power steal young man body man died imprisoned events surrounding meeting addition plotline story includes additional plot arcs interspersed main story concerns girls court gamma communicate sees monsters abilities turn reality relies gamma chapter student jack trapped briefly world escape find gamma storyline revolves attempts repair robot temporarily taken control pushed bridge time discover set highly complex robots speculates related way ghost encountered river main characters reception addition officially recognized web choice awards critically acclaimed number online reviews large readership active forum author interviewed work numerous times non mainstream online magazines comics bulletin listed series respect called listed people comic received praise artwork use color dark mood slowly revealed mysteries pacing called setting unique said comic fun spite moody backdrop evolution art style start comic reviewers praised age progression protagonists maturation plot reviewers hand criticized dark depressing tone potentially frightening younger audiences noting lots information times science fiction author praised blog brought comic attention readers awards nominated won number choice awards shown table web choice awards discontinued replaced list awards run won nominated award international category festival netherlands orientation won gold book year award foreword magazine graphic novel category orientation nominated award graphic novel category nominated harvey award best online comics work books tom orientation isbn diamond code archived original tom orientation isbn tom volume research isbn tom volume reason isbn tom volume isbn tom volume isbn comics tom annie forest walls tom annie forest walls tom traveller walls explanatory story notes
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